Michael Watson
25–4 · 30 recorded bouts · 1984–1991
Michael Watson finished 84% of 25 wins inside the distance — the 93rd percentile for super middleweight boxing, where the median is 61%. No reach is on record, so this page compares record rather than measurements.
What is on record
| Reach | not recorded | |
|---|---|---|
| Height | not recorded | |
| Stance | Orthodox | |
| Division | Super Middleweight Boxing competed at 2: middleweight, super middleweight — compared here against the last | |
| Peak era | 1990s | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
Wikipedia carries no reach figure for Michael Watson, so the reach-advantage comparison this site is built on cannot be computed. Everything below comes from the record instead.
Record
Boxing record
25–4
30 bouts on record
Finish rate
84%
of wins ended inside the distance — super middleweight boxing median 61%, 93rd percentile
The career, bout by bout
30 recorded bouts from 1984 to 1991. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
8y
1984–1991
Longest unbeaten run
16
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
1988
6 bouts
Recorded bouts
30
29 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | L | Chris Eubank | KO/TKO | 12 |
| 1991 | W | Anthony Brown | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1991 | W | Craig Trotter | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1990 | W | Errol Christie | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1990 | L | Mike McCallum | KO/TKO | 11 |
| 1989 | W | Nigel Benn | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1989 | W | Franklin Owens | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1989 | W | Jimmy Shavers | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1988 | W | Reggie Miller | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1988 | D | Israel Cole | Draw | 2 |
| 1988 | W | Ricky Stackhouse | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1988 | W | Joe McKnight | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1988 | W | Kenneth Styles | KO/TKO | 9 |
| 1988 | W | Don Lee | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1987 | W | Sam Houston | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1987 | W | Franky Moro | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1987 | W | Cliff Gilpin | Decision | 8 |
| 1987 | W | Ralph Smiley | Decision | 8 |
| 1987 | W | Ian Chantler | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1986 | W | Alan Baptiste | Decision | 8 |
| 1986 | W | Simon Collins | — | 1 |
| 1986 | L | James Cook | Decision | 8 |
| 1986 | W | Carlton Warren | — | 6 |
| 1986 | W | Karl Barwise | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1985 | W | Martin McEwan | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1985 | W | Gary Tomlinson | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1985 | W | Dennis Sheehan | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1985 | W | Johnny Elliott | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 1984 | W | Winston Wray | — | 4 |
| — | ? | Opponent | — | — |
4 of these opponents have their own page here.
How this is worked out
- Measurements and records are read from the fighter's English Wikipedia infobox; the fight list is parsed from the article's own results table.
- Reach advantage is (reach − height) ÷ height as a percentage, so fighters of different sizes compare directly.
- Percentiles rank this fighter among the 161 super middleweight boxing fighters in the dataset — chosen because it is the most specific group of at least 30 that this fighter belongs to.
Reach advantage = (reach − height) ÷ height × 100
Source: Michael Watson on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-07. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.