Virgil Hill
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Hill in 2015
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| Real name | Virgil Eugene Hill | ||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Quicksilver | ||||||||||||
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| Height | 6 ft 0 1⁄2 in (184 cm) | ||||||||||||
| Reach | 77 in (196 cm) | ||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||
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January 18, 1964 Clinton, Missouri, U.S. |
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| Stance | Orthodox | ||||||||||||
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| Total fights | 58 | ||||||||||||
| Wins | 51 | ||||||||||||
| Wins by KO | 24 | ||||||||||||
| Losses | 7 | ||||||||||||
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Virgil Eugene Hill (born January 18, 1964) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1984 to 2007, and in 2015. He is a two-weight world champion, having held the WBA light heavyweight title twice, from 1987 to 1997; the IBF and lineal light heavyweight titles from 1996 to 1997; and the WBA cruiserweight title twice, from 2000 to 2002 and 2006 to 2007. As an amateur, Hill won a silver medal in the middleweight division at the 1984 Summer Olympics. In 2013, he was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame.
At the 1984 Summer Olympics Hill represented the United States as a Middleweight then age 20, and won a silver medal in a close decision loss in the 165-lb final. His results were:
Hill was the 1984 National Golden Gloves champion at Middleweight.
In September 1987, after going eighteen straight fights without a loss to start his pro career, Hill aka 'Quicksilver' (his nickname) was a challenger to Leslie Stewart of Trinidad for the latter's World Boxing Association light-heavyweight title in Atlantic City. After an even match in the early going, Hill floored the defending title holder twice in the fourth round – first with a left hook and the second time with an uppercut – to take the title on a Knockout win.
A series of ten successful defenses followed, eight of which took place in Bismarck, North Dakota. Hill received offers to fight in Las Vegas and other cities, but chose the place of his 'roots' and 'hometown fans' to be the place of the majority of his defenses. Opponents in his first run as champion included Bobby Czyz and James Kinchen. Superstar Thomas Hearns would meet – and defeat – Hill in Las Vegas by decision in June 1991 to end Hill's first reign as champion.
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