9:21 AM ET LAS VEGAS — Canelo Alvarez, boxing’s biggest star, scored one of his biggest wins on Saturday night. In a performance in which he mixed offensive firepower, boxing skills and sound defense, Alvarez won a unanimous decision over Daniel Jacobs to unify three middleweight world titles — leaving him one shy of the

7:37 PM ET Next fight: John Ryder vs. Bilal Akkawy, 12 rounds, for vacant WBA interim super middleweight title Featherweight Aram Avagyan (8-0-1, 4 KOs), 28, of Russia, making his United States debut, got off the deck from a second-round knockdown to otherwise win a convincing unanimous decision over Francisco Esparza (9-1-1, 3 KOs), 24,

May 2, 2019 Steve KimESPN Unified middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez and fellow world titleholder Daniel Jacobs will meet Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas in a matchup of two of the premier fighters in the division. Alvarez is ranked No. 1 in the division by ESPN.com, and Jacobs is ranked third. Canelo is the

9:19 PM ET LAS VEGAS — So much for the lovefest between Canelo Alvarez and Daniel Jacobs. A promotion that bordered on boring because they have been so respectful to each other and spoke in such glowing terms about each other went out the window on Friday. Emotions boiled over after they weighed in for

9:19 AM ET 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 Unified middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez and IBF middleweight world titleholder Daniel Jacobs meet Saturday in a highly anticipated unification bout at T-Mobile Arena in

3:04 PM ET LAS VEGAS — If it’s Cinco de Mayo weekend, one thing is for sure: Unified middleweight world champion Canelo Alvarez is fighting. Alvarez will square off with Daniel Jacobs to unify their three middleweight title belts in the biggest fight of the year Saturday (DAZN, 9 p.m. ET) at T-Mobile Arena. “This

10:08 PM ET LAS VEGAS — Middleweight world titlist Demetrius Andrade has never fought in his hometown of Providence, Rhode Island, even though he has been a professional since 2008, following his stint on the U.S. Olympic team. But now Andrade will finally get the opportunity. Andrade will make his second title defense at the

6:29 PM ET Tony Harrison outpointed Jermell Charlo to win a junior middleweight world title on Dec. 22, but the result was viewed as highly controversial to many, so he said in the aftermath that he would give Charlo an immediate rematch. And now it’s official. Harrison and Charlo will meet again in the main