Michael Watson?

Yes hindsight and the unforeseen events that affected Watson's career, mean the defeat is not mentioned as a black mark against his name.

But McCallum was going 'through the motions' in that period in his career. He had blown his chance at mainstream superstardom, and although still a fine champ, a lot of people in the UK looked at Graham/McCallum and Benn/Watson and came to a conclusion...

Yes Watson had not fought for a while, but still he was the young pup with the big future, and McCallum was meant to be the next step, not the summit of what Watson was going to achieve.

And although as you point out one judge had it 6/4, I think most, even British fans, found it hard to agree on Watson winning more than two rounds.

A lot of faith was lost on Watson that night, and was not until the first Eubank fight, that Watson showed signs of redeeming himself.

 

Sorry, mixed my Benn and Eubank up. Eubank.