Darnell Wilson

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Darnell Wilson (b. 1974, September 22 in Cleveland ) is a US-American boxer.

Amateur star Wilson turned pro in 2000 as a light-heavyweight, nicknamed "Ding-a-ling". He showed a world-claass punch and a good chin but couldn't outbox his opponents. His best results were draws with George Jones (record 19-2) and James Lubwama (record 18-1).

In 2005 he went up to cruiserweight. There he was quickly outpointed by prospects/fringe contenders Vadim Tokarev (17-0),Felix Cora (17-0-2), and veteran Andre Purlette (record 38-2) and also lost to heavyweight Owen Beck. At that time he was nothing but a hard-punching clubfighter .

In late 2006 he at least managed to KO another former light-heavyweight in southpaw Daniel Judah (21-1-3) but at age 32 seemed to be going nowhere.

This changed dramatically in 2007 when he scored a sensational KO2 over Canadian contender Dale Brown (boxer) in Edmonton. He quickly added another upset KO3 over Kelvin Davis (boxer) who had put him on the deck before in the second round and is now rated Top10 by the Ring Magazine.

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