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.
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
An up-and-coming super middleweight prospect called Daniel ‘Ice Man’ Blancas will fight Raul Salomon in a 10-round bout, with two other fights also added, to complete the David Benavidez vs Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez fight card on May 2 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, airing on Prime Video. Blancas, at 24 years old and […]
Boxing Social has one of the best teams of combat sports reporters in the game, including rising star Carlos Linares from Florida, who has broken news, dropped scoops, and offered expert analysis across a broad range of subjects since he joined our team. It started with Linares’s post here about Golden Boy Promotions boss, Oscar […]
Hamzah Sheeraz still hopes he can one day fight Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez, even though the Mexican legend’s activity has waned considerably since his prime years, following a 12-round loss via decision to Terence Crawford at the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, last year. Canelo is skipping a Cinco de Mayo event this year, with David […]
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 […]
Oscar de la Hoya admitted frustrations at how the Muhammad Ali American Boxing Revival Act hearing in front of the Senate played out this week. Advocates of the Revival Act say it provides greater protections and options for fighters, while critics claim it’s little more than a power grab with parties like Zuffa Boxing benefitting […]
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 […]
“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 […]
The best fighter in the world is American. For many, the picks are obvious. And both of the consensus top two are foreign. There’s Oleksandr Usyk, the two-weight champion who unified cruiserweight and heavyweight, while beating a who’s who of top tier fighters across both divisions. Usyk, a Ukraine king, takes a rare novelty bout […]
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, […]