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Cliff Gilpin vs Michael Watson — record, stats and common opponents compared

Cliff Gilpin

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Michael Watson

Cliff Gilpin (1-5 across 6 tracked bouts) and Michael Watson (25-4-1) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Gilpin

Tracked record

1–5

counted from 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Watson

25

Wins21 KO · 84%

4

Losses

1

Draw30 tracked bouts

Heads up: at least one of these records is a tracked record — the wins and losses Kill The Body has ingested so far, not an independently verified career total. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.

Head to Head

Watson leads 1–0

Cliff Gilpin and Michael Watson have met 1 time; Watson leads 1–0.

Cliff Gilpin and Michael Watson have met 1 time; Watson leads 1–0.
Met1987Mar 19Series
Cliff GilpinFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Michael WatsonFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Gilpin 2 · Watson 4 of 6 measurable rows
GilpinWatson
Record†
1-525-4-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
16.7%
85% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 21
1
21 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—84%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
100% (edge)
84%
Times stopped‡max 2
0 (edge)
2
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 4.3
1.2
4.3 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 30
6
30

† One or both records are tracked, not career-verified. · ‡ Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total. · § Across each fighter's tracked career span. · Bars are scaled per row — percentages on 0–100, counts against the larger of the two. Every figure is also printed as text.

Tale of the Tape

Agenot held
Cliff Gilpin: No date of birth
Michael Watson: 61
Stance
Cliff Gilpin: Not recorded
Michael Watson: Orthodox

Cliff Gilpin left, Michael Watson right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Cliff Gilpin1 win · from 6 tracked bouts

Cliff Gilpin: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 100%

Michael Watson25 wins · from 30 tracked bouts

Michael Watson: 25 tracked wins — 21 by KO/TKO (84%) and 4 on the cards (16%). Counted from 30 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

21 by KO/TKO 84%4 on the cards 16%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Cliff Gilpin 6, Michael Watson 30 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Cliff Gilpin last boxed on Mar 19, 1987 — 14,459 days ago. Gilpin had lost two straight, after one straight win.LLWLL

Honeyghan Apr 1983Honeyghan Dec 1983Dorfer Mar 1984Kalambay Mar 1986Watson Mar 19871.2 tracked bouts per year

Michael Watson last boxed on Sep 21, 1991 — 12,812 days ago. Watson had lost two straight, after three straight wins.WWWLL

Christie Nov 1990Trotter Jan 1991Brown May 1991Eubank Jun 1991Eubank Sep 19914.3 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Cliff Gilpin and Michael Watson ever fought each other?
Yes. Cliff Gilpin and Michael Watson met once on March 19, 1987, and Michael Watson won by PTS.
The meeting

LMar 19, 1987 · Watson · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Gilpin or Watson?
Cliff Gilpin is 1-5 across the 6 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Michael Watson is 25-4-1. Michael Watson has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Gilpin1–516.7%

Watson25–4–185%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Gilpin or Watson?
Cliff Gilpin has 1 knockout win and Michael Watson has 21. Michael Watson has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Gilpin1

Watson2184%

The Numbers ↓
Do Gilpin and Watson have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Cliff Gilpin and Michael Watson have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Gilpin and Watson?
This comparison is drawn from 6 bouts tracked for Cliff Gilpin and 30 bouts tracked for Michael Watson. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Gilpin6bouts

Watson30bouts

How They Win ↓

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