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Craig Watson (boxer)

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328:, the man he had previously lost his old Commonwealth title to. Prior to the fight Watson referred to some of the pre-fight talk between the two fighters saying "He says he will shut me up, but it's all right saying that ... we'll see what happens in the ring". Watson said that following the close nature of the result against O'Donnell last time he had been consumed by bitterness and said that he was the victim of a home town decision as the fight took place in London, O'Donnells home. This time however there was to be no mistake. The return against O'Donnell once again took place in London, this time at the Wembley Arena, but the judges scored 116–113, 116–112 and 117–112 all to Watson over the 12 rounds. On 16 April 2011, in his first defence of the title, Watson lost to 301:. Given just two days notice Watson stepped in to fight Ugandan boxer Badru Lusambya on 16 April 2010 for the light middleweight version of the Commonwealth belt. Despite having never fought at the higher weight before, Watson put his opponent down 4 times in the second round to win a convincing victory. Despite the victory and the title Watson chose to move back down to welterweight for his next contest on 16 July 2010 after deciding that light middleweight was perhaps not his ideal weight. His opponent, the Ghanain journeyman Stephen Okine was stopped in the fifth round on the undercard of a bill that saw former victim 1457: 887: 237:
and so handed Watson victory. The newly crowned champion then travelled to Italy for his next fight to contest the vacant European Union belt against unbeaten Italian Daniele Petrucci. The fight on 8 March 2008 ended in bitter disappointment for Watson when the referee stopped it in the 3rd round with Watson saying that he was neither "mentally or physically prepared" for the fight having taken the match at short notice.
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Watson produced the performance of his career so far in Wigan, beating Nuumbembe to win the Commonwealth title when the fight was stopped in the 8th round. An early clash of heads had caused a cut above Nuumbembe's left eye which eventually got so bad that the corner could not stem the flow of blood
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with a points win over journeyman Matt Scriven 21 August 2009 and a second round stoppage of Swiss boxer Riad Menasria on 27 November 2009. Prior to the fight with Menasria, Watson had said that he was looking to compete at light welterweight in the future and wanted to meet reigning British
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was stopped in the fifth round when Purdy caught Watson with a right hand to the jaw to win the British title. Watson attempted to retain the title on 16 July 2011 with a bout in his home town of Oldham but was once again stopped in the fifth as Purdy made a successful first defence.
316:. On 6 November 2010 Watson moved back up to light middleweight at the Castle Leisure Center in Bury to register a win against Romanian journeyman Vasile Surcica, putting him down in the 8th round but failing to stop him inside the distance and scoring an 8 round points win. 264:. Watson ended up winning the fight on points over 12 rounds prompting Hatton to say afterwards that Watson was the first man who had legitimately beaten him in the ring. On 11 April 2009 Watson lost the title in his second defence to 191:. Going into the bout as an unknown he was heavily written off by many as Khan was the Olympic silver medalist at the time however Watson managed to score a knock down and only lost on a close points defeat. 1958: 297:
and stopped former British title challenger |Barrie Jones in 4 rounds. His chance to regain a championship belt came just over one full year since his defeat to
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Watson had his first professional contest in May 2005 when he scored a 2nd round tko over Willie Valentine at the Elephant and Castle Centre in
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Boxing Scene | Matthew Hatton continues to rise from Rickys shadow – with bill report inc. Watson vs. Okine
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Redemption came only a few months later on 24 May 2008 when Watson found himself sharing a ring with
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Boxing Scene | Scott Lawton suffers hometown defeat – also features Watson vs Jones report
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was described as scintillating as well as a 'classic bout' by observers sitting ringside.
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East Anglian Daily Times | Colchester boxer Lee Purdy wins British title defence
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in what was widely dubbed as the Hitman's homecoming following his defeat to
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Watson won the British title on 19 February 2011 with a revenge win against
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Manchester Evening News | Craig Watson dreaming of Boundary Park showdown
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to register the third defeat of his career. The contest shown live on
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in a fight to be held on 8 December 2007 at the Robin Park Centre in
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The Independent | Khan retains title despite dispute over stoppage
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Won vacant Commonwealth (British Empire) light middleweight title.
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who competed from 2005 to 2013. He held the Commonwealth
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Lost Commonwealth (British Empire) Welterweight title.
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Won Commonwealth (British Empire) Welterweight title.
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Arena 551:Welterweight 402: 397: 392: 387: 382: 377: 372: 367: 360: 356: 352: 323: 283: 254:Juan Lazcano 250:Ricky Hatton 239: 235: 203: 186: 169:welterweight 161:Craig Watson 160: 159: 123:Total fights 116: 85:Welterweight 64: 25:Craig Watson 18: 2109:1983 births 1736:2005-06-19 1685:2005-06-19 1674:Jus Wallie 1637:2005-07-16 1591:2005-10-07 1582:Ben Hudson 1545:2005-11-04 1502:2006-09-29 1462:Holiday Inn 1451:2006-11-25 1418:Town Hall, 1408:2007-02-09 1362:2007-04-27 1314:2007-07-06 1266:2007-09-21 1215:2007-10-26 1162:2007-12-08 1125:For vacant 1107:2008-03-08 1055:2008-05-24 1002:2009-04-11 952:2009-08-21 903:2009-11-27 857:2010-02-19 805:2010-04-16 754:2010-07-16 708:2010-11-06 669:Won vacant 648:2011-02-19 586:2011-04-16 527:2011-07-16 489:Velodrome, 479:2012-06-16 436:2013-03-08 334:Amir Khan's 305:retain his 56:Nationality 2088:Categories 2009:Kell Brook 1759:References 1750:, England 1702:, England 1654:, England 1608:, England 1562:, England 1516:, England 1422:, England 1379:, England 1331:, England 1283:, England 1232:, England 1179:, England 1158:(12), 0:24 1072:, England 1070:Manchester 1019:, England 969:, England 967:Manchester 920:, England 871:, England 822:, England 801:(12), 1:50 771:, England 722:, England 665:, England 603:, England 601:Manchester 582:(12), 0:40 541:, England 539:Manchester 523:(12), 2:00 493:, England 491:Manchester 450:, England 448:Manchester 423:Mark Lloyd 291:Lenny Daws 139:Wins by KO 65:Statistics 37:1983-02-07 2052:incumbent 2026:Lee Purdy 1859:BBC Sport 1732:(4), 3:00 1696:York Hall 1602:York Hall 1556:York Hall 1514:Davyhulme 1498:(4), 2:49 1277:York Hall 1262:(6), 0:37 1013:York Hall 963:Velodrome 899:(6), 1:55 853:(6), 1:53 573:Lee Purdy 514:Lee Purdy 432:(6), 3:00 388:Rd., Time 330:Lee Purdy 299:O'Donnell 289:champion 286:O'Donnell 270:York Hall 262:Las Vegas 206:Southwark 189:Amir Khan 72:Weight(s) 50:, England 1959:Archived 1821:Archived 1121:, Italy 673:British 611:British 549:British 398:Location 378:Opponent 357:5 Losses 106:Southpaw 2039:vacated 2012:vacated 1466:Belfast 361:0 Draws 353:22 Wins 244:at the 177:British 59:English 677:title. 671:BBBofC 615:title. 609:BBBofC 553:title. 547:BBBofC 373:Record 147:Losses 102:Stance 94:Height 48:Oldham 1386:Loss 1242:10–1 1196:11–1 1138:12–1 1085:12–2 1082:Loss 1032:13–2 979:13–3 976:Lose 930:14–3 881:15–3 835:16–3 781:17–3 732:18–3 686:19–3 624:20–3 607:Lost 562:20–4 559:Loss 503:20–5 500:Loss 460:21–5 412:22–5 403:Notes 295:Stoke 226:Wigan 1712:1–0 1709:Win 1664:2–0 1661:Win 1631:PTS 1618:3–0 1615:Win 1585:PTS 1572:4–0 1569:Win 1539:PTS 1526:5–0 1523:Win 1478:6–0 1475:Win 1445:PTS 1432:7–0 1429:Win 1402:PTS 1389:7–1 1356:PTS 1341:8–1 1338:Win 1308:PTS 1293:9–1 1290:Win 1257:TKO 1239:Win 1209:PTS 1193:Win 1183:Won 1153:TKO 1135:Win 1119:Rome 1103:(12) 1098:TKO 1029:Win 943:PTS 927:Win 894:TKO 878:Win 848:TKO 832:Win 796:TKO 778:Win 745:TKO 729:Win 699:PTS 683:Win 644:(12) 621:Win 577:TKO 545:For 518:TKO 473:PTS 457:Win 427:RTD 409:Win 393:Date 383:Type 368:Res. 274:ITV4 131:Wins 31:Born 1726:RTD 1678:PTS 1492:TKO 1127:EBU 1052:12 999:12 948:(6) 750:(8) 704:(8) 642:12 639:UD 260:in 2090:: 1937:^ 1905:. 1875:. 1857:. 1839:. 1803:. 1730:2 1698:, 1682:4 1650:, 1634:4 1604:, 1588:4 1558:, 1542:6 1496:1 1464:, 1448:6 1405:8 1375:, 1359:8 1327:, 1311:8 1279:, 1260:1 1228:, 1212:6 1175:, 1156:8 1101:3 1068:, 1048:UD 1015:, 995:SD 965:, 946:6 916:, 897:2 851:4 818:, 799:2 767:, 748:5 702:8 661:, 599:, 580:5 521:5 476:6 430:4 359:, 228:. 134:22 126:27 39:) 150:5 142:9 35:(

Index

Oldham
Light middleweight
Welterweight
Southpaw
professional boxer
welterweight
super welterweight
British
Amir Khan
Southwark
Leeds Town Hall
Robert Lloyd-Taylor
Michael Lomax
Ali Nuumbembe
Wigan
Matthew Hatton
City of Manchester Stadium
Ricky Hatton
Juan Lazcano
Floyd Mayweather
Las Vegas
John O'Donnell
York Hall
ITV4
O'Donnell
Lenny Daws
Stoke
O'Donnell
Matthew Hatton
European title

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