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.
Boxing Scene reports that Brandun Lee appears to be Zuffa Boxing‘s latest signing, and the 30-0 (23 KOs) welterweight is likely to fight once again in the Spring. A Californian 26-year-old, Lee has fought on the Showtime platform, and appeared, at one stage, a considerable prospect but his career, despite his experience, never seemed to […]
Lester Martinez talked about a possible fight against Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez mere moments after cruising to a routine win over Immanuwel Aleem in front of a well-attended crowd at Orange Show Events Center in San Bernardino atop a ProBox TV card on Saturday, March 21. Much had been made about Martinez’s possible credentials at super […]
Carlos Adames romped to a brutally dominant 12-round win over Austin ‘Ammo’ Williams in a WBC middleweight boxing world title defense on Saturday, March 21 at the Caribe Royale Orlando in Florida atop a Matchroom card on DAZN. It was a statement performance from Adames who showed more variety to his pugilistic arsenal over a […]
Moses Itauma went quiet after he saw Murat Gassiev annihilate Kubrat Pulev at a boxing event in December, according to coach Anton Kadushin. The tempo of the Gassiev-Pulev fight was relatively slow until the middle of the contest when Gassiev finally exploded on Pulev with a left hook the veteran never saw coming, landing accurately […]
British southpaw standout Giorgio Visioli, 22, is lining up his next fight despite a March 21 fight against Levi Giles coming up at the Copper Box Arena in London, during a Matchroom boxing event on DAZN that George Liddard headlines against Tyler Denny. A decorated amateur fighter, Visioli is storming the pro ranks, too, fighting […]
Golden Boy Promotions and DAZN have signed an extension to their broadcast arrangement, according to a new report, and it will have immediate ramifications for Vergil Ortiz’s situation. The super welterweight and broader pound-for-pound boxing contender Ortiz’s stock had arguably never been higher than when he obliterated Erickson Lubin by way of first-round knockout to […]
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 March 20 in Miami, Florida. He even faced-off with the BKFC 87 champion Andrei Arlovski, a former UFC stud, in the […]
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 […]