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.
Zuffa Boxing are edging toward a deal with one of the best boxers in the entire sport, Shakur Stevenson, according to a Sports Illustrated newsletter. The upstart fight firm, a long-running concept that only organized its first event early this year, has made waves not just from the consistency of its roll-out but for the […]
Oleksandr Usyk team manager Sergey Lapin told Sky Sports on Friday that they’ve got one eye on who to fight next, after they welcome kickboxing icon Rico Verhoeven back to a boxing ring. “If Fabio Wardley proves himself at the highest level, he can definitely become part of that conversation,” Lapin said. That high level […]
One of Mike Tyson’s former boxing coaches, Teddy Atlas, has proclaimed Moses Itauma as “the real deal” ahead of the British youngster’s return to the ring August 8, as mentioned earlier in the week. “They’ve been very smart,” Atlas said of those around him, who have shaped and guided the burgeoning boxer’s career so far. […]
Floyd Mayweather’s spectacular comeback for a rematch against his old rival Manny Pacquiao has a brand new date. The former welterweight fighters shook up the combat sports world when they announced earlier this year that they would take part in a fully-sanctioned fist-fight in September at the state-of-the-art venue, The Sphere of Las Vegas. Mayweather, […]
In the latest boxing news today, the former heavyweight boxing champion, Andy Ruiz Jr., told Hard Rock Bet he’d “love to fight” Tyson Fury, and even received a message recently from Britain’s Brobdingnagian boxer about fighting him next. “Tyson Fury actually messaged me asking what I thought about fighting him, but everybody was saying that’s […]
UFC boss Dana White is claiming involvement in the prospective clash between British heavyweight rivals Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury. The bout has been a long-time coming with ample time to have organized a trilogy of fights already, however, the fight always seemed to be on the horizon rather than the present, until Fury’s return […]
Christian Mbilli will announce his “arrival” when he fights Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez later in September on the weekend closest to Mexican Independence Day weekend. A four-weight champion, Canelo was a staple on pound-for-pound lists for his accolades from super welterweight to light heavyweight, defeating the likes of Shane Mosley, Miguel Cotto, Gennadiy Golovkin, Sergey Kovalev, […]
Conor Benn woke up May 7 and send a targeted video message to the WBC welterweight champion, Ryan Garcia. It’s not the first time the Zuffa Boxing star has made it clear it’s the Californian fighter whom he most wants to fight next, having returned to the ring earlier this year with a win against […]
Errol Spence Jr. returns to the ring after more than 1,000 days away when he fights Tim Tszyu on July 25 in Australia. And the American fighter has attracted support from a once-unlikely source — his career-long welterweight rival, Terence Crawford. Spence last fought in 2023 when he put his world championship titles from the […]
The former heavyweight boxing world champion, Andy Ruiz Jr., praised Rico Verhoeven ahead of the kickboxing icon’s world title clash against Oleksandr Usyk at the Pyramids of Giza later this month. A pound-for-pound staple for years, Usyk cleared out the cruiserweight division, has lapped the super heavyweights, and takes part in his first novelty fight […]
Red-hot American fighter, Abdullah Mason, anticipates another statement knockout win when he puts his WBO lightweight world championship on the line against Joe Cordina on July 4 at the Wolstein Center in Cleveland atop a Top Rank card on DAZN. Mason won the belt in his last fight when he scored a 12-round decision win […]
Fabio Wardley can’t help but keep one eye on who he wants next, should he defeat Daniel Dubois on Saturday in England. The WBO heavyweight champion puts his belt on the line for an all-British battle at the Co-op Live Arena in Manchester atop a Queensberry Promotions card on DAZN. Other fights on the card […]