Michael Watson Signed Photo comes professionally framed with a certificate of authenticity on the back. Michael Watson MBE is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1984 to 1991. He held the Commonwealth middleweight title from 1989 to 1991 and challenged three times for a world title between 1990 and 1991. Watson’s career was cut short as a result of near-fatal injury sustained during a loss to Chris Eubank for the WBO super-middleweight title in 1991.