Fighting back - The Michael Watson story (video)

Thanks for posting this... I've read some articles about his situation and struggle to gain mobility, but didn't come across a video

 

just going to watch this now.

watson was such a good under-rated fighter, beating prime benn, and so unlucky not to beat prime eubank in both fights.

he's almost become a forgotten fighter. that 11th round in the 2nd eubank fight is one of the greatest rounds in boxing history for me, such a shame about the tragic consequences of it.

 

Same here. I say Eubanks punch that knocked him down is probably the most viscious looking one I've seen thrown. Absolutely everything he had left was behind it and it was an all or nothing kind of moment.

 

He was better than eubank and benn he won the first eubank fight and got robbed.Mccallum kind of schooled him but he was a bit green at the time.

 

Good story. I really like how, Ali went to visit Watson, and made the comment, you know something, your nearly as good looking as me LOL

 

just watched that and it brought back some great memories from what was a golden era in british boxing.

it nearly brought a tear to my eye when watson and eubank met up again after all that time. it was great to see that watson has made such a great recovery against all odds.

how the **** did watson not become a world champion.

 

the performance he put on to beat benn that night, with that peekaboo defence, was amazing.

 

It's the best round I can think of.

Eubank was completely burnt out and looked like he had nothing left, he got back to his feet and hit an unbelievable uppercut and he went from looking like he'd lost the fight to winning it because of that one shot.

 

+1, I've seen this before but it was worth another watch.

Watson really was a fantastic fighter who was deserving of winning a World title. At just 26 years old when the tragedy happened who knows how good he could of eventually become.