By Gerardo Granados: Ladies and gentlemen on this corner wearing black trunks Virgil “Quick silver” Hill, former light heavyweight and cruiserweight champion, a fighter who belongs to a different boxing era. Hill was a great boxer, durable, great chin, good speed, good footwork, great overall defensive skills, also had a long and solid boxing legacy. Today turns forty seven years old but it seem like yesterday when he still battle inside the ring.
TALE OF THE TAPE:
Virgil “Quicksilver” Hill / 6´0 ½ ” height, 77” reach / orthodox
T57-W50(23)-L7(2)-D0 / title fights record T29-W24(7)-L5(1)-D0 .
Notables: Marvin Camel: WBC –IBF Cruiserweight / 6*, Leslie Stewart: WBA World light heavyweight / 5*, Bobby Czyz: WBA World cruiserweight, IBF light heavyweight / 11*, Thomas Hearns: IBO – WBU Cruiserweight , WBA World – WBC Light Heavyweight, WBO – WBC super middleweight, WBC middleweight , WBC light middleweight , WBA World welterweight / 22*, Frank Tate: IBF middleweight / 6*, Adolpho Washington: IBF – IBO cruiserweight / 6*, Fabrice Tiozzo: WBA World – WBC light heavyweight, WBA World cruiserweight / 11*, Drake Thadzi: IBO light heavyweight / 4*, Lou Del Valle: WBA World light heavyweight / 5*, Henry Maske: IBF light heavyweight / 12*, Dariusz Michalczewski: WBO – IBF – WBA World light heavyweight / 27*, Roy Jones Jr: WBA World heavyweight, WBA World – WBC – IBF – IBO light heavyweight, IBF super middleweight, IBF middleweight / 27*, Jean Marc Mormeck: WBC – WBA Super World – WBA World cruiserweight / 8*, Donny Lalonde: WBC light heavyweight / 4*, Firat Arslan: WBA World cruiserweight / 3*.
Virgil Eugene Hill was the 1984 middleweight Olympic silver medal, debuted as a professional boxer on November of 1984 by TKO2 defeating Arthur Wright, his last bout was against Firat Arslan in Germany in November of 2007 against who he lost via UD12.
Let us not forget the old fighters, one who was able to battle in 29 titles fights, one who fought in three different decades in a span of 23 years as an active prizefighter on the top level of competition; a boxer who became champion for the first time at the age of 23 years old (WBA World light heavyweight) and conquered a major title for the last time at 42 years of age against younger Valery Brudov (WBA World cruiserweight).
Congratulations Mr. Hill.
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