Virgil Hill
Hill in 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Nickname | Quicksilver | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | Virgil Eugene Hill January 18, 1964 Clinton, Missouri, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0+1⁄2 in (184 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Reach | 77 in (196 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stance | Orthodox | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Boxing record | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total fights | 58 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 51 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Win by KO | 24 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Losses | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Virgil Eugene Hill (born January 18, 1964) is an American former professional boxer who competed between 1984 and 2015. He is a world champion in two weight classes, having held the World Boxing Association (WBA) light heavyweight title twice, from 1987 to 1997; the International Boxing Federation (IBF) light heavyweight title from 1996 to 1997; and the WBA cruiserweight title twice, between 2000 and 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.