Michael Watson's career was cut short as a result of a near-fatal injury sustained during a loss to a British former professional boxer who competed from 1985 to what year?
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Michael Watson Michael Watson, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (born 15 March 1965) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1984 to 1991. He held the Commonwealth middleweight title from 1989 to 1991, and challenged three times for a world title between 1990 and 1991. Watson's career was cut short as a result of near-fatal injury sustained during a loss to Chris Eubank for the WBO super-middleweight title in 1991.
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Chris Eubank Christopher Livingstone Eubanks (born 8 August 1966), known as Chris Eubank, is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1985 to 1998. He held the WBO middleweight and super-middleweight titles, scoring victories over six world champions, and is ranked by BoxRec as the third best British super-middleweight boxer of all time.
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Massimiliano Duran Massimiliano Duran (born November 3, 1963 in Ferrara, Italy) is a former Italian professional boxer who held the Cruiser WBC title and the European championship between 1990 and 1991. He is also known for being the only fighter in boxing history to earn a shot at, win, and defend a world title with three consecutive disqualification wins.
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Dennis Andries Dennis Andries (born 5 November 1953) is a British former professional boxer who fought at light heavyweight.
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Frank Bruno Franklin Roy "Frank" Bruno, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (born 16 November 1961) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1982 to 1996. Bruno had a highly publicised and extremely eventful career. The pinnacle of his boxing career was winning the WBC heavyweight title, in what was his fourth world championship challenge. He also held the European heavyweight title earlier in his career. Bruno was one of the most well-loved and recognisable boxers in British history, and faced multiple top-rated heavyweights during his career including two bouts with Mike Tyson and a domestic clash against Lennox Lewis. He won the WBC title in 1995 after defeating Oliver McCall at a packed Wembley Stadium. Bruno was known for his excellent punching power: he won 40 of his 45 bouts and 38 by knockout, giving him a 95% knockout rate from the fights he won; his overall knockout percentage is 84.44%. Like Henry Cooper before him, Bruno has remained a popular celebrity with the British public following his retirement from boxing.
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Tyrell Biggs Tyrell Biggs (born December 22, 1960) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1984 to 1998, and challenged once for the undisputed heavyweight title in 1987. As an amateur he won a gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics, having previously won bronze at the 1983 Pan American Games and gold at the 1982 World Championships, all in the super heavyweight division.
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Michael Kenny (boxer) Michael Vincent Noel James Kenny (born 19 June 1964, in Lower Hutt) is a former heavyweight boxer from New Zealand, who won the gold medal in the men's super heavyweight (+ 91 kg) division at the 1990 Commonwealth Games. He also represented his native country at 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, falling in the second round to Dodovic Owini from Uganda.
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Mo Hussein Mo Hussein ( (1962--) 17 1962 (age 55 ) ) born in Hackney is an English professional light/light welterweight boxer of the 1980s who won the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) Southern Area lightweight title, and Commonwealth lightweight title, and was a challenger for the BBBofC British light welterweight title against Lloyd Christie, his professional fighting weight varied from 134 lb , i.e. lightweight to 140 lb , i.e. light welterweight. Mo Hussein was trained and managed by Jimmy Tibbs, and promoted by Frank Warren.
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David Bey David Bey (March 11, 1957 – September 13, 2017) was a heavyweight boxer who held the USBA title, and challenged Larry Holmes for the world title in 1985.
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Frederick Spiller M. Frederick "Fred" Spiller (22 November 1884 – 14 September 1953) was a British lightweight boxer who competed in the early twentieth century.
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Michael Jennings (boxer) Michael Jennings (born 9 September 1977) is a British former professional boxer. He is a former British, English, and WBU welterweight champion, as well as a world title challenger.
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Lennox Lewis Lennox Claudius Lewis, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} , {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (born 2 September 1965) is a former professional boxer who competed from 1989 to 2003. He is a three-time world heavyweight champion, a two-time lineal champion, and remains the last heavyweight to hold the undisputed title. Lewis holds dual British and Canadian citizenship; as an amateur he represented Canada at the 1988 Summer Olympics, winning a gold medal in the super-heavyweight division after defeating future world champion Riddick Bowe in the final.
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Johnny Owen John Richard Owens (7 January 1956 – 4 November 1980) was a professional boxer from Wales who fought under the name Johnny Owen. His fragile appearance earned him many epithets, including 'the Bionic Bantam' and 'the Merthyr Matchstick'. During his brief career, he held the Bantamweight Championships of Great Britain and Europe and became the first ever Welsh holder of the Bantamweight Championship of the Commonwealth. He challenged champion Lupe Pintor for his version of the World Bantamweight title on 19 September 1980, losing a torturously difficult contest by way of twelfth round knockout. Owen never regained consciousness, fell into a coma and died seven weeks later. A statue commemorating his life and career was unveiled in Merthyr Tydfil in 2002.
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Anthony Nelson (boxer) Anthony 'Babyface' Nelson (born November 9, 1985 in South Shields), is an English professional super flyweight boxer who has won the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) Northern (England) Area super flyweight title, British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) English Super flyweight title, and Commonwealth Super flyweight title.
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Enzo Maccarinelli Enzo Maccarinelli (born 20 August 1980) is a Welsh former professional boxer who competed from 1999 to 2016. He held the WBO cruiserweight title from 2006 to 2008, and at regional level the European and British cruiserweight titles between 2010 and 2012. Nicknamed "Big Mac", Maccarinelli was known as a crowd favourite, and during his career accumulated an 80.4% knockout-to-win ratio.
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Tim Thomas (kickboxer) Timothy Benjamin Thomas (born 28 March 1983) is an English-Jamaican Muay Thai kickboxer who competes in the welterweight and middleweight divisions. He came to prominence by winning the UKMF British Welterweight Muay Thai title early in his career before becoming the ISKA World Welterweight Muay Thai Champion in 2005. He lost this belt in 2008 after one successful title defence, but later became a world champion for the second time in Jersey against Michael Blood for the WRSA title. He won by TKO in the 5th round. He then regained the ISKA World title under Kun Khmer rules in 2011.
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Kevin McBride Kevin Martin McBride (born 10 May 1973) is a retired Irish professional boxer who is best known for defeating Mike Tyson in 2005, in what would be the latter's final fight. As an amateur, McBride competed for Ireland at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
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Bruce Seldon Bruce Samuel Seldon (born January 30, 1967) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1988 to 1996, and 2004 to 2009. He held the WBA heavyweight title from 1995 to 1996, most notably losing to Mike Tyson via knockout in his second defense.
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Sean Mannion (boxer) Sean Mannion (born October 6, 1956 in Rosmuc, Ireland) is a former boxer in the light middleweight division. He boxed out of Massachusetts in the United States. His most notable bout was against Mike McCallum for the vacant WBA title, which he lost over a fifteen round unanimous decision. Newline Films reportedly plans to make a film about his life story. In January 2014, "Rocky Ros Muc: Seán Ó Mainnín", a biography about Mannion's life and career was released. The book is written in Irish but there are plans afoot to release an English version.
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Barry Michael Barry Michael (born June 2, 1955) is an Australian former boxer. He was in his prime during the 1980s and is best remembered for his 1985 fight against Lester Ellis, which received nationwide television coverage in Australia.
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Tommy McGovern Thomas Henry "Tommy" McGovern (born 5 February 1924) is a British former boxer who was British lightweight champion between 1951 and 1952 and fought for the European title.
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Liam Walsh (boxer) Liam Walsh (born 18 May 1986) is a British professional boxer who has challenged once for a world title in 2017. He held the Commonwealth super-featherweight title from 2010 to 2017, and the British super-featherweight title from 2014 to 2016. Liam has two brothers, both of whom are also professional boxers, most notably his twin Ryan Walsh.