Editing Michael Watson (section)

{{short description|British boxer}}
{{Other people}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2012}}
{{Infobox boxer
| name = Michael Watson<br><small>[[Order of the British Empire|MBE]]</small>
| image = Michael Watson.jpg
| caption = Watson in 2008
| nickname = The Force<ref>Anthony, Andrew (4 May 2003). [https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2003/may/04/boxing.features "Once a fighter..."]. ''[[The Guardian]]''. [[Guardian Media Group]]. Retrieved 21 August 2016.</ref>
| weight = {{plainlist|
*[[Middleweight]]
*[[Super-middleweight]]
}}
| nationality = British
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|3|15|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[London]], England
| style = [[Orthodox stance|Orthodox]]
| total = 30
| wins = 25
| KO = 21
| losses = 4
| draws = 1
}}

'''Michael Watson''' {{post-nominals|country=UK|MBE}} (born 15 March 1965) is a British former [[professional boxer]] who competed from 1984 to 1991. He held the [[Commonwealth Boxing Council|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 a near-fatal injury sustained during a loss to [[Chris Eubank]] for the [[World Boxing Organization|WBO]] [[super-middleweight]] title in 1991.<ref name="MarathonEnd">{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/london_marathon_2003/2958573.stm|title=Poignant end to Watson's epic journey|last=Fordyce |first=Tom|date=19 April 2003|work=[[BBC Sport]]|publisher=[[BBC]]|accessdate=12 January 2009}}</ref>