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. ==References==