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Jessie Magdaleno v Yenifel Vicente Tops 8 PM ET Top Rank Card on ESPN TONIGHT

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Jessie Magdaleno v Yenifel Vicente Tops 8 PM ET Top Rank Card on ESPN TONIGHT

Boxing is back, in case you didn't notice onTuesday.

Fights are unfolding tonight (Thursday) in Las Vegas, at the MGM “Bubble,” as Bob Arum and Top Rank seek to keep the momentum going, with a four fight slate.

The face-offs kick off at 8 PM ET, and the weigh-in was held, with extra pre cautions, on Wednesday at MGM.

That is Jessie Magdaleno, a Las Vegas resident, below; he is the favorite in the main event, against Yenifel Vicent, from the Dominican Republic.

Jessie Magdaleno poses after a victory.

Lopez (left) v Coria figures to be a decent scrap. (All photos by Mikey Williams, for Top Rank)

Founder/editor Michael Woods got addicted to boxing in 1990, when Buster Douglas shocked the world with his demolition of the then-impregnable Mike Tyson. The Brooklyn-based journalist has covered the sport since for ESPN The Magazine, ESPN.com, Bad Left Hook and RING. His journalism career started with NY Newsday in 1999. Michael Woods is also an accomplished blow by blow and color man, having done work for Top Rank, DiBella Entertainment, EPIX, and for Facebook Fightnight Live, since 2017.