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.
Naoya Inoue outpointed Junto Nakatani over 12 rounds on Saturday, May 2, winning a unanimous decision by scores of (116-112, 115-113, 116-112) at the Tokyo Dome, after fending off a late rally from his rival. Inoue controlled the early fight with speed, timing, and body work, building a clear lead. Nakatani, bigger and younger, managed […]
Oleksandr Usyk returns to the ring in May to contest a novelty match against the kickboxing icon, Rico Verhoeven, at the Pyramids of Giza. But if he fails to fight the well-ranked challenger, Agit Kabayel, next then he risks being stripped of the WBC heavyweight championship. That’s according to Queensberry Promotions founder, Frank Warren, who […]
Hulking heavyweight fighter, Anthony Joshua, will finish Tyson Fury if and when the British rivals finally come together in a boxing ring, providing he is “mentally ready.” That is the assessment of one of the sport’s figureheads who knows AJ best, his former coach, Robert Garcia of the Robert Garcia Boxing Academy in Riverside, California. […]
There is little to no chance of Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez being competitive with Naoya Inoue should the pound-for-pound fighters ever share a ring together in the near future. That’s according to Hall-of-Fame boxer, Timothy Bradley Jr., who spoke in the immediate aftermath of Inoue’s conclusive decision win over Junto Nakatani — one of the most […]
David Benavidez resoundingly beat Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez on Saturday to wrest the unified cruiserweight world titles from the champion’s waist in particularly brutal fashion. Ramirez, at 200 pounds, was the biggest fighter Benavidez had ever faced, previously competing only twice in light heavyweight title fights, after moving to 175 following a stay at super middleweight. […]
The latest boxing news today focuses on some of the biggest names in boxing. And they rarely come bigger than Terence Crawford, who scored some of the most meaningful wins in the sport’s modern era when he delivered an all-time great welterweight thrashing against Errol Spence Jr. in 2023, and arguably one-upped that two years […]
Oscar de la Hoya wants to find common ground with Vergil Ortiz and “move on” from their legal entanglement. The 28-year-old is one of the more highly-regarded fighters in all boxing, despite not yet winning a world championship belt — something he would likely have moved toward had it not been for the legal battle […]
Errol Spence Jr. may have been in the Fight Capital of the World to confirm his long-awaited return to the ring on July 25, against Tim Tszyu in Australia, but he made no bones about who might be next — Jermell Charlo. They’ve known about one another for years, going back to when Spence came […]
Naoya Inoue said he was “relieved” to have eased past his greatest boxing challenge to date, a pound-for-pound clash with fellow Japanese great, Junto Nakatani, in front of 55,000 fans at the Tokyo Dome on Saturday, May 2. The victory arguably elevates him beyond Oleksandr Usyk in the conversation of who the No.1 boxer in […]
Conah Walker continued his comeback trail with a 10th round knockout win over 45-fight veteran, Sam Eggington, at the Civil Hall in Wolverhampton, England on Saturday, May 2 and immediately made an epic call-out of Conor Benn. The challenge is an interesting one because, as Walker notes, they “get on” in a friendly way but, […]
Tim Tszyu faces the biggest fight of his life on Saturday, July 25 but, speaking two months out from the event, on May 2, appeared unfazed, and even confident, that he’ll not only secure victory against the big-name American, but retire him from the sport forever. Both fighters have taken their licks in recent beatings. […]
Errol Spence Jr. makes his long-awaited return to the ring, after three years away, this summer against Tim Tszyu. The fight, booked for Saturday, July 25, headlines a Premier Boxing Champions pay-per-view on Prime Video in US prime-time from Australia. Both fighters confirmed the event May 2 ahead of the unified cruiserweight championship bout atop […]