Darroll Wilson pugile

Darroll Lamont Wilson (born June 8, 1966) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1993 to 2006. He is best known for his gutsy performances, and taking on some of the best fighters of his day. He is perhaps best remembered for his upset third-round TKO win over Shannon Briggs, though he also holds wins over contenders James Pritchard and Bert Cooper.Known as "Doin' Damage", Wilson was a prospect early in his professional career. He had just one amateur fight; a points loss to Tongan Samson Po'uha in 1992. After 13 wins and a draw, he fought another unbeaten prospect in Terry McGroom 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.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, 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 considered by many to be the highlight of Wilson's career. Briggs for a while had the reputation to be "chinny" but wasn't knocked down by George Foreman, reputed by several sources to be among the greatest punchers in history.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. After two minutes of give-and-take the hard hitting Tua KO'ed Wilson in the first round with his lethal left hook.