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.
The former unified super welterweight boxing world champion, Jermell Charlo, is ready to welcome Devin Haney if his fellow American were to ever move from the 147-pound division to 154. The 35-year-old is a wildly decorated fighter as a two-time WBC world titlist, who unified other belts, and went through a who’s who of top […]
Prince Naseem Hamed didn’t hold back when commenting on the influencer boxing trend escalated by Jake Paul, Andrew Tate, and the upstart fight firm Misfits. It all seemed to start in 2018 when prominent creators KSI and Logan Paul held a ‘white collar’ crossover boxing show at the Manchester Arena in England. Jake Paul fought […]
Matchroom chairman Eddie Hearn has revealed the month for which he expects the former two-time heavyweight world boxing champion Anthony Joshua to return to the ring for a fight. Speculation persisted that AJ would fight the kickboxing champion Rico Verhoeven in February or March following his eventual knockout of Jake Paul in a victory that […]
Prospect boxers Curmel Moton and Jimuel Pacquiao have both been tipped to “push toward future title contention” as a key matchmaker secures opponents for their separate fights on an upcoming card. Widely regarded as one of the best teenagers in all boxing, Moton’s career began in 2023 on the undercard of the Canelo-Charlo at the […]
Tyson Fury raised eyebrows in the boxing industry when he said this week that he’s a “one-man band” and training himself in Thailand, ahead of his eagerly-anticipated return to the ring. The former heavyweight world champion fights Arslanbek Makhmudov at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London on Apr. 11 — his first fight since back-to-back defeats […]
We’re learning more about the complexity involved in Dana White and Eddie Hearn’s ever-evolving relationship. While White operated on his own island in mixed martial arts with the UFC, Hearn continued building Matchroom’s boxing business from a stagnant UK operation, to a dominant one nationally, before encroaching into international territories. While they did that, they […]
Mario Barrios puts his WBC welterweight world boxing championship title on the line for a marquee fight against Ryan Garcia in the coming days. El Azteca arguably has one of the best walk-outs of all combat sports but the 30-year-old will be doubly determined to out-smart KingRy on the night because Barrios, bizarrely, hasn’t actually […]
One of the biggest fights in boxing this year might not just be Anthony Joshua vs Tyson Fury, or David Benavidez against Artur Beterbiev, or even Shakur Stevenson vs Conor Benn. This bout isn’t one being fought in the ring but in boardrooms. And while there’s no official belt on the line, the future of […]
Ryan Rozicki, through his promotional company Three Lions Promotions, is calling on Dana White to throw Jai Opetaia in the ring with Canada’s brutal fight-finisher. The clear No.1 in the 200-pound division, Opetaia became Zuffa Boxing’s tentpole signing and makes his debut for the upstart, Las Vegas-based organization on Mar. 8 when he takes on […]
Manny Pacquiao follows his stunning performance against Mario Barrios last year with an eagerly-awaited return to the ring on Apr. 18 as he confirmed Tuesday he’ll fight Ruslan Provodnikov in an exhibition at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. “I carry the Philippines with me every time I fight,” Pacquiao said in […]
Matchroom Boxing reportedly made a significant offer to sign Golden Boy Promotions-aligned super welterweight boxer Vergil Ortiz, and they weren’t the only of Oscar de la Hoya’s rivals to allegedly do so. Ortiz is one of the best fighters in all boxing, with 22 knockouts from 24 wins, including three successive victories over top tier […]
Josh Warrington caught up with Boxing Social ahead of his high-stakes rematch against British rival Leigh Wood, which takes place inside Nottingham’s Motorpoint Arena on Saturday, Feb. 21 atop a Matchroom Boxing card on DAZN. “It’s a fight I’ve wanted to get back and I thought it had gone,” Warrington told Matt Lenihan. “All of […]