For 11 years, Ezell Wilson has been helping people heal through his occupation as a registered nurse.
For the past one-and-a-half years in the boxing ring, he has been punching other people in the face and elsewhere as an up-and-coming heavyweight boxer.
Wilson, 30, of Charleston, notched his first win in competitive boxing after a three-round match ended in a judges’ decision in his favor. That victory was recorded Saturday, June 10, at HM Boxing’s “Catch These Hands” event in Grenada.
The 6-1, 235-pound Wilson, who has an arm length of 75 inches, has been training and fighting out of the Two Jab Boxing gym in Sardis, where Andre Thomas is his coach and trainer.
Competing in the Super Heavyweight class, he now has an overall record of 1-2.
He hopes to string together some successes.
The latest match, he noted, “was just a regular competition” to add to his tally. When he hits the 10-fight mark by next year, he plans to compete in the Golden Gloves.
Golden Gloves of America is an organization that promotes and sanctions amateur boxing competitions across the United States.
The likes of Joe Louis, Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Leonard, Thomas Hearns and Oscar de la Hoya rose to stardom through competition in the system and were once Golden Gloves champions.
Wilson, too, has high hopes.
“My goals are to win the Golden Gloves at the state, regional and national levels, with dreams of turning pro,” he explained.
Wilson, the son of Ezell and Teresa Cashaw, is a 2011 graduate of Charleston High School.
