Tony Wilson

Anthony Everoll Wilson (born 25 April 1964) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1985 to 1993. He held the British light heavyweight title between 1987 and 1989. As an amateur, he represented the UK at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Career Born in Wolverhampton in 1964, Wilson had a successful career as an amateur, winning two ABA titles and representing the UK at the 1984 Summer Olympics, where he reached the quarter-finals.

Wilson started his professional career in February 1985, working with trainer Jimmy Tibbs and promoter Frank Warren, A riot ensued and Wilson's mother had to be dragged from the ring by her hair by a security guard; McCarthy returned to the ring but only to calm the crowd. A BBBofC enquiry upheld the result but ordered a rematch, but McCarthy pulled out, suffering from flu.

He travelled to the United States in 1990 where he beat Steve Harvey and lost to James Flowers. It was a year before his next fight, and while he continued until 1993, he won only one of his last eight fights.

Now retired, Wilson runs a boxing gym in Walsall and coaches boxers.