On November 26, 2001, a 37-year-old Carl Thompson (28-5, 21 KOs) and Ezra Sellers met in the ring in a cruiserweight bout.
Thompson came in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 63% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 9 months and 23 days.
Carl Thompson lost to Ezra Sellers via KO in the 4th round, and adds an loss to his record at 28-6.
On March 27, 1999, the 34-year-old WBO cruiserweight world champion, Carl Thompson (24-4, 17 KOs), faced a 32-year-old fellow British boxer Johnny Nelson (31-12-1, 22 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Thompson came in to the fight on a 6-fight win streak with a 60% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 8 months and 9 days. Nelson was on a 6-fight win streak with a 50% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 8 months and 9 days.
Johnny Nelson stopped the champion via TKO in the 5th round of the 12-round world-title fight, winning the first world title of his career, and is crowned the new WBO cruiserweight champion. Nelson improves his record to 32-12-1 (23 KOs), while Thompson adds a loss to his record at 24-5.
On June 10, 1995, 31-year-old Carl Thompson (18-3, 14 KOs) and Ralf Rocchigiani fought for the vacant WBO cruiserweight title.
Thompson came in to the fight on a 9-fight win streak with a 66% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 7 months and 28 days.
Carl Thompson was defending his cruiserweight titles and, fighting for the cruiserweight WBO titles against Ralf Rocchigiani and lost via TKO in the 11th round, and adds an loss to his record at 18-4.
On April 1, 1991, a 26-year-old Carl Thompson (9-2, 5 KOs) and Yawe Davis met in the ring.
Thompson came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 45% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 25 days.
Carl Thompson lost to Yawe Davis via TKO in the 2nd round, and adds an loss to his record at 9-3.
On April 21, 1990, a 25-year-old Carl Thompson (8-1, 5 KOs) and Franco Wanyama met in the ring.
Thompson came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 55% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 21 days.
Carl Thompson lost to Franco Wanyama via points decision in the 6-round fight, and adds an loss to his record at 8-2.
On October 31, 1989, a 25-year-old Carl Thompson (8-0, 5 KOs) and Crawford Ashley met in the ring in a light-heavyweight bout.
Thompson came in to the fight on a 8-fight win streak with a 62% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 20 days.
Carl Thompson lost to Crawford Ashley via TKO in the 6th round, and adds an loss to his record at 8-1.