Darroll Wilson

Darroll Lamont Wilson (born June 8, 1966 in Danville, Virginia) is a professional boxer. He is a journeyman heavyweight best known for his performances against more notable contenders.

Pro Boxing Career

Known as "Doin' Damage", Wilson was a prospect early in his pro career. After 13 wins and a draw he fought another unbeaten prospect in light-hitting Cruiserweight Terry McGroom, a former light-heavy Golden Gloves champ. Wilson and McGroom fought to a ten round draw.

In Wilson's next fight he outpointed an unbeaten heavyweight in James Stanton. He didn't look particularly dangerous early on at only 215 lbs and a record of 15-0-2 (only 10KOs).

Briggs and Thsabalala fights

But in 1996 he competed in HBO's "Night of the young heavyweights". His unbeaten opponent, 25-0 Shannon Briggs was an amateur star and being touted as a future champ, he was the main feature of the card. In a huge upset, the Wilson took Briggs best shots in the opening rounds, turned the tide in the second, then knocked Briggs out for the full count in the third. This is by far the highlight #1 of Wilson's career. Briggs for a while had the reputation to be "chinny" but wasn't knocked down by George Foreman (he actually won a highly questionable decision in Foreman's last fight and became champion), lasted 5 with Lennox Lewis and the only other guy in 10 years to score a knockdown against him was Jameel McCline.

Later that year 1996, Wilson was brought back to HBO a fight later to meet another undefeated Top-prospect, the Samoan born, New Zealand Olympic bronze medallist David Tua, who had also won on the previous "young heavys" card. The hard hitting Tua KO'ed Wilson in one round with his lethal left hook. It was the first time it became apparent that Wilson could take very little.

Wilson had lost, but was still a semi-attraction, and got his second chance when he met once-beaten South African Courage Tshabalala. The two staged one of the most famous fights of the year 1997. In the first round Courage dropped Wilson with a jab 25 seconds into the fight, again demonstrating how chinny Wilson is. Things looked even worse for Wilson when he was dropped again in the third, this time much harder, with a right hand. Courage tried to finish in the fourth but Wilson fought back with the heart he showed in the Briggs fight, and leveled his opponent for the count.

Decline

Wilson's next big fight was an upset loss to Terrence Lewis by fifth round TKO in 1998. Lewis was a Clubfighter but had a respected right hand, however, the result was still a surprise. Wilson was no longer a fringe contender, just merely a hard hitting journeyman.

Wilson was again TKO'ed in his next fight to the hard hitting contender and Olympic silver medallist David Izon. In that fight Wilson's own power surfaced early, and Izon was dropped in the first round, but Wilson couldn't finish the job.

Since then he slipped dramatically and never regained his old form. In 1999 he lost fights to the likes of Frankie Swindell (17 losses) and Zuri Lawrence, and was blown out in two rounds by an aging Tim Witherspoon.

Wilson most recently dropped a ten round decision to Jean-Francois Bergeron and washed-up Ray Mercer in 2005 and was stopped inside 4 rounds by Oliver McCall in 2006.

Professional boxing record

27 Wins (21 knockouts, 6 decisions), 10 Losses (7 knockouts, 3 decisions), 2 Draws
Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
Loss	21-29-2	Sedreck "Big Buck" Fields	KO	7	02/12/2006	Saint Charles, Missouri, United States	Wilson knocked out at 2:43 of the seventh round.
Loss	47-8	Oliver "Atomic Bull" McCall	TKO	4	09/09/2006	Louisville, Kentucky, United States	WBC FECARBOX Heavyweight Title. Wilson knocked out at 0:40 of the fourth round.
Loss	33-5-1	Ray "Merciless" Mercer	UD	10	24/06/2005	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States	90-99, 91-98, 92-97.
Loss	17-0	Jean Francois Bergeron	UD	10	07/03/2003	Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada	93-97, 92-98, 92-98.
Win	36-21	"Smokin" Bert Cooper	RTD	4	20/09/2002	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Loss	53-11-1	"Terrible" Tim Witherspoon	KO	2	10/03/2002	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Witherspoon knocked out at 1:02 of the second round.
Win	15-113-5	Frankie Hines	KO	1	05/10/2001	Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States
Win	18-13-2	Mike "Big House" Rouse	TKO	5	28/04/2001	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Win	21-27	Ric "The Bomber" Lainhart	KO	1	13/04/2001	Hampton, Virginia, United States
Win	4-18	David Willis	TKO	4	27/02/2001	Indianapolis, Indiana, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 2:50 of the fourth round.
Loss	11-5-3	Zuri Lawrence	UD	10	02/09/1999	Saratoga Springs, New York, United States	89-100, 91-99, 91-99.
Loss	35-17-1	Frankie "The Tennessee Stud" Swindell	TKO	5	01/07/1999	Tunica, Mississippi, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 1:34 of the fifth round.
Win	20-4	Don Normand	TKO	2	20/05/1999	Tunica, Mississippi, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 2:59 of the second round.
Loss	21-3	David Izon	KO	4	14/11/1998	Mashantucket, Connecticut, United States
Win	16-7	Anthony "Big Hand" Willis	TKO	5	12/06/1998	Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 0:32 of the fifth round after Willis was knocked down thrice.
Loss	23-3	Terrence "K.O." Lewis	TKO	5	03/02/1998	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 0:59 of the fifth round.
Win	30-17-2	James Pritchard	TKO	2	29/11/1997	Vineland, New Jersey, United States
Win	20-1	Courage "No Limit" Tshabalala	KO	4	03/06/1997	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States	Courage knocked out at 2:41 of the fourth round.
Win	7-12-1	Ron "Stingray" McCarthy	TKO	6	03/05/1997	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Loss	24-0	David Tua	KO	1	20/09/1996	Miami, Florida, United States	WBC International Heavyweight Title.
Win	6-11	Rick Sullivan	UD	10	18/07/1996	Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Win	25-0	Shannon "The Cannon" Briggs	TKO	3	15/03/1996	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States	Referee stopped the bout at 2:17 of the third round.
Win	16-0	James "The House" Stanton	UD	10	12/12/1995	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Draw	11-0	Terry McGroom	PTS	10	17/08/1995	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States	95-95, 96-94, 94-96.
Win	7-10-1	Doug "Dig-em-Up" Davis	PTS	8	22/06/1995	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Win	7-9-1	Doug "Dig-em-Up" Davis	PTS	8	16/05/1995	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Win	17-7-1	Luis Rivera	PTS	8	04/04/1995	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Win	2-2	Russell Perry	TKO	1	22/02/1995	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Win	--	Rashid Latif	TKO	1	25/01/1995	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Win	1-3	Dennis Cain	TKO	3	07/12/1994	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Win	7-18-1	Mike Robinson	TKO	2	22/10/1994	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Win	6-8	Ron Gullette	TKO	2	19/08/1994	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Win	2-6	Robert Doyle	TKO	1	28/07/1994	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Win	2-1	Delen Parsley	PTS	4	07/05/1994	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Draw	2-2-1	Levon Warner	PTS	4	01/03/1994	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Win	0-1	Randy Gordon	KO	1	01/02/1994	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Win	0-3-1	Derrick Minter	TKO	1	02/10/1993	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Win	0-3-1	Mitchell "The Cigarette Man" Rose	TKO	3	07/08/1993	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Win	0-2	Wayne Perdue	TKO	2	15/05/1993	Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States

External links

• Professional boxing record for Darroll Wilson from BoxRec