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Karl Barwise vs Michael Watson — record, stats and common opponents compared

Karl Barwise

🇬🇧UNITED KINGDOM

Michael Watson

Karl Barwise (0-5 across 5 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.

Barwise

Tracked record

0–5

counted from 5 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

Karl Barwise and Michael Watson have met 1 time; Watson leads 1–0.

Karl Barwise and Michael Watson have met 1 time; Watson leads 1–0.
Met1986Feb 19Series
Karl BarwiseFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Michael WatsonFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR31Meeting

The Numbers

Barwise 0 · Watson 5 of 5 measurable rows
BarwiseWatson
Record†
0-525-4-1 (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
0.6
4.3 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 30
5
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
Karl Barwise: No date of birth
Michael Watson: 61
Stance
Karl Barwise: Not recorded
Michael Watson: Orthodox

Karl Barwise 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
Karl Barwise0 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

Karl Barwise: no tracked wins in the 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Barwise 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 — Karl Barwise 5, Michael Watson 30 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Watson better on 1

Barwise

Opponent

Watson

  • Karl Barwise

    Loss, RTD

    1990

    ChristieWatson better

    Michael Watson

    Win, TKO 3

    1990

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

Karl Barwise last boxed on Jun 4, 1994 — 11,824 days ago. Barwise had lost five straight.LLLLL

Tiozzo Oct 1985Watson Feb 1986Christie Sep 1990Brown Dec 1992Calzaghe Jun 19940.6 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 Karl Barwise and Michael Watson ever fought each other?
Yes. Karl Barwise and Michael Watson met once on February 19, 1986, and Michael Watson won by TKO in round 3.
The meeting

LFeb 19, 1986 · Watson · TKO R3

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Barwise or Watson?
Karl Barwise is 0-5 across the 5 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 %

Barwise0–50%

Watson25–4–185%

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

Barwise0

Watson2184%

The Numbers ↓
Do Barwise and Watson have any common opponents?
Karl Barwise and Michael Watson share 1 common opponent: Errol Christie. Michael Watson fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Errol ChristieLW

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Barwise and Watson?
This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for Karl Barwise and 30 bouts tracked for Michael Watson. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Barwise5bouts

Watson30bouts

How They Win ↓

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