6:46 PM ET Top Rank, which already has a deep roster of junior lightweights, Wednesday announced that it has added another 130-pounder, unbeaten top prospect Abraham Nova, signing him to a multifight deal to co-promote him. Nova, who is also co-promoted by Murphys Boxing and 12 Rounds Promotion, will have his first fight of the

6:16 PM ET After being cleared Tuesday by a Nevada State Court judge to fight Daniel Jacobs, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. weighed in nearly 5 pounds over the super middleweight division limit of 168 pounds for the Friday night bout in Phoenix. The 12-round fight will go on at Talking Stick Resort Arena (DAZN, 9

8:37 AM ET Junior middleweight world titlist Tony Harrison and former titleholder Jermell Charlo, the man Harrison controversially won the belt from a year ago, sat across from each other at a small table inside a Los Angeles television studio a few weeks ago, and one thing was clear: Neither man wanted to be there.

9:51 PM ET For the past seven months Jarrett Hurd has kept a low profile in the aftermath of his first defeat, which seemed to take a far greater toll on him mentally than physically. In May, Accokeek, Maryland’s Hurd entered the ring in front of a home region crowd a half-hour away in Fairfax,

9:19 AM ET Daniel Jacobs spent the better part of two months training in Atlanta preparing for his super middleweight debut against fellow former middleweight titlist Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., knowing that it was possible Chavez wouldn’t ultimately be in the ring with him on Friday night. Due to Chavez’s refusal to take a random

2:32 PM ET Former four-division world titleholder Mikey Garcia will return to the ring to face former two-division titlist Jessie Vargas, Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn made official on Wednesday. The fight had been rumored for weeks and then it became clearer it would happen on Sunday when Garcia announced on his 32nd birthday that

1:54 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — An Ohio judge awarded $830,000 to a woman who claimed former boxing champion Adrien “The Problem” Broner sexually assaulted her at a Cleveland nightclub. The default judgment was delivered Tuesday after Broner failed to defend himself in the lawsuit. The Cincinnati native was accused in the lawsuit and

12:45 PM ET Who is the world’s best fighter, regardless of weight class? Check out ESPN’s latest top 10. Terence Crawford scored a TKO victory over Egidijus Kavaliauskas, and some of our panelists, including ESPN boxing commentator Joe Tessitore, were impressed by his performance. Crawford’s effort against Kavaliauskas “only further solidifies my feelings,” said Tessitore,

9:06 PM ET Lineal junior featherweight world champion Guillermo Rigondeaux, who planned to move down to the bantamweight division to fight for a title, will have to wait. He was due to fight as a bantamweight for the first time in his career against former junior bantamweight world titlist Liborio Solis with a vacant secondary