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Virgil Hill: Counterpunching retirement
Virgil Hill keeps busy with his New Jersey gym, but the North Dakota boxer isn’t ready to concede his fighting career is over
Wednesday, June, 09, 2010 - The Forum - Sports
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Virgil Hill keeps busy with his New Jersey gym, but the North Dakota boxer isn’t ready to concede his fighting career is over
Wednesday, June, 09, 2010 - The Forum - Sports
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Virgil Hill elected to hall of fame
Virgil Hill was elected on the first ballot to the International Boxing Hall of Fame and will be inducted next summer.
Tuesday, December, 11, 2012 - Forum Communications - Sports
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Virgil Hill was elected on the first ballot to the International Boxing Hall of Fame and will be inducted next summer.
Tuesday, December, 11, 2012 - Forum Communications - Sports
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Boxer Virgil Hill training for comeback at age 48
North Dakota boxer Virgil Hill has not fought for more than four years, but the five-time world champion, propelled by the recent death of his father by cancer, is training for a comeback.
Tuesday, March, 13, 2012 - - Sports
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North Dakota boxer Virgil Hill has not fought for more than four years, but the five-time world champion, propelled by the recent death of his father by cancer, is training for a comeback.
Tuesday, March, 13, 2012 - - Sports
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MLB draft: Virgil Hill's son picked in sixth round
Virgil Hill, the son of North Dakota boxing legend Virgil Hill Sr., was selected by the St. Louis Cardinals during the sixth round of the Major League Baseball draft Wednesday.
Thursday, June, 11, 2009 - Grand Forks Herald - Sports
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Virgil Hill, the son of North Dakota boxing legend Virgil Hill Sr., was selected by the St. Louis Cardinals during the sixth round of the Major League Baseball draft Wednesday.
Thursday, June, 11, 2009 - Grand Forks Herald - Sports
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PRO BOXING: Virgil Hill hopes for one more fight
Virgil Hill wouldn’t mind seeing his boxing career end where it started — in Grand Forks. And the former light heavyweight champion wouldn’t mind seeing his son — Virgil Jr. — launch his boxing career in Grand Forks as well.
Thursday, April, 18, 2013 - Grand Forks Herald - Sports
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Virgil Hill wouldn’t mind seeing his boxing career end where it started — in Grand Forks. And the former light heavyweight champion wouldn’t mind seeing his son — Virgil Jr. — launch his boxing career in Grand Forks as well.
Thursday, April, 18, 2013 - Grand Forks Herald - Sports
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Grand Forks native Virgil Hill remembers 1984 Olympics, plans comeback
Virgil Hill, now 48, was one of about 6,800 Olympic athletes from 140 nations in 1984. And today, almost 28 years later, he is planning a professional comeback as the 2012 London Olympics kick off today.
Friday, July, 27, 2012 - Grand Forks Herald - Sports
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Virgil Hill, now 48, was one of about 6,800 Olympic athletes from 140 nations in 1984. And today, almost 28 years later, he is planning a professional comeback as the 2012 London Olympics kick off today.
Friday, July, 27, 2012 - Grand Forks Herald - Sports
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Boxer Virgil Hill makes a stop in East Grand Forks
With November’s tragic shootings still lingering in the hearts of New Town, N.D., students, administrators and families, former world champion boxer and North Dakotan Virgil Hill made a sweep of small-town schools in the state recently to inspire hope and give support to those still grieving.
Sunday, February, 17, 2013 - Grand Forks Herald - Sports
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With November’s tragic shootings still lingering in the hearts of New Town, N.D., students, administrators and families, former world champion boxer and North Dakotan Virgil Hill made a sweep of small-town schools in the state recently to inspire hope and give support to those still grieving.
Sunday, February, 17, 2013 - Grand Forks Herald - Sports
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Virgil Hill to fight in November
BISMARCK - North Dakota boxer Virgil Hill will make a mandatory defense of his "regular" WBA cruiserweight title on Nov. 24, taking on Firat Arslan.
Wednesday, October, 10, 2007 - Associated Press - News
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BISMARCK - North Dakota boxer Virgil Hill will make a mandatory defense of his "regular" WBA cruiserweight title on Nov. 24, taking on Firat Arslan.
Wednesday, October, 10, 2007 - Associated Press - News
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Hill's former manager says he's going to try and talk him out of resuming boxing career
The former manager for former world boxing champion Virgil Hill says he’s not ready to get back into the fighting fray just yet.
Thursday, September, 20, 2012 - Forum Communications - Sports
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The former manager for former world boxing champion Virgil Hill says he’s not ready to get back into the fighting fray just yet.
Thursday, September, 20, 2012 - Forum Communications - Sports
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Virgil Hill wants one last fight in North Dakota
Olympic silver medalist and professional champion boxer Virgil Hill says he will have one last fight in North Dakota.
Thursday, February, 14, 2013 - Forum News Service - Sports
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Olympic silver medalist and professional champion boxer Virgil Hill says he will have one last fight in North Dakota.
Thursday, February, 14, 2013 - Forum News Service - Sports
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PRO BOXING: Virgil Hill says he has 'ring rust'
BISMARCK Virgil Hill says he's been able to avoid wear and tear in the ring, but he doesn't want too much of a layoff.
Thursday, March, 29, 2007 - Associated Press - Sports
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BISMARCK Virgil Hill says he's been able to avoid wear and tear in the ring, but he doesn't want too much of a layoff.
Thursday, March, 29, 2007 - Associated Press - Sports
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PRO BOXING: Virgil Hill inducted into boxing hall of fame
Virgil Hill had his big day Sunday. Hill, a five-time world champion who won a silver medal at the 1984 Olympics, was among the inductees into the International Boxing Hall of Fame on Sunday.
Monday, June, 10, 2013 - Grand Forks Herald - Sports
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Virgil Hill had his big day Sunday. Hill, a five-time world champion who won a silver medal at the 1984 Olympics, was among the inductees into the International Boxing Hall of Fame on Sunday.
Monday, June, 10, 2013 - Grand Forks Herald - Sports
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N.D. boxing still has signs of life
The aging poster of Virgil Hill was still taped to the concrete basement wall in Eddie Obregon’s boxing gym. It was signed by the North Dakota boxer during a time that was arguably the peak of the sport in North Dakota.
Sunday, June, 20, 2010 - The Forum - Sports
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The aging poster of Virgil Hill was still taped to the concrete basement wall in Eddie Obregon’s boxing gym. It was signed by the North Dakota boxer during a time that was arguably the peak of the sport in North Dakota.
Sunday, June, 20, 2010 - The Forum - Sports
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PRO BOXING: Hill disputes failed drug test report
North Dakotan Virgil Hill is disputing a report that he failed a drug test after losing to Germany's Firat Aslan in a WBA cruiserweight title bout in November in Dresden, Germany.
Friday, February, 01, 2008 - Herald Staff Report - Sports
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North Dakotan Virgil Hill is disputing a report that he failed a drug test after losing to Germany's Firat Aslan in a WBA cruiserweight title bout in November in Dresden, Germany.
Friday, February, 01, 2008 - Herald Staff Report - Sports
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PRO BOXING: Arslan takes Hill's title
"We're going to look at that. I trained so hard for this fight. I think I need a vacation." Virgil HillN.D. boxer talking about retirement
Sunday, November, 25, 2007 - Associated Press - Sports
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"We're going to look at that. I trained so hard for this fight. I think I need a vacation." Virgil HillN.D. boxer talking about retirement
Sunday, November, 25, 2007 - Associated Press - Sports
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PRO BOXING: Arslan takes Hill's title
DRESDEN, Germany Firat Arslan took away Virgil Hill's WBA cruiserweight title Saturday, battering the 43-year-old American with lefts in a unanimous decision.
Saturday, November, 24, 2007 - Associated Press - News
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DRESDEN, Germany Firat Arslan took away Virgil Hill's WBA cruiserweight title Saturday, battering the 43-year-old American with lefts in a unanimous decision.
Saturday, November, 24, 2007 - Associated Press - News
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Hill-Maske bout stirs controversy
BERLIN - Former IBF champion Henry Maske will end a 10-year ring retirement Saturday to try for revenge against Virgil Hill, the only man to ever beat the German.
Friday, March, 30, 2007 - Associated Press - Sports
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BERLIN - Former IBF champion Henry Maske will end a 10-year ring retirement Saturday to try for revenge against Virgil Hill, the only man to ever beat the German.
Friday, March, 30, 2007 - Associated Press - Sports
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PRO BOXING: Maske avenges loss to Hill
MUNICH, Germany - Ten years after his last fight, former IBF champion Henry Maske unanimously outpointed Virgil Hill - the only fighter to ever beat the German.
Sunday, April, 01, 2007 - Associated Press - Sports
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MUNICH, Germany - Ten years after his last fight, former IBF champion Henry Maske unanimously outpointed Virgil Hill - the only fighter to ever beat the German.
Sunday, April, 01, 2007 - Associated Press - Sports
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THAT REMINDS ME WITH MARILYN HAGERTY: UND hockey team wins national title in ’87
The Hrkac Circus was performing in Grand Forks, and Virgil Hill scheduled his first bout in northeast North Dakota 25 years ago. The historic Opera Block building in Crookston burned down. And the Red River crested at 31 feet, then went peacefully on its way at the end of March.
Tuesday, March, 06, 2012 - Grand Forks Herald - Opinion
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The Hrkac Circus was performing in Grand Forks, and Virgil Hill scheduled his first bout in northeast North Dakota 25 years ago. The historic Opera Block building in Crookston burned down. And the Red River crested at 31 feet, then went peacefully on its way at the end of March.
Tuesday, March, 06, 2012 - Grand Forks Herald - Opinion
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Youth shine for EGF
With a team that has only three players who are in their final season of eligibility, East Grand Forks American Legion baseball coach Steve Gust has gone to a youth movement this summer.
Thursday, July, 26, 2007 - Herald Staff Writer - Sports
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With a team that has only three players who are in their final season of eligibility, East Grand Forks American Legion baseball coach Steve Gust has gone to a youth movement this summer.
Thursday, July, 26, 2007 - Herald Staff Writer - Sports
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