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.
Dana White twisted his knife into Eddie Hearn one day after announcing Zuffa Boxing had acquired one of Matchroom’s biggest commodities Conor Benn. Benn’s move to Zuffa cannot be underestimated. It’s a devastating look for Hearn’s operations, and shows White, Nick Khan, and Tom Loeffler’s upstart isn’t just a ProBox 2.0 — it also wants […]
Mario Barrios put his WBC welterweight boxing world championship on the line Saturday in a headline fight against challenger Ryan Garcia at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. But left without it, capitulating to the challenger in every round with a timid performance, as Garcia picked him apart with ease to showcase a strong right […]
Vergil Ortiz Sr is fuming at boxing promoter Oscar de la Hoya for calling his son, Vergil Ortiz, “ungrateful.” Through Golden Boy Promotions, de la Hoya has represented the 27-year-old super welterweight for the bulk of his career, and, after an extraordinary three-fight run of late, one that has seen Ortiz edge Serhii Bohachuk in […]
One of the better match-ups during Saturday’s DAZN pay-per-view was thrown into disarray hours before the main card was set to get underway at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas when Richardson Hitchins withdrew from his IBF super lightweight boxing world title fight against challenger Oscar Duarte. Ring Magazine were first to report the “illness” […]
It was a case of repeat rather than revenge as Leigh Wood romped to a routine win over Josh Warrington in Saturday’s rematch atop a Matchroom on DAZN card held at the Nottingham Arena in England. The British boxing rivals met for the first time in 2023 with Wood winning by seventh-round knockout, and though […]
Conor Benn and Zuffa Boxing broke the sport’s internet Friday when the upstart fighting firm confirmed the British slugger had signed a deal to compete for the Dana White-backed organization. Benn said in a statement Zuffa sent to Boxing Social that the move filled him with “excitement and hunger.” The UFC boss White called Benn […]
Two boxers are in agreement on social media site X over the real reason Floyd Mayweather is breaking his retirement to return to the ring in another exhibition, ahead of a legitimate professional fight. Mayweather announced Friday that his participation in boxing this year won’t be limited to an unofficial bout alongside Mike Tyson, but […]
Eddie Hearn said Friday he made a crucial mistake which allowed one of his brightest boxing stars, Conor Benn, to leave Matchroom for emerging rival Zuffa Boxing. Through Matchroom, chairman Hearn guided, developed, and promoted Benn through the biggest ups and downs of his professional career to date, including a drug scandal (clomifene) and a […]
Floyd Mayweather has un-retired. The former five-weight world boxing champion, a Hall-of-Famer enshrined in Canastota, said in a statement Friday that he is going to return to the ring for a legitimate pro fight. The American 48-year-old has been active on the exhibition circuit in post-retirement, after concluding his career at 50-0 (27 KOs), with […]
Zuffa Boxing dropped a bombshell announcement Friday that they’ve signed Conor Benn. The British welterweight, who scored the biggest win of his burgeoning career last year when he avenged his loss to Chris Eubank Jr. with a dub in the rematch, joins the likes of Jai Opetaia and Robert Meriwether III in Zuffa’s growing stable […]
Mario Barrios puts his WBC welterweight world championship belt on the line Saturday for a defense against the challenger Ryan Garcia. Both fighters are desperate for a win. Garcia, you see, may be one of boxing‘s best-known athletes but he hasn’t scored a legitimate win since his eighth-round knockout of Oscar Duarte in 2023. His […]
Richardson Hitchins has elaborated on his Matchroom status just eight months after he suggested he was entering free agency following his career-best win over George Kambosos last year. The IBF super lightweight boxing world champion’s stock has arguably never been higher, having beaten Jose Zepeda, Liam Paro, and Kambosos — a former lineal lightweight champ […]