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.
There are more dates being added to Zuffa Boxing’s calendar, after the upstart fight firm booked five events already in 2026. Though Zuffa has long been a concept in the making, it only organized and held its first event at the beginning of 2026, coinciding with fellow TKO Group company UFC’s new partnership with broadcaster […]
Fabio Wardley considers nuance when answering whether Daniel Dubois is a quitter or not. It was once a tag that hounded the rising heavyweight’s career, after he took a knee during his stoppage loss to Joe Joyce, as well as his knockout defeat to Oleksandr Usyk, too. However, it has not prevented him from scoring […]
One of the more interesting fights that could have been made in the welterweight division has fallen through, and the WBA champion Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero told Fight Hub TV the details from his perspective in a new, no-holds-barred rant. Romero references a time in which the Haney’s — both Devin, and his father/manager Bill — […]
It didn’t take Manny Pacquiao long to break down how a fantasy fight between himself and Errol Spence Jr. would have gone down had they boxed in 2021 like they were rumored to. It was a time in which Spence was already established not only as a unified welterweight boxing champion, but as a ticket-seller […]
Despite the seismic revelation this week that Dubai police arrested Daniel Kinahan, a boxing kingpin for years, on April 15, and the subsequent fallout as the secret details were made public, and investigative journalists like Boxing Social editor Alan Dawson looked back at sources alleging Kinahan and those in his network bullied their way to […]
Zuffa Boxing and UFC boss Dana White is seemingly ducking a fight against promotional rival Eddie Hearn that could bank both executives an eight-figure payday each, and the Matchroom chairman has only one message for the Boston bruiser. Now who’s the p****? The foul language is, of course, a call-back to the wording White reserved […]
Daniel Kinahan used fear and bullying tactics to reach the top of boxing long before he was arrested in relation to allegations he ran a drugs and weapons cartel that generated $1 billion, multiple sources told Boxing Social editor Alan Dawson. “I’m not scared of a lot of people,” one source with knowledge of Kinahan’s […]
‘Sweet’ Caroline Dubois wants all the smoke. The rising British star is 25 years old, unbeaten in 14 fights, and building an impressive body of work defeating Bo Mi Re Shin, Camilla Panatta, and Terri Harper in successive fights, while showcasing skill. And even before she retained her WBC lightweight belt, and annexed the WBO […]
Most Valuable Promotions provided a statement following the haunting image of top tier women’s boxer Shadasia Green leaving a boxing ring Friday on a stretcher. As Boxing Social’s Liliana Ulloa reported at the time, Lani Daniels defeated Green in a stunning upset during the MVP show Alycia Baumgardner headlined at the Madison Square Garden Theater […]
Alycia Baumgardner extended her hot streak Friday with a lopsided decision win over Bo Mi Re Shin in a unified super featherweight world championship fight that took place at the Madison Square Garden Theater, in New York City, atop a Most Valuable Promotions card ESPN2 aired. Throughout the promotion, and even immediately following her win, […]
News of Daniel Kinahan’s arrest Friday sent shockwaves through the combat sports industry considering his advisory relationship with prominent fighters like Tyson Fury and Terence Crawford, among others, while facing allegations he was the head of a drugs and weapons cartel that generated $1 billion in revenue. There is no suggestion Fury or Crawford are […]
Conor Benn was presented with two separate offers to compete against world championship-caliber opponents and his response was, essentially, “f*** that,” according to his former promoter Eddie Hearn, of Matchroom. Speaking to reporters Thursday, one day after Zuffa Boxing front-man Dana White confirmed the upstart fight firm had re-signed the British slugger to a 2.5-year, […]