More mainstream notoriety for Silver Spring, MD’s Darnell “The Ding-A-Ling Man” Wilson. Ring Magazine has named the current USBA Cruiserweight champion one of the “10 Biggest Punchers” in the sport today in its latest issue.
Wilson came in at number eight on the list. Ring’s Contributing Editor Eric Raskin mentioned that although Wilson had the lowest knockout percentage of anyone on the list, “Nobody in boxing has put together a more impressive string of knockouts in the past year than Wilson, who dusted in succession contenders Daniel Judah (KO 4), Dale Brown (KO 2), Kelvin Davis (KO 3) and Emmanuel Nwodo (KO 11).”
Raskin made a special note of the Nwodo knockout saying, “It took until about the 50th time we saw it replayed before we stopped cringing.”
The top five on the list were (from top to bottom) Wladimir Klitschko, Daniel Ponce De Leon, Manny Pacquiao, Kelly Pavlik and Edwin Valero. Kermit Cintron came in at number six, followed by flyweight Vic Darchiniyan, Wilson, newly-crowned world cruiserweight champ David Haye and Israel Vasquez.
The same issue of Ring also listed the 20 Greatest Welterweights of All-Time. Beltway Boxing legend Sugar Ray Leonard made the list at number five, behind Sugar Ray Robinson, Henry Armstrong, Kid Gavilan and Charley Burley.
Source: Ring Magazine Puts Wilson on ‘Boxing’s 10 Biggest Punchers’ List!