Virgil Hill | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Virgil Eugene Hill January 18, 1964 Clinton, Missouri, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Other names | Quicksilver | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Height | 6 ft 0+1⁄2 in (184 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Reach | 77 in (196 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Stance | Orthodox | ||||||||||||||||||||
Boxing record | |||||||||||||||||||||
Total fights | 58 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wins | 51 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wins by KO | 24 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Losses | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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.