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Ian Chantler vs Michael Watson — record, stats and common opponents compared

Ian Chantler

🇬🇧UNITED KINGDOM

Michael Watson

Ian Chantler (0-4 across 4 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 1 common opponent.

Chantler

Tracked record

0–4

counted from 4 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

Ian Chantler and Michael Watson have met 1 time; Watson leads 1–0.

Ian Chantler and Michael Watson have met 1 time; Watson leads 1–0.
Met1987Jan 19Series
Ian ChantlerFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Michael WatsonFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR41Meeting

The Numbers

Chantler 0 · Watson 5 of 5 measurable rows
ChantlerWatson
Record†
0-425-4-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
85% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 21
0
21 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—84%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—84%
Times stopped‡max 4
4
2 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 4.3
0.9
4.3 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 30
4
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
Ian Chantler: No date of birth
Michael Watson: 61
Stance
Ian Chantler: Not recorded
Michael Watson: Orthodox

Ian Chantler 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
Ian Chantler0 wins · from 4 tracked bouts

Ian Chantler: no tracked wins in the 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Chantler yet.

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 — Ian Chantler 4, Michael Watson 30 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Watson better on 1

Chantler

Opponent

Watson

  • Ian Chantler

    Loss, KO 1

    1987

    BennWatson better

    Michael Watson

    Win, TKO 6

    1989

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Ian Chantler last boxed on May 15, 1991 — 12,940 days ago. Chantler had lost four straight.LLLL

Watson Jan 1987Benn Nov 1987Delé Jan 1989Branco May 19910.9 tracked bouts per year

Michael Watson last boxed on Sep 21, 1991 — 12,811 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 Ian Chantler and Michael Watson ever fought each other?
Yes. Ian Chantler and Michael Watson met once on January 19, 1987, and Michael Watson won by TKO in round 4.
The meeting

LJan 19, 1987 · Watson · TKO R4

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Chantler or Watson?
Ian Chantler is 0-4 across the 4 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 %

Chantler0–40%

Watson25–4–185%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Chantler or Watson?
Ian Chantler has 0 knockout wins and Michael Watson has 21. Michael Watson has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Chantler0

Watson2184%

The Numbers ↓
Do Chantler and Watson have any common opponents?
Ian Chantler and Michael Watson share 1 common opponent: Nigel Benn. Michael Watson fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Nigel BennLW

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Chantler and Watson?
This comparison is drawn from 4 bouts tracked for Ian Chantler and 30 bouts tracked for Michael Watson. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Chantler4bouts

Watson30bouts

How They Win ↓

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