Alan Dawson

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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.

Anthony Joshua vs Tyson Fury at ‘Advanced Stage’
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Anthony Joshua vs Tyson Fury at ‘Advanced Stage’

Talks are reportedly at an “advanced stage” for the Battle of Britain box office bout between career-long rivals Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury. The heavyweight fighters have long been linked with one another — arguably for well over a decade, considering their size, closeness in age, and shared nationality. However, like natural rivals Floyd Mayweather […]

Ryan Garcia Expresses Interest in Massive Rematch Amid Interest From Conor Benn
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Ryan Garcia Expresses Interest in Massive Rematch Amid Interest From Conor Benn

Ryan Garcia has expressed interest in fighting Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis in a rematch. It comes at a time when the Golden Boy Promotions welterweight is in demand after he bested Mario Barrios earlier in the year with a mature performance to wrest the welterweight world title from El Azteca’s waist in style. The 27-year-old shows […]

Fabio Wardley & Daniel Dubois Lift Lid on Sparring Each Other 6 or 7 Years Ago
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Fabio Wardley & Daniel Dubois Lift Lid on Sparring Each Other 6 or 7 Years Ago

“He got the better of me.” — Fabio Wardley & Daniel Dubois describe sparring one another years before big heavyweight bout Fabio Wardley and Daniel Dubois fight in an all-British banger for the WBO heavyweight world title at the Co-op Live Arena in Manchester atop a Queensberry Promotions card on DAZN from May 9. It’s […]

Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis Issues 6-Word Statement on When he’ll Return to Boxing
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Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis Issues 6-Word Statement on When he’ll Return to Boxing

Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis could be returning to a boxing ring soon. The lightweight fighter hasn’t been seen since escaping with a fortuitous draw against Lamont Roach Jr., and though there was a mandated rematch, he swerved the do-over to instead box Jake Paul in a wild crossover bout. Most Valuable Promotions canned the event, though, […]

Resendiz Ready to Upset Munguia Just Like he Did Plant
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Resendiz Ready to Upset Munguia Just Like he Did Plant

Armando Resendiz appears ready to give Jaime Munguia the same treatment he gave Caleb Plant, last time he felt like the underdog, and ready to scrap against the favored and bigger-name boxer. Resendiz and Munguia trade blows in an all-Mexican shootout May 2 on the undercard of David Benavidez’s challenge for Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez’s unified […]

Teofimo Lopez Leads Line For a World Title Shot
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Teofimo Lopez Leads Line For a World Title Shot

Teofimo Lopez’s next fight could be a shot at the vacant IBF world title, with reports from Ring Magazine and Boxing Scene both indicating that the 28-year-old fighter will be the fighter who benefits most from Richardson Hitchins relinquishing the strap. Scheduled for a world title defense against Oscar Duarte in February, the American fighter […]

Naoya Inoue vs Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez is ‘Inevitable’
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Naoya Inoue vs Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez is ‘Inevitable’

One of the best bouts that boxing can book, according to Matchroom chairman, Eddie Hearn, is one that involves arguably his biggest US-facing star, Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez, and fellow pound-for-pound sensation, Naoya Inoue. Both fighters are widely regarded by consensus to be the best in the sport, regardless of weight class, with Rodriguez dominating the […]

IBF Brings Clarity to Super Lightweight Boxing World Title Landscape
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IBF Brings Clarity to Super Lightweight Boxing World Title Landscape

The International Boxing Federation has issued a statement to bring clarity to its evolving super lightweight world title status following its champion, Richardson Hitchins, vacating the belt. Hitchins is one of Zuffa Boxing’s latest acquisitions, following other Keith Connolly-managed fighters like Edgar Berlanga and Conor Benn to the upstart, Las Vegas-based, fight firm. Another Zuffa […]