Alan Dawson is Boxing Social's editor. He is also a columnist for Uncrowned at Yahoo Sport, a TV host for Swerve Combat, 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.
Leonardo Perdomo continued his extraordinary rise through the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship’s heavyweight division with an 11th successive knockout win, this one over Orlando Coulter in the co-main event of the BKFC 87 show Friday, March 20 in Miami, Florida. He even faced-off with the BKFC 87 champion Andrei Arlovski, a former UFC stud, in […]
Brian ‘BoMac McIntyre, the boxing coach who helped Terence Crawford achieve his greatness, is preparing another super middleweight for legendary status, he said. Crawford won world titles across five weight classes, including the grand finale of his career in which he went to the 168-pound division and took all of Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez’s championships with […]
American boxing rivals Errol Spence Jr. and Keith Thurman are going back and forth on social media regarding a long-speculated showdown involving the Al Haymon fighters. Between them, they’ve dominated the US landscape over the years. The 36-year-old Spence fought nothing but world title fights from 2017 to 2023, beating Mike Garcia, Shawn Porter, and […]
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WBC welterweight world champion Ryan Garcia seemingly wants to teach boxing rival Shakur Stevenson a thing or two about the sport. Garcia, 27, completed one of the most remarkable turnarounds on February 21 when he outclassed Mario Barrios with a masterful and mature performance at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, having previously been resoundingly […]
Two boxing experts had similar takes about Rolando Romero’s chances in a prospective welterweight boxing world championship defense against Devin Haney. The 147-pound boxers are both riding considerable momentum of late, with Rolly’s extraordinarily disciplined and mature decision win over Ryan Garcia last year, and Haney’s bounce-back from a brutal defeat to Garcia by beating […]
Zuffa Boxing and Sky Sports confirmed its broadcast agreement in a statement Wednesday, after months-long speculation. Combat sports expert Ariel Helwani said Wednesday: “Sky Sports and Zuffa Boxing have announced a new multi-year deal, confirming Sky as the UK and Irish broadcaster for their events. “I will say, it’s interesting that MVP also has a […]
Jaron Ennis is in hot demand. The American boxer has long been on the cusp of a breakthrough boxing bout, but Vergil Ortiz’s ongoing legal dispute with Golden Boy Promotions sidelined the super welterweight sensation, and so ‘Boots’ Ennis had to find another challenge. The unified 154-pound champion Xander Zayas is interested — particularly if […]
Zuffa Boxing has made three mistakes so far despite having “done well” in 2026 having launched its long-awaited live events business. That’s according to Michael ‘Mick’ Conlan, who returns to the ring Friday atop a MF Pro event at the SSE Arena in Belfast on DAZN. Zuffa, led by TKO Group executives like Nick Khan […]
Tyson Fury revealed his ideal three-fight plan before he retires for good, boxing insider Gareth A. Davies told Boxing Social this week. Fury’s best wins define his era as he dethroned Wladimir Klitschko in 2015, then survived and outclassed Deontay Wilder across a brutal trilogy. He’s announced retirement multiple times — after Klitschko, after Wilder […]
BKFC heavyweight Leonard Perdomo, described as the bare knuckle Mike Tyson, opposes boxing‘s increasing reliance on exhibition shows — particularly his idol Tyson’s prospective match with fellow all-time-great Floyd Mayweather. “I don’t have nothing to say, because Mike Tyson is already older and to get in the ring — even for the money — it […]
Before Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury finally fight one another, they’ll take on other bouts that could scupper the big boxing show. That’s according to industry rumor, and recent comments from Gareth A. Davies who, when speaking to Boxing Social, that “if either of them suffers defeat” then the Fury vs AJ super fight will […]
Raymond Ford issued a challenge on Monday to Ireland’s latest two-weight world boxing champion Anthony Cacace. The 37-year-old super featherweight southpaw has come of age of late, beating Joe Cordina, Josh Warrington, and Leigh Wood alone in the last two years, and most recently outclassed Jazza Dickens over 12 rounds to win his latest belt. […]