Ding-A-Ling Man Darnell Wilson and Brian Minto Both Record Big Heavyweight Upsets
By Robert Brizel, Head RCM Boxing Correspondent
Atlantic City, NJ (December 15th, 2013)–The famed gatekeeper of the heavyweight division, Darnell ‘Ding-A-Ling’ Wilson, chalked up another victim on his long resume at Resorts Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on Saturday evening, December 14, 2013. Wilson, now 25-17-3, with 21 knockouts, Miami, Florida, exposed the overhyped 36-0 with 34 knockouts professional record of David Rodriguez as a fraud by knocking him out cold with a left hook for the full count of ten at 2:59 of the sixth round. Rodriguez was counted out by referee Lindsay Page. Rodriguez, out of the ring two years, had built a career on fighting no-names. Wilson has consistently fought the best and most dangerous fighters in the cruiserweight and heavyweight division for over a decade, often getting robbed of the decision, but sometimes beating the likes of Juan Carlos Gomez, Emmanuel Nwodo, Dale Brown, Daniel Judah, Rodriguez and others.
Rodriguez also lost an out-of-the-ring fight previously when he was viciously slashed on the left side of his face from earlobe to chin by an unidentified black male with a knife during a violent nightclub altercation in Scottsdale, Arizona, on Friday, December 30, 2011.
On the other side of the world in Auckland, New Zealand, Brian Minto made a successful comeback and won the vacant WBO Oriental Heavyweight title by stopping Shane Cameron after six rounds. Cameron did well for the first three rounds, until Minto opened a cut over Cameron’s left eye with punches in the fourth round. The bout turned dirty, with Minto getting penalized for elbowing in the fourth round, and again for head butting Cameron in the fifth. Minto’s game plan of working Cameron over on the ropes was effective in rounds five and six, though, with Cameron unable to see out of the left eye by that point. Cameron’s corner, fearing further eye damage, would not allow Cameron out for the seventh round.
The Peter Buckley Memorial ‘I can win when I want to’ Award goes to Dan Carr of Trowshire, England. At Olympia in Liverpool, the 31 bout losing streak of light welterweight journeyman Dan Carr ended when he stopped 6-2 Joe Tonks after the second round. Carr, who is now 3-50-2 with 2 knockouts, has been stopped only once in his 55 bout journeyman career. Referee Mark Lyson stopped the bout in the corner after deciding Tonks had taken too much punishment. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all.
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