Virgil Hill

What grabs me about Virgil Hill is not just the two-division world titles but the sheer length of the journey: competing from 1984 all the way to 2015 is borderline absurd in a sport that chews men up. Anyone can win a belt; almost nobody keeps clawing back, which is why his 2000 Comeback of the Year award means more to me than the championships themselves. From Clinton, Missouri, to the Hall of Fame, he won on stubbornness rather than flash. I have a soft spot for fighters who refuse to read the script that says they are finished.

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Name (English)

Virgil Hill

Name (Japanese)

ヴァージル・ヒル

Reading

ゔぁーじる・ひる

Born

January 18, 1964 (age 62)

Origin

Clinton, Missouri, United States

Occupation

boxer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Dragon

High school

Williston High School

Awards & achievements

• 2000 The Ring magazine Comeback of the Year
• 2013 International Boxing Hall of Fame
• IBF World Light Heavyweight Champion
• WBA World Cruiserweight Champion
• WBA World Light Heavyweight Champion
• WBA World Cruiserweight Champion (secondary)

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgil%20Hill
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%92%E3%83%AB
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1341919

Tags

• Missouri
• boxer

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.