After his twelve round points defeat against Firat Arslan in Dresden, Germany, 43-year-old future Hall of Famer Virgil Hill doesn't sound like he's ready to hang up the gloves just yet. "We're going to look at that," Hill said. "I need to take some time off, I trained pretty hard for this fight.....there are some opportunities with Daruisz Michalczewski and Graciano Rocchigianni coming out of retirement read more ...

WBA interim cruiserweight champion Firat Arslan (27-3-1, 18 KOs) can now drop the "interim" moniker after a twelve round unanimous decision over WBA cruiser titlist Virgil Hill (50-6, 23 KOs) on Saturday night at the Freiberger Arena in Dresden, Germany. Arslan pressed the action early as expected while the back-pedaling Hill was able to land some good combinations. Hill decided to stand his ground in round three and gave as he got as the fighters traded punches at close range the entire round read more ...

"All in all, it was a good fight," says WBA cruiserweight champion Virgil Hill, who dropped a non-title twelve round unanimous decision to former champion "Gentleman" Henry Maske on Saturday. "Henry was simply the better man this time. I hope he is gentleman enough to give me a rematch, like I did with him. We have waited ten years, maybe now we can only wait ten months and then fight again here in Germany." As for his immediate read more ...

In a shocking upset, former world champion Henry Maske (31-1, 11 KOs) turned back the clock and defeated reigning WBA cruiserweight champion Virgil Hill (50-6, 23 KOs) via twelve round unnimous decision on Saturday in a non-title fight at the Olympiahalle in Munich, Germany. Maske, who hadn't fought in over a decade, showed tremendous conditioning as he was able to outwork Hill to avenge his only loss by scores of 117-110, 116-113, 117-110 read more ...

WBA cruiserweight champion Virgil Hill says he's already at the 190lb contract weight for Saturday's rematch in Munich with former world champion Henry Maske, who is making a comeback after ten years. "I can only lose by sabotage," a confident Hill told BILD. "Many think we can't win the fight without a knockout. This would be very bitter. That's why we still want new judges read more ...

42-year-old Virgil Hill won his first world title nineteen years ago in Atlantic City, NJ. Friday night he repeated the acheivement in the same city by outpointing previously unbeaten Valery Brudov over twelve round to win the WBA "regular" cruiserweight title. Hill easily outboxed Brudov over the first four rounds. Brudov got a lot more aggressive in round five and had some success pressuring Hill, but was never able to cut off the ring read more ...

Looks like the WBA "regular" cruiserweight title fight between former champ Virgil Hill and Valery Brudov will land at the Tropicana in Atlantic City on January 27 and the card will be a pay-per-view event. read more ...

The Hotel Riviera in Seoul, South Korea was the site of the purse bid for the WBA "regular" cruiserweight title fight between former champ Virgil Hill and Valery Brudov. Fans may remember that this fight was already to have taken place in St. Louis, but was scrapped by promoter Don King. This time, the purse bid almost didn't take place at all as tempers flared, accusations flew, and tensions rose. In the end, a resolution was found read more ...

Don King Productions won a purse bid today held in Miami, Fla. to promote the WBA "regular" cruiserweight championship between former two-time WBA light heavyweight and WBA cruiserweight champion Virgil "Quicksilver" Hill 49-5 (23 KOs) of Williston, N.D. and undefeated contender Valery Brudov 30-0 (23 KOs) of St. Petersburg, Russia. The winning bid for DKP was $ read more ...

After WBA cruiserweight champ Jean-Marc Mormeck added the WBC belt to his waist, defeating Wayne Braithwaite in an exciting unification contest, the WBA promoted him to 'superchamp' status. That means the WBA will have a fight for its 'regular' title, with the superchamp Mormeck not immediately forced to take on a mandatory challenger. The WBA appointed former world champion Virgil Hill (49-5; 23 KOs) and unbeaten Russian contender Valery Brudov (30-0; 23 KOs) to square off for the vacant belt... read more ...