Talk:Michael Watson
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Ironic coincidence?
[edit]I removed the para starting In what can be considered an ironic coincidence... because what happened to Gerald McLellan was not at all ironic, or a coincidence. The para was reinstated with the comment that McLellan was relevant to the article - fine, wouldn't contest that, but would really strongly suggest a revised wording. 'In what can be considered...' is somewhat weasely, and I definitely can't see either the irony or the coincidence in what happened. Worldtraveller 14:36, 30 Jan 2005 (UTC)
NPOV
[edit]This article isn't very Neutral.
Seems to gloss over his losses and make excuses for them too. No citations for anything either e.g. McCallum fight and change of tactics or fractured nose etc. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.38.99.113 (talk) 21:01, 6 March 2007 (UTC).
"Revenge" against Nigel Benn
[edit]The article containd two statements that Watson's fight against Nigel Benn were Watson's "revenge" for being bullied as a child. While it would be understandable if Watson saw his whole boxing career as being revenge for being bullied, picking out this single fight in the article as the only one that constituted revenge implies that it was Benn who was the bully. This, unless true, would be libellous and, in the absence of any references in the article to back up this implicit claim (or anything else!), I've deleted these statements. If they are to be reinstated, references should be provided. Dricherby (talk) 10:29, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
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