On September 21, 1991, Michael Watson and Chris Eubank met again in an immediate rematch.
Watson came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 72% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 30 days. Eubank was on a 28-fight win streak with a 57% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 2 months and 30 days.
In the rematch, Chris Eubank stopped Michael Watson via TKO in the final round of the 12-round world-title fight. Eubank improves his record to 29-0 (17 KOs), while Watson adds a loss to his record at 25-4-1.
On June 22, 1991, a 26-year-old Michael Watson (25-2-1, 21 KOs) got a shot at the middleweight WBO title held by 24-year-old fellow British boxer Chris Eubank (27-0, 16 KOs).
Watson came in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 75% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 21 days. Eubank was on a 27-fight win streak with a 59% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 2 months and 4 days.
Chris Eubank defeated Michael Watson via majority decision and successfully defended his WBO middleweight title. Eubank improves his record to 28-0, while Watson adds a loss to his record at 25-3-1.
On April 14, 1990, a 25-year-old Michael Watson (22-1-1, 18 KOs) got a shot at the middleweight WBA title held by 34-year-old Jamaican boxer Mike McCallum (37-1, 31 KOs).
Watson came in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 75% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 10 months and 24 days. McCallum was on a 5-fight win streak with a 81% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 2 months and 11 days.
Mike McCallum stopped Michael Watson via KO in the 11th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBA middleweight title. McCallum improves his record to 38-1 (32 KOs), while Watson adds a loss to his record at 22-2-1.
On May 20, 1986, a 21-year-old Michael Watson (7-0, 6 KOs) and James Cook met in the ring.
Watson came in to the fight on a 7-fight win streak with a 85% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 13 days.
Michael Watson lost to James Cook via points decision in the 8-round fight, and adds an loss to his record at 7-1.