1.   This was the last fight between the two great champions, as all the immortals knew.

2.   Mason was outclassed by Lennox Lewis in his tragic last fight at Wembley.

3.   And his last big fight, against Trinidad, was a public-relations disaster.

4.   And his last fight, against Peter McNeeley, was no test.

5.   And perhaps no one felt the sting worse than Azumah Nelson, the three-time world champion who may have fought the last fight of an illustrious career.

6.   Before his last big fight, against Ike Quartey, Oscar De La Hoya spent a lot of time thinking about losing.

7.   A great friend of local boxing is fighting his last fight.

8.   According to De La Hoya, his welterweight title loss to Shane Mosley on Saturday night could be his last fight.

9.   After his last fight next November, he will ride off into the sunset in that bus of his.

10.   Akinwande, who was disqualified for excessive clutching in his last title fight, against Lennox Lewis, is suspect as a quality opponent.