The infographic you see by default is an image. On the interactive infographic, you can mouseover, click, tap etc. on the chart to see more details about the fights. The browser's localStorage will be used to store your preference.
Total Fights | 58 |
---|---|
Wins | 51 |
Losses | 7 |
Draws | 0 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 5 |
---|---|
Title Defenses | 20 |
Title-Fight KOs | 7 |
KO Wins | 24 |
KO Losses | 2 |
Featured Opponents
In a professional boxing career spanning 30 years and three months, Virgil Hill fought 58 times with 51 wins and 7 losses.
Hill retired from professional boxing with a record of 51-7, which included five world-title wins and 20 successful title defense fights at the light-heavyweight weight division. He had a 41.4% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 24 of his total 58 fights being knockout wins, seven of which were in title fights. Hill suffered two knockout losses in his career, one of which was against Jean-Marc Mormeck in a cruiserweight title fight.
His last fight was a 2nd round TKO victory over Jimmy Campbell on February 28, 2015.
Some of Hill's best fights and notable victories include wins over Fabrice Tiozzo, Bobby Czyz, Leslie Stewart, Lou Del Valle, and Frank Tate.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
58 | Feb 28, 2015 | 51 | Jimmy Campbell | Win | TKO2 |
57 | Nov 24, 2007 | 43 | Firat Arslan | Loss * | UD |
56 | Mar 31, 2007 | 43 | Henry Maske | Loss | UD |
55 | Jan 27, 2006 | 42 | Valery Brudov | Win * | UD |
54 | May 22, 2004 | 40 | Jean-Marc Mormeck | Loss * | UD |
53 | Jul 5, 2003 | 39 | Donny Lalonde | Win | UD |
52 | Nov 17, 2002 | 38 | Joey DeGrandis | Win | UD |
51 | Aug 23, 2002 | 38 | Carlos Bates | Win | TKO1 |
50 | Feb 23, 2002 | 38 | Jean-Marc Mormeck | Loss * | RTD8 |
49 | Dec 9, 2000 | 36 | Fabrice Tiozzo | Win * | TKO1 |
48 | May 9, 1999 | 35 | Glenn Thomas | Win | UD |
47 | Nov 7, 1998 | 34 | James Hayes | Win | KO2 |
46 | Apr 25, 1998 | 34 | Roy Jones Jr. | Loss | KO4 |
45 | Jun 13, 1997 | 33 | Dariusz Michalczewski | Loss * | UD |
44 | Nov 23, 1996 | 32 | Henry Maske | Win * | SD |
43 | Apr 20, 1996 | 32 | Lou Del Valle | Win * | UD |
42 | Sep 2, 1995 | 31 | Drake Thadzi | Win * | UD |
41 | Apr 1, 1995 | 31 | Crawford Ashley | Win * | UD |
40 | Jul 23, 1994 | 30 | Frank Tate | Win * | UD |
39 | Dec 17, 1993 | 29 | Guy Waters | Win * | UD |
38 | Nov 9, 1993 | 29 | Saúl Montana | Win * | TKO10 |
37 | Aug 28, 1993 | 29 | Sergio Daniel Merani | Win * | UD |
36 | Apr 3, 1993 | 29 | Fabrice Tiozzo | Win * | SD |
35 | Feb 20, 1993 | 29 | Adolpho Washington | Win * | TD |
34 | Sep 29, 1992 | 28 | Frank Tate | Win * | UD |
33 | Apr 11, 1992 | 28 | Lottie Mwale | Win | KO4 |
32 | Mar 1, 1992 | 28 | Aundrey Nelson | Win | UD |
31 | Jun 3, 1991 | 27 | Thomas Hearns | Loss * | UD |
30 | Jan 6, 1991 | 26 | Mike Peak | Win * | UD |
29 | Oct 27, 1990 | 26 | Frank Minton | Win | TKO9 |
28 | Jul 7, 1990 | 26 | Tyrone Frazier | Win * | UD |
27 | Feb 25, 1990 | 26 | David Vedder | Win * | UD |
26 | Oct 24, 1989 | 25 | James Kinchen | Win * | TKO1 |
25 | May 27, 1989 | 25 | Joe Lasisi | Win * | TKO7 |
24 | Mar 4, 1989 | 25 | Bobby Czyz | Win * | UD |
23 | Nov 11, 1988 | 24 | Willie Featherstone | Win * | TKO10 |
22 | Jun 6, 1988 | 24 | Ramzi Hassan | Win * | UD |
21 | Apr 3, 1988 | 24 | Jean-Marie Emebe | Win * | TKO11 |
20 | Nov 21, 1987 | 23 | Rufino Angulo | Win * | UD |
19 | Sep 5, 1987 | 23 | Leslie Stewart | Win * | TKO4 |
18 | Jul 19, 1987 | 23 | Junior Edmonds | Win | UD |
17 | Jun 13, 1987 | 23 | Marcos Geraldo | Win | KO2 |
16 | May 1, 1987 | 23 | Marvin Camel | Win | KO1 |
15 | Mar 6, 1987 | 23 | James Williams | Win | KO4 |
14 | Dec 11, 1986 | 22 | Clarence Osby | Win | UD |
13 | Oct 17, 1986 | 22 | Eric Winbush | Win | UD |
12 | Oct 4, 1986 | 22 | Wayne Caplette | Win | KO1 |
11 | Aug 14, 1986 | 22 | Marcus Dorsey | Win | KO2 |
10 | Aug 2, 1986 | 22 | Willie Mayberry | Win | TKO1 |
9 | Jul 10, 1986 | 22 | Mike Sedillo | Win | UD |
8 | Jun 30, 1986 | 22 | Santiago Valdez | Win | KO1 |
7 | Apr 30, 1986 | 22 | Abdul Hakim | Win | TKO4 |
6 | Mar 2, 1986 | 22 | James Williamson | Win | TKO6 |
5 | Jan 22, 1986 | 22 | Fred Jordan | Win | TKO4 |
4 | Jul 13, 1985 | 21 | Dawud Shaw | Win | UD |
3 | Feb 16, 1985 | 21 | David Vedder | Win | UD |
2 | Jan 5, 1985 | 20 | John Tyrell | Win | TKO1 |
1 | Nov 15, 1984 | 20 | Arthur Wright | Win | TKO2 |
* World-title fight
Virgil Hill (Quicksilver) is a 60-year old retired American professional boxer. He was born in Clinton, Missouri, U.S. on January 18, 1964. He is a former two-weight-class world champion. Hill was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in 2013. His professional boxing career spanned more than 30 years — from 1984 to 2015.
Hill made his professional boxing debut against Arthur Wright at the age of 20 on November 15, 1984, defeating Wright via 2nd round TKO. He went on to win 29 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 17 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 23 on September 5, 1987 after 18 professional fights, against Leslie Stewart for the light-heavyweight WBA title. He defeated Stewart via 4th round TKO to become the light-heavyweight champion of the world.
Virgil Hill was a one-time unified light-heavyweight world champion, and has won five world titles at two weight classes. For all the details about Hill's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Hill had a total of seven losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a non-title bout against Jimmy Campbell on February 28, 2015. Hill won the fight via 2nd round TKO. It's been 9 years, 1 month, and 26 days since this fight.
Hill had a total of 29 world-title fights, which includes winning five world titles and 20 successful title defenses. He won 24 of these fights and lost five.
Virgil Hill fought for world titles in seven fights and won five of these fights, two of these victories coming via way of stoppage. In total, he won five belts across two weight classes.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
---|---|---|---|---|
Jan 27, 2006 | Valery Brudov | Cruiserweight | WBA* | UD |
Dec 9, 2000 | Fabrice Tiozzo | Cruiserweight | WBA | TKO |
Nov 23, 1996^ | Henry Maske | Light-heavyweight | IBF | SD |
Sep 29, 1992 | Frank Tate | Light-heavyweight | WBA* | UD |
Sep 5, 1987 | Leslie Stewart | Light-heavyweight | WBA | TKO |
Virgil Hill had 24 world-title defense fights across two weight classes — light-heavyweight (x22) and cruiserweight (x2). He won 20 of them and lost four times.
Following is the table of his successful title defense fights, the next section has the fights where he lost his titles.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Defended | Method |
---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 23, 1996^ | Henry Maske | Light-heavyweight | WBA | SD |
Apr 20, 1996 | Lou Del Valle | Light-heavyweight | WBA | UD |
Sep 2, 1995 | Drake Thadzi | Light-heavyweight | WBA | UD |
Apr 1, 1995 | Crawford Ashley | Light-heavyweight | WBA | UD |
Jul 23, 1994 | Frank Tate | Light-heavyweight | WBA | UD |
Dec 17, 1993 | Guy Waters | Light-heavyweight | WBA | UD |
Nov 9, 1993 | Saúl Montana | Light-heavyweight | WBA | TKO |
Aug 28, 1993 | Sergio Daniel Merani | Light-heavyweight | WBA | UD |
Apr 3, 1993 | Fabrice Tiozzo | Light-heavyweight | WBA | SD |
Feb 20, 1993 | Adolpho Washington | Light-heavyweight | WBA | TD |
Jan 6, 1991 | Mike Peak | Light-heavyweight | WBA | UD |
Jul 7, 1990 | Tyrone Frazier | Light-heavyweight | WBA | UD |
Feb 25, 1990 | David Vedder | Light-heavyweight | WBA | UD |
Oct 24, 1989 | James Kinchen | Light-heavyweight | WBA | TKO |
May 27, 1989 | Joe Lasisi | Light-heavyweight | WBA | TKO |
Mar 4, 1989 | Bobby Czyz | Light-heavyweight | WBA | UD |
Nov 11, 1988 | Willie Featherstone | Light-heavyweight | WBA | TKO |
Jun 6, 1988 | Ramzi Hassan | Light-heavyweight | WBA | UD |
Apr 3, 1988 | Jean-Marie Emebe | Light-heavyweight | WBA | TKO |
Nov 21, 1987 | Rufino Angulo | Light-heavyweight | WBA | UD |
Virgil Hill lost four world-title defense fights, and lost a total of five titles in these fights.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Lost | Method |
---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 24, 2007 | Firat Arslan | Cruiserweight | WBA | UD |
Feb 23, 2002 | Jean-Marc Mormeck | Cruiserweight | WBA | RTD |
Jun 13, 1997 | Dariusz Michalczewski | Light-heavyweight | WBA, IBF | UD |
Jun 3, 1991 | Thomas Hearns | Light-heavyweight | WBA | UD |
Hill fought a total of 58 times during his professional career, which includes 29 world-title fights at two weight divisions. He was among the very best of his generation and was known for his great performances in his fights. These seven fights are the highlight of his career.
September 5, 1987: Hill wins his first world title by defeating Leslie Stewart via 4th round TKO. He is now the WBA light-heavyweight world champion.
March 4, 1989: Hill successfully defends the WBA light-heavyweight title against Bobby Czyz, winning the fight via 12 round unanimous decision.
September 29, 1992: Hill wins the WBA light-heavyweight title from Frank Tate, by beating Tate via 12 round unanimous decision.
July 23, 1994: Hill successfully defends the WBA light-heavyweight title against Frank Tate, winning the fight via 12 round unanimous decision.
April 20, 1996: Hill successfully defends the WBA light-heavyweight title against Lou Del Valle, winning the fight via 12 round unanimous decision.
November 23, 1996: Hill becomes a unified light-heavyweight world champion by beating Henry Maske via 12 round split decision. He now holds the WBA and IBF light-heavyweight world-champion belts.
December 9, 2000: Hill wins the WBA cruiserweight title from Fabrice Tiozzo, by beating Tiozzo via 1st round TKO.
Hill knocked out 24 of his 58 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 41.4%. Of his total 51 wins, 24 of them were via KO (47.1%).
Hill's first world-title win was the WBA belt at light-heavyweight. He defeated Leslie Stewart via 4 round TKO to win the title.
Hill won five world titles at two weight classes.
Hill had a total of 24 title defense fights. He was successful 20 times and lost four times.