On April 14, 1990, Mike McCallum (37-1, 31 KOs), the middleweight WBA champion, defends his title against British challenger, Michael Watson (22-1-1, 18 KOs).
Mike McCallum is coming in to the fight on a 5-fight win streak with a 81% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Steve Collins, 2 months and 11 days ago. Michael Watson is on a 4-fight win streak with a 75% KO rate, with his last fight being a 6th round TKO win over Nigel Benn, 10 months and 24 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Mike McCallum at 99-1 winning odds. Michael Watson really doesn't have much to present against McCallum.
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.