1:23 PM ET Light heavyweight title contenders Anthony Yarde, of London, and Baltimore’s Travis Reeves will face in the main event of a Top Rank on ESPN card that will air live on ESPN+ in the United States at 2:30 p.m. ET on Friday, from the Royal Albert Hall in London, England. Yarde (17-0, 16

4:40 PM ET Dan Rafael Close ESPN Senior Writer 2013 BWAA Nat Fleischer Award winner for excellence in boxing journalism ESPN.com boxing writer since 2005 Five years at USA Today Steve Kim An arrest warrant for one count of misdemeanor assault was issued for junior lightweight world titleholder Gervonta Davis following an altercation at a

11:10 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 Unbeaten contender Anthony Yarde hopes to challenge WBO world light-heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev by the end of 2019. Yarde (17-0, 16 KOs), 27, faces

5:26 PM ET Former world titleholders Robert Guerrero and Jesus Cuellar will both be in action on the undercard of the Shawn Porter-Yordenis Ugas welterweight world title bout, Premier Boxing Champions announced Monday. While Porter-Ugas headlines the PBC card Saturday (Fox, 8 p.m. ET) at the Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California, Guerrero and

2:45 PM ET Featherweight prospect Vladimir Nikitin, a 2016 Olympic bronze medalist from Russia, will fight on his second Michael Conlan undercard in a row as Top Rank builds toward their eventual professional rematch. Top Rank announced on Monday that Nikitin will face Juan Tapia in a six-round bout on March 17 (ESPN+, 3 p.m.

2:04 PM ET Opening Bell: Lara now must-see TV What’s going on here? Suddenly, Erislandy Lara is in highly entertaining fights? Yes, sir. That certainly was not usually the case. Lara, for years, was one of the most frustrating fighters to watch because his tremendous boxing skill level and southpaw style typically did not translate

12:37 AM ET Brian Castano was looking for a breakout performance in his secondary junior middleweight title defense, and former longtime titleholder Erislandy Lara was seeking to rebound from a razor-close loss in the 2018 fight of the year. Both accomplished their goal to a degree, but their highly competitive and exciting fight was ruled

11:52 PM ET Heavyweight contender Luis “King Kong” Ortiz, hoping to earn a rematch with world titleholder Deontay Wilder or a shot at unified titlist Anthony Joshua, was forced to go the distance for a rare time in his career but he won his third fight in a row as he claimed a unanimous decision

1:11 PM ET Dave McWater, the manager of junior welterweight world titlist Ivan Baranchyk, was as surprised as anyone when he read a news release on Friday from the World Boxing Super Series with comments from Baranchyk’s trainer, Pedro Diaz, discussing his pupil’s preparation for a tournament semifinal bout against Josh Taylor. Why was McWater