Amateur career

In 1984 Hill, then age 20, won a silver medal in the 1984 Summer Olympics representing the United States as a Middleweight in Los Angeles in a close decision loss in the 165-lb. final (the USA's only loss on decision in Los Angeles). His results were:

• Defeated Edward Neblett RSC 2
• Defeated Brian Schumacher 5-0
• Defeated Damir Škaro 4-1
• Defeated Mohamed Zaoui 5-0
• Lost to Shin Joon-Sup 2-3

In addition, Hill was the 1984 National Golden Gloves champion at Middleweight .

Professional career

Light-heavyweight

After going eighteen straight fights without a loss to start his pro career, 'Quicksilver' (his nickname) was a challenger to Leslie Stewart of Trinidad for the latter's WBA light-heavyweight tile in September 1987 in Atlantic City. After an even match in the early going, Hill floored the defending title holder twice in the fourth round - first with a left hook and the second time with an uppercut - to take the title on a TKO win.

A series of ten successful defenses followed, eight of which took place in Bismarck, North Dakota. Offers were being made for Hill to fight in Las Vegas and other cities, but Virgil chose the place of his 'roots' and 'hometown fans' to be the place of the majority of his defenses. Opponents in his first run as champion included Bobby Czyz and James Kinchen. Superstar Thomas Hearns would meet - and defeat - Hill in Las Vegas by decision in June 1991 to end Hill's first reign as champion.

After a couple of fights over the next year or so, it was Hill pitted against 1984 Olympic teammate Frank Tate in September 1992 for the vacant WBA 175-lb. title (the same title that Hearns won from Hill, but which was vacated after Iran Barkley dethroned Hearns afterward). It was a 'grudge match' between the two, and Hill won the decision (and the title) on his home turf of Bismarck. Another string of ten defenses would follow, including a rematch with Tate, a close decision over Lou Del Valle (who almost upset Hill)

Unification matches

At the Olympiahalle, Munich, Germany in November 1996, Hill won a decision over the undefeated IBF champion Henry Maske to unify the WBA/IBF belts and win the vacant Lineal championship, before WBO champion Dariusz Michalczewski scored a unanimous decision over Hill in June 1997 to unify the Lineal/WBA/WBO/IBF titles at Arena Oberhausen, Oberhausen, Germany in June 1997.

Hill boxed against Roy Jones Jr. the following year, and was stopped in round four with a body shot.

Cruiserweight

It was then on to the cruiserweights for the aging Hill, and he won a title at age 36 - the WBA cruiserweight title - by knocking down Fabrice Tiozzo three times to win the title in Villeurbanne, France by TKO in the first. He made his first defense, also in France, against Jean-Marc Mormeck, but would lose both match and title on cuts after nine rounds. He then decisioned Donny Lalonde in July 2003 in a North Dakota-Manitoba 'border fight', but later lost a disputed decision to Mormeck in a title rematch in South Africa in May 2004.

On Saturday January 27, 2006 Virgil Hill defeated previously undefeated Russian cruiserweight Valery Brudov by unanimous decision to win the 'regular' WBA cruiserweight title, as the WBA had now created a WBA "Super" title along with the standard WBA title. Despite being cut on the face in the sixth round, Hill was able to out hustle and out work his much younger opponent to capture his fifth world title at the age of 42.

His next to last fight was held in Germany on March 31, 2007. He faced Henry Maske, whom Hill had beaten in 1996. Maske had announced his retirement prior to that fight and was frustrated to end his career with a split-decision loss, the only loss in his professional career. When he heard about Hill capturing the world title again at the age of 42, he decided to challenge him for a rematch. Hill lost the Maske rematch by decision in a non-title bout, then lost to Firat Arslan by decision to lose his WBA cruiserweight title.

He retired with a record of 50 wins (23 KOs) and 7 losses.

Hill worked with his wife, Carla Hill, for their first ever boxing card and promotion at Resorts Casino Hotel in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on July 16, 2011.

Hall of Fame

On November 12, 2012 he was officially inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame, Class of 2013.

Professional boxing record

50 Wins (23 KOs), 7 Losses (2 KOs)
Res.	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
Loss	50-7	Firat Arslan
Loss	50-6	Henry Maske
Win	50-5	Valery Brudov
Loss	49-5	Jean-Marc Mormeck
Win	49-4	Donny Lalonde
Win	48-4	Joey DeGrandis
Win	47-4	Carlos Bates
Loss	46-4	Jean-Marc Mormeck
Win	46-3	Fabrice Tiozzo
Win	45-3	Glenn Thomas
Win	44-3	James Hayes
Loss	43-3	Roy Jones, Jr.
Loss	43-2	Dariusz Michalczewski
Win	43-1	Henry Maske
Win	42-1	Lou Del Valle
Win	41-1	Drake Thadzi
Win	40-1	Crawford Ashley
Win	39-1	Frank Tate
Win	38-1	Guy Waters
Win	37-1	Saul Montana
Win	36-1	Sergio Daniel Merani
Win	35-1	Fabrice Tiozzo
Win	34-1	Adolpho Washington
Win	33-1	Frank Tate
Win	32-1	Lottie Mwale
Win	31-1	Aundrey Nelson
Loss	30-1	Thomas Hearns
Win	30-0	Mike Peak
Win	29-0	Frank Minton
Win	28-0	Tyrone Frazier
Win	27-0	David Vedder
Win	26-0	James Kinchen
Win	25-0	Joe Lasisi
Win	24-0	Bobby Czyz
Win	23-0	Willie Featherstone
Win	22-0	Ramzi Hassan
Win	21-0	Jean-Marie Emebe
Win	20-0	Rufino Angulo
Win	19-0	Leslie Stewart
Win	18-0	Junior Edmonds
Win	17-0	Marcos Geraldo
Win	16-0	Marvin Camel
Win	15-0	James Williams
Win	14-0	Clarence Osby
Win	13-0	Eric Winbush
Win	12-0	Wayne Caplette
Win	11-0	Marcus Dorsey
Win	10-0	Willie Mayberry
Win	9-0	Mike Sedillo
Win	8-0	Santiago Valdez
Win	7-0	Abdul Hakim
Win	6-0	James Williamson
Win	5-0	Fred Jordan
Win	4-0	Dawud Shaw
Win	3-0	David Vedder
Win	2-0	John Tyrell
Win	1-0	Arthur Wright

[ Source: Wikipedia ]