Before Hopkins-Dawson began, we noticed a few basketball-related coincidences: Tim Thomas escorting fellow Paterson, N.J., native Kendall Holt to the ring for an undercard bout, and Carlos Boozer sauntering to ringside in an olive suit. Ha! The NBA avatars of mailing it in and the inactive list were in the house! Oh, wait —that means the harbingers of sports doom were also in the house.