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.
LAS VEGAS — One of the best divisions in boxing, super welterweight, continues with aplomb on Saturday, March 28 as Sebastian Fundora defends his WBC championship against the former unified welterweight champion, Keith Thurman, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The all-bark, no-bite bout between Vergil Ortiz and Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis may […]
Britain’s heavyweight run continues with a WBO world heavyweight championship bout between reigning title holder Fabio Wardley and top tier challenger Daniel Dubois. Wardley, 31, is a thunderous puncher who has scratched and clawed his way to the higher echelon of the division despite barely any amateur experience, clattering David Adeleye, Fazer Clarke, and Joseph […]
There is little revisionist history going on when it comes to Errol Spence Jr. and Terence Crawford’s rivalry, and legacy they leave behind, at least not according to the fighters themselves, who kept it real when talking about one another recently in the media. The modern day boxing greats fought one another in 2023 in […]
Conor Benn has verbally committed to sending a contract to Shakur Stevenson over their much talked about welterweight boxing fight. Riding the wave of his biggest win to date, a decision win in his rematch with Chris Eubank Jr. late, last year, Benn has surveyed the 147-pound landscape and is targeting the American because he […]
UFC striker Sean O’Malley is keeping tabs on Zuffa Boxing’s progress and has declared his intention to crossover. “I would love to transition into boxing.“ He even wants to compete against one of the sport’s thunderous punchers. American 31-year-old O’Malley fought seven times before auditioning for the UFC through Dana White’s Contender Series, beating Alfred […]
Anthony Joshua continues to recover, physically and mentally, from a tragic car accident in Nigeria late December, 2025, and his career-long boxing promoter Eddie Hearn said this week nothing is guaranteed over his comeback, whether he does so, or not. “I don’t think there are any guarantees he fights again,” Hearn told First Round TV. […]
Kell Brook appears keen to return to the ring for the first time since his sixth-round knockout win over Amir Khan four years ago. He even has one comeback opponent on his mind — Chris Eubank Jr. The prospective bout would bring together two of the most prominent names in modern British boxing, and would […]
Benjamin Whittaker’s long-awaited United States debut could soon be on the horizon. Since the unbeaten British boxer signed terms with Matchroom in October, it became increasingly clear that the Brentwood-based promotional company wanted to showcase his skills outside of England and, specifically, in the US. “I think with Eddie [Hearn] and Matchroom Boxing, I will become even […]
Top Rank sent Matchroom an offer for British boxer Josh Kelly to fight their homegrown talent Xander Zayas, according to the Puerto Rican prizefighter. Zayas unified his WBO super welterweight boxing world championship with Abass Baraou’s WBA belt thanks to a split decision win he scored in front of his own fans in San Juan […]
With rumors escalating of an imminent return to the ring from Errol Spence, rumors persist over whom he might box now that he’s likely to fight at super welterweight, having previously reigned as a champion at 147 pounds from 2017 to 2023. The American has not competed since he was brutally defeated by Terence Crawford […]
The fourth event of Zuffa Boxing is not only in the book, it has a main event, as UFC boss Dana White confirmed on Instagram that the company’s cruiserweight signing, Jai Opetaia, will fight Brandon Glanton on Mar. 8 at the Meta APEX in Las Vegas. Zuffa Boxing, rumored for a near-decade but founded in […]
Most Valuable Promotions co-founder Nakisa Bidarian has revealed the “most obvious” comeback opponent for his business partner, Jake Paul. ‘The Problem Child’ suffered the most brutal defeat of his entire career when he unravelled against Britain’s two-time world heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua in December on Netflix. Though Paul started reasonably enough, with a defensive-first […]