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.

Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua ‘Could be Signed in Next Week’
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Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua ‘Could be Signed in Next Week’

There appears to be real momentum behind the biggest bout that Britain can book. It’s one that could have been made for a decade, but, like Floyd Mayweather vs Manny Pacquiao, when it comes to Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua, it’s a case of better late, than never. While Joshua remained active in the sport, […]

Boxing Power Broker Blasts ‘Cowardly’ Terence Crawford
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Boxing Power Broker Blasts ‘Cowardly’ Terence Crawford

Terence Crawford is many things. He’s a five-weight world boxing champion, an ambassadorial figure who carried himself with class in an oft-scandalous sport, and a mentor to the next generation paving their own way in the pound-for-pound picture — like Shakur Stevenson. For the WBC President, Mauricio Sulaiman, Crawford is also a coward. It’s arguable […]

Prince Naseem Hamed Refuses to Entertain Benjamin Whittaker Comparisons
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Prince Naseem Hamed Refuses to Entertain Benjamin Whittaker Comparisons

Considering his penchant for entertaining and for showboating, together with his aptitude for boxing, it was, perhaps, only a matter of time before someone, somewhere, compared Benjamin Whittaker — one of Britain’s most exciting new-gen talents — to legendary puncher Prince Naseem Hamed. And it was also, likely, only a question of when Naz himself […]

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, […]