Crawford vs Kavaliauskas: Live coverage, 5:45 pm ET

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Terence Crawford takes on Egidijus Kavaliauskas and Richard Commey faces Teofimo Lopez tonight on ESPN.

Tonight at 9 pm ET on ESPN for the main card, and starting early at 5:45 pm ET on ESPN+ for the prelims, Top Rank closes up 2019 with a big card from Madison Square Garden, featuring a main show tripleheader headlined by Terence Crawford defending the WBO welterweight title against Egidijus “Mean Machine” Kavaliauskas, plus Richard Commey putting his IBF lightweight title on the line against Teofimo Lopez.

Wil Esco will be here for round-by-round updates of the main card at 9 pm ET.

Crawford, 32, has won titles at 135, 140, and 147, and is considered one of the top pound-for-pound fighters in the sport. He’s a big favorite tonight against the 31-year-old Kavaliauskas, a Lithuanian battler coming off of a draw against Ray Robinson.

The most interesting matchup for most fans is the co-feature, with the 32-year-old Commey of Ghana taking on 22-year-old Brooklyn fighter Lopez, seen as a top rising star in the sport. The show will also feature a featherweight bout between Michael Conlan and Vladimir Nikitin, a rematch of their Rio 2016 fight where Belfast’s Conlan was defeated in very controversial fashion by the Russian.

Prelims (ESPN+, 5:45 pm ET)

• Josue Vargas (15-1, 9 KO) vs Noel Murphy (14-1-1, 2 KO), junior welterweights, 10 rounds
• Edgar Berlanga (12-0, 12 KO) vs Cesar Nunez (16-1-1, 8 KO), super middleweights, 8 rounds
• Julian Rodriguez (18-0, 12 KO) vs Manuel Mendez (16-6-3, 11 KO), junior welterweights, 8 rounds

Main Card (ESPN, 9:00 pm ET)

• Terence Crawford (35-0, 26 KO) vs Egidijus Kavaliauskas (21-0-1, 17 KO), welterweights, 12 rounds
• Richard Commey (29-2, 26 KO) vs Teofimo Lopez (14-0, 11 KO), lightweights, 12 rounds
• Michael Conlan (12-0, 7 KO) vs Vladimir Nikitin (3-0, 0 KO), featherweights, 10 rounds