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Total Fights | 30 |
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Wins | 25 |
Losses | 4 |
Draws | 1 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 0 |
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Title Defenses | 0 |
Title-Fight KOs | 0 |
KO Wins | 21 |
KO Losses | 2 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning six years and 11 months, Michael Watson fought 30 times with 25 wins, 4 losses, and 1 draw.
Watson retired from professional boxing with a record of 25-4-1. He fought for world titles three times at two weight classes — middleweight and super-middleweight. He had a 70% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 21 of his total 30 fights being knockout wins. Watson lost twice via knockout, both of them in title fights.
His last fight was a 12th round TKO defeat to Chris Eubank on September 21, 1991. Watson was fighting for the super-middleweight WBO (vacant) title.
Some of Watson's best fights and notable victories include wins over Nigel Benn, Errol Christie, Anthony Brown, Craig Trotter, Franklin Owens, Jimmy Shavers, and Ricky Stackhouse.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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30 | Sep 21, 1991 | 26 | Chris Eubank | Loss * | TKO12 |
29 | Jun 22, 1991 | 26 | Chris Eubank | Loss * | MD |
28 | May 1, 1991 | 26 | Anthony Brown | Win | KO1 |
27 | Jan 23, 1991 | 25 | Craig Trotter | Win | TKO6 |
26 | Nov 18, 1990 | 25 | Errol Christie | Win | TKO3 |
25 | Apr 14, 1990 | 25 | Mike McCallum | Loss * | KO11 |
24 | May 21, 1989 | 24 | Nigel Benn | Win | TKO6 |
23 | Mar 8, 1989 | 23 | Franklin Owens | Win | TKO3 |
22 | Jan 18, 1989 | 23 | Jimmy Shavers | Win | TKO3 |
21 | Oct 24, 1988 | 23 | Reggie Miller | Win | TKO5 |
20 | Jul 28, 1988 | 23 | Israel Cole | Draw | TD |
19 | May 4, 1988 | 23 | Ricky Stackhouse | Win | TKO4 |
18 | Apr 13, 1988 | 23 | Joe McKnight | Win | TKO4 |
17 | Mar 9, 1988 | 22 | Kenneth Styles | Win | TKO9 |
16 | Feb 3, 1988 | 22 | Don Lee | Win | TKO5 |
15 | Oct 28, 1987 | 22 | Sam Houston | Win | TKO2 |
14 | Oct 5, 1987 | 22 | Franky Moro | Win | TKO4 |
13 | Mar 19, 1987 | 22 | Cliff Gilpin | Win | PTS |
12 | Feb 22, 1987 | 21 | Ralph Smiley | Win | PTS |
11 | Jan 19, 1987 | 21 | Ian Chantler | Win | TKO4 |
10 | Nov 4, 1986 | 21 | Alan Baptiste | Win | PTS |
9 | Jul 19, 1986 | 21 | Simon Collins | Win | KO1 |
8 | May 20, 1986 | 21 | James Cook | Loss | PTS |
7 | May 7, 1986 | 21 | Carlton Warren | Win | PTS |
6 | Feb 19, 1986 | 20 | Karl Barwise | Win | TKO3 |
5 | Nov 5, 1985 | 20 | Martin McEwan | Win | TKO6 |
4 | Jun 5, 1985 | 20 | Gary Tomlinson | Win | TKO4 |
3 | Apr 14, 1985 | 20 | Dennis Sheehan | Win | TKO3 |
2 | Feb 26, 1985 | 19 | Johnny Elliott | Win | TKO8 |
1 | Oct 16, 1984 | 19 | Winston Wray | Win | TKO4 |
* World-title fight
Michael Watson (The Force) is a 59-year old retired British professional boxer. He was born in London, England on March 15, 1965. He retired without winning a major world title. His professional boxing career spanned more than 6 years — from 1984 to 1991.
Watson made his professional boxing debut against Winston Wray at the age of 19 on October 16, 1984, defeating Wray via 4th round TKO. He went on to win 6 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 5 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 25 on April 14, 1990 after 24 professional fights, against Mike McCallum for the WBA title. He lost to McCallum via 11th round KO.
Watson had a total of four losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a super-middleweight bout against fellow British boxer Chris Eubank on September 21, 1991 for the vacant super-middleweight WBO title. Watson lost the fight via 12th round TKO. It's been 32 years, 7 months, and 10 days since this fight.
Watson knocked out 21 of his 30 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 70%. Of his total 25 wins, 21 of them were via KO (84%).