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Virgil Hill

1964 - Today

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Virgil Hill has received more than 413,956 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Virgil Hill is the 229th most popular boxer (down from 185th in 2019), the 12,460th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,589th in 2019) and the 73rd most popular American Boxer.

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  • 410k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Virgil Hill ranks 229 out of 496. Before him are Payao Poontarat, Brian Nielsen, Félix Trinidad, Francisco Guilledo, Shane Mosley, and José Gómez Mustelier. After him are Oleg Maskayev, Chris Byrd, Fidel LaBarba, Stipe Drews, Patrizio Oliva, and Ivailo Marinov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Virgil Hill ranks 565. Before him are Charles Stross, Raimo Helminen, Masha Rasputina, Gao Zhisheng, John Pyper-Ferguson, and Andrew Kevin Walker. After him are Janusz Palikot, Genar Andrinúa, Brenda Fassie, Jean-François Copé, The Boogeyman, and Sophie B. Hawkins.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Virgil Hill ranks 12,460 out of 20,380. Before him are Francis James Child (1825), Jack Yerman (1939), Charlie Benante (1962), Georgia Engel (1948), Matt Gerald (1970), and Charles Tomlinson Griffes (1884). After him are Michael Irby (1972), Eric Wynalda (1969), Zachary Scott (1914), Lorenzo Wright (1926), Richard Jeni (1957), and Eugene Wright (1923).

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Among BOXERS In United States

Among boxers born in United States, Virgil Hill ranks 73. Before him are James Toney (1968), Gene Fullmer (1931), Shannon Briggs (1971), Gervonta Davis (1994), Terence Crawford (1987), and Shane Mosley (1971). After him are Chris Byrd (1970), Fidel LaBarba (1905), Oliver McCall (1965), John Ruiz (1972), Andy Ruiz Jr. (1989), and Jackie Fields (1908).

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