Guyanese fighter signs up with Golden Boy Promotions

Troy Wilson

After witnessing the showdown between ‘Iron’ Mike Tyson and James ‘Bonecrusher’ Smith for the World Boxing Council (WBC) and World Boxing Association (WBA) heavyweight titles in 1987, a then 11-year-old Troy Wilson found his calling.

His experience that fateful night materialized into a career that started at the amateur level before he became a professional in February of 2003.

His first fight was against Maclovia Cornejo at Roxy Theater in Atlanta, Georgia.
Prior to this experience the young Supply, Mahaica lad had channelled his energies into boyhood scuffles and other physical contact sports.
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