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Former unified lightweight titleholder Juan Diaz ended a nearly three-year ring absence with a sixth-round stoppage of Pipino Cuevas Jr. on Saturday.

WBC junior featherweight titleholder Abner Mares and eight-division titlewinner Manny Pacquiao handed out free Turkeys at different venues over the weekend.

Austin Trout on his fight with Miguel Cotto: "I'm looking at this as my golden opportunity. He's had his time and done great things with it, but it's my time now. I'll be damned if I let this opportunity slip away from me."

Gary Russell, Oscar De La Hoya, Andre Ward, Howard Davis and Antonio Tarver are among the former Olympians who reflected on their professional debuts.

Undefeated heavyweight prospect Deontay Wilder will pursue his 26th knockout in as many victories without a loss against unbeaten Kelvin Price on the Dec. 15 Amir Khan-Carlos Molina undercard.

Junior lightweight Jerry Belmontes, of Corpus Christi, Texas, will face Philadelphia's Teon Kennedy on Dec. 8 on NBC.

Tomasz Adamek's trainer, Roger Bloodworth, said Travis Walker's "got a good right hand, and if you get touched by that right hand, you could go."