Alan Dawson is Boxing Social's editor. He is also a columnist for Uncrowned at Yahoo Sports, and the founder-moderator of Boxing Twitter — a 20,000-strong community on X. A 17-year sports media veteran, Alan has enjoyed extensive stints at Business Insider as a correspondent, BT Sport as digital editor, and Give Me Sport as combat sports editor. He is a 2-time Sports Journalist of the Year finalist and has been honored six times by the Boxing Writers Association of America. Alan grew up near London but is based in Nevada with his young family. Outside boxing he plays 8-handicap golf, hikes, and rides his ebike through the Sierra mountain trails.
Mike Tyson name-dropped five active fighters when Ring Magazine asked him to name the one fighter that gets him excited about boxing in the modern era, ahead of the Mike Tyson Invitational — a three-day event in Las Vegas, culminating with an amateur fight night Saturday. “Quite a few of them,” Tyson told the publication. […]
The ongoing battle between mixed martial arts and boxing continued at a Most Valuable Promotions media event, with Jake Paul and Nakisa Bidarian’s fight firm entering the MMA space with an upcoming Netflix fight between combat legends Ronda Rousey and Gina Carano. It began with a bold comment from Paul, renowned for baiting many from […]
Long before Donald Trump was US President, or a reality TV star, the property tycoon used boxing as a means to market his casinos as a new home for boxing in Atlantic City. Trump’s biggest impact in the sport was through Mike Tyson, hosting the 1988 fight between ‘Iron’ Mike and Michael Spinks, reportedly paying […]
WBA welterweight boxing world champion, Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero, has blasted time-wasters in the sport, including Manny Pacquiao. Ever since Filipino fighting icon Pacquiao rolled back the years to take then-WBC title holder Mario Barrios to a decision, arguably deserving of a win rather than a draw, the eight-weight champion’s long-time representative Sean Gibbons, to Boxing […]
The war of words between promotional rivals Dana White, the UFC boss who is also a de facto front man for Zuffa Boxing, and Matchroom leader Eddie Hearn, shows no signs of abating with the Brit firing back at the American’s latest comments. It is all a far cry from how amicable they were with […]
Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis’s return to the ring could be fast approaching, according to a new report. The lightweight boxer was threatening to become a face of the sport for American boxing but rejected that label last year, during a press event ahead of a Jake Paul clash that never was, after mounting civil and legal […]
Jai Opetaia romped to a lopsided decision win over Brandon Glanton to win the inaugural Zuffa cruiserweight title, and though the one-sided nature of the win preserves the Australian’s record as an unbeaten champion, much of the narrative heading into Sunday’s showdown regarded his status with the IBF. Opetaia first became world champion in 2022 […]
Jai Opetaia makes his long-awaited Zuffa Boxing debut on Sunday, taking on Brandon Glanton for the inaugural Zuffa Boxing cruiserweight championship live at the Meta APEX facility that the UFC owns and operates in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Aussie fighter is the consensus No.1 boxer in the 200-pound division, largely thanks to his stunning IBF […]
Claressa Shields will have her hands full if she fights Shadasia Green, according to the self-proclaimed GWOAT’s women’s boxing rival Alycia Baumgardner. A two-time gold medal-winning Olympian, Shields has put together an 18-0 (3 KOs) record with wins, to date, over Christina Hammer, Marie-Eve Dicaire, and Savannah Marshall. In her last bout, she boxed to […]
Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather are already posting footage of their training and methods of preparations ahead of their long-awaited rematch mid-September at The Sphere in Las Vegas, 11 years after their first fight set the record for most-bought pay-per-view in combat sports history. The old welterweight rivals dropped their news bombshell late February to […]
Pearl Gonzalez defeated Carla Jade with a unanimous decision during a Misfits Boxing card on Saturday, just two days after controversial “burrito eater” comment at the last press conference. Gonzalez attacked Jade with activity, two-shot combinations, and ducked under whatever responses the former ring card girl threw. In the opening minute alone there was clearly […]
Eddie Hearn told The Ring on Saturday that Jermell Charlo is one of three possibilities for Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis as the Matchroom chairman and the super welterweight puncher explore the 154-pound landscape as a super fight against boxing rival Vergil Ortiz appears increasingly unlikely. Issues between and Ortiz and his promoter, Golden Boy, were evident […]