In an anomaly among boxing broadcasts, ESPN drew its peak audience Saturday night during the first of three fights it televised from Madison Square Garden. Helped by formidable lead-in programming, ESPN’s Heisman Trophy telecast, the three-bout broadcast headlined by Terence Crawford and Egidjius Kavaliauskas peaked long before the main event began. A peak audience of 1,648,000 watched the early part of the Michael Conlan-Vladimir Nikitin featherweight fight.
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Photos: Michael Conlan Avenges Olympic Loss To Vladimir Nikitin
Conlan, Nikitin Fight Photos Gallery - Madison Square Garden, New York City - In a long awaited featherweight grudge match, Michael “Mick” Conlan (13-0, 7 KOs) won a ten round unanimous decision over Vladimir Nikitin (3-1, 0 KOs). (photos by Mikey Williams)
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Michael Conlan Gets Revenge, Decisions Vladimir Nikitin
NEW YORK – This time, the judges gave Michael Conlan the credit he deserved and then some. The undefeated featherweight prospect defeated rival Vladimir Nikitin by unanimous decision in their 10-round fight Saturday night to avenge his outrageous Olympic loss three years ago. Though Conlan came on late in their fight, it was Nikitin who seemingly deserved better than he got on the scorecards at Madison Square Garden.
Michael Conlan-Vladimir Nikitin - LIVE BoxingScene Scorecard
Conlan, Nikitin Scorecard BoxingScene Live - Top Rank on ESPN returns to the big house at Madison Square Garden, the historic “Mecca of Boxing”, this Saturday, December 14, for a live presentation of a special tripleheader headlined by pound-for-pound undefeated king, Terence “Bud” Crawford (35-0, 26 KOs), defending his WBO welterweight world title against mandatory challenger, Egidijus “Mean Machine” Kavaliauskas (21-0-1, 17 KOs). (photos by Mikey Williams)
Conlan: I'm Ready To Go Out There & Destroy Nikitin!
NEW YORK – Three years after suffering one of the most infamous Olympic losses in boxing history, Michael Conlan can’t afford to take a personal approach to his rematch versus Vladimir Nikitin. The featherweight prospect from Northern Ireland is trying his best to treat their 10-round, 126-pound bout Saturday night the same as his first 12 professional fights. Otherwise, Conlan could make their third encounter a much more difficult fight than he thinks it should be on the Terence Crawford-Egidijus Kavaliauskas undercard at Madison Square Garden.
Photos: Michael Conlan, Vladimir Nikitin - Set To Settle Score
Michael Conlan, Vladimir Nikitin Weights Photos Gallery - Top Rank on ESPN returns to the big house at Madison Square Garden, the historic “Mecca of Boxing”, this Saturday, December 14, for a live presentation of a special tripleheader headlined by pound-for-pound undefeated king, Terence “Bud” Crawford (35-0, 26 KOs), defending his WBO welterweight world title against mandatory challenger, Egidijus “Mean Machine” Kavaliauskas (21-0-1, 17 KOs). (photos by Mikey Williams)
Crawford-Kavaliauskas Weigh-In Results From New York
Two weeks after Andres Gutierrez inexplicably came in 11 pounds overweight for an ESPN+ main event versus Oscar Valdez, there were no issues at the scale Friday afternoon for Top Rank’s card Saturday night in New York. Terence Crawford, Egidjius Kavaliauskas, Richard Commey, Teofimo Lopez, Michael Conlan and Vladimir Nikitin made weight for the three fights ESPN will air from Madison Square Garden.
News: Davis-Gamboa, Conlan-Nikitin II, Golden Contract, More
More tickets are now available for the December 28 event at the award-winning State Farm Arena that is headlined by boxing’s hottest attraction Gervonta “Tank” Davis taking on former champion Yuriorkis Gamboa in the first world title fight in Atlanta since 1998.
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Photos: Michael Conlan, Vladimir Nikitin - Face To Face in NYC
Michael Conlan, Vladimir Nikitin Final Press Conference Photos Gallery - The fighters were all business on the press conference dais. The best triple-header of the 2019 boxing calendar didn't need any pomp and circumstance. (photos by Mikey Williams)
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Conlan Views Nikitin Rematch as Best Christmas Present
By Thomas Gerbasi - It was the perfect ending to the first chapter of Mick Conlan’s professional boxing career and he agreed. Fighting at home in Belfast in front of a packed house at Falls Park in August, Conlan improved to 12-0 as a pro with a ninth-round stoppage of Diego Alberto Ruiz, and with spots in the top 15 of all four major sanctioning...
