2:05 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Welterweight world titleholders Errol Spence Jr. and Shawn Porter have been friendly for years and largely respectful toward each other through a long promotion and several joint appearances for their unification bout. But as fight night closes in, they’re clearly tired of each other, and that displeasure was on

9:31 PM ET Steve KimESPN Richard Commey will defend his IBF lightweight title against the highly touted Teofimo Lopez on Dec. 14 at Madison Square Garden in New York, the two sides announced Wednesday. Todd duBoef, the president of Top Rank, which promotes Lopez, and Lou DiBella, who promotes Commey, confirmed the fight was finalized.

7:56 AM ET Steve Kim Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for over 15 years•Appears on BoxNation’s Boxing Matters show Welterweight world title holders Errol Spence Jr. and Shawn Porter face off at Staples Center on Saturday night, and the winner will

9:15 PM ET Top Rank has signed Jared Anderson, the No. 1 amateur heavyweight in the United States, to a multi-year promotional contract, the company announced on Tuesday. Anderson, 19, of Toledo, Ohio, who will be co-promoted by Antonio Leonard and managed by James Prince, will make his professional debut against an opponent to be

7:29 PM ET As featherweight Joet Gonzalez gets ready to challenge for a world title, he re-signed with Golden Boy Promotions on Tuesday. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Gonzalez is scheduled to face Shakur Stevenson (12-0, 7 KOs) for a vacant 126-pound world title in the main event of a Top Rank Boxing

2:28 PM ET Former welterweight world titlist Luis Collazo and Kudratillo Abdukakhorov will meet in a 10-round bout in the co-feature of the Top Rank Boxing on ESPN card on Oct. 18, Top Rank announced on Tuesday. The fight will be part of the card headlined by the Oleksandr Gvozdyk-Artur Beterbiev light heavyweight world title

5:38 PM ET Junior middleweights Erickson Lubin and Terrell Gausha will meet in a world title eliminator on Oct. 26, Premier Boxing Champions announced on Monday. The fight will take place at Santander Arena in Reading, Pennsylvania, and headline a Showtime- televised tripleheader (9 p.m. ET). In the co-feature, former lightweight world titlist Robert Easter

2:16 AM ET Super middleweights Alfredo Angulo and “Kid Chocolate” Peter Quillin are both in the twilight of their nearly 15-year pro careers, but each still possesses enormous heart and determination. Both of those attributes were on full display as they waged a ferocious all-action battle that Angulo won by split decision in a candidate

9:18 AM ET In an era in which so many boxers are chiefly concerned with preserving their undefeated records, and taking fights they are favored to win, welterweight world titleholder Shawn Porter is the exception. Porter thrives on challenging himself against the best opponents available, and he will do so once again when he meets

10:11 PM ET Former welterweight world titlist Keith Thurman announced that he has had surgery on his left hand and will be out of the ring for the remainder of the year. “I recently had surgery on my left hand to deal with a nagging injury,” Thurman said. “I feel great and can’t wait to