On March 6, 1991, a 28-year-old Gary Mason (35-0, 32 KOs) and a 25-year-old fellow British boxer Lennox Lewis (14-0, 12 KOs) met in the ring in a heavyweight bout.
Mason came in to the fight on a 35-fight win streak with a 91% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 22 days. Lewis was on a 14-fight win streak with a 85% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 6 days.
Lennox Lewis stopped Gary Mason via TKO in the 7th round. Lewis improves his record to 15-0 (13 KOs), while Mason adds a loss to his record at 35-1.