On November 24, 2007, the 43-year-old WBA cruiserweight world champion, Virgil Hill (50-6, 23 KOs), faced a 37-year-old German boxer Firat Arslan (27-3-1, 18 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Hill came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 41% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 7 months and 24 days. Arslan was on a 9-fight win streak with a 58% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months and 8 days.
Firat Arslan defeated Virgil Hill via unanimous decision and wins the WBA (Regular) title — in his first world-title fight. Arslan improves his record to 28-3-1, while Hill adds a loss to his record at 50-7.
On March 31, 2007, a 43-year-old Virgil Hill (50-5, 23 KOs) and Henry Maske met in the ring for the 2nd time,.
Hill came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 41% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 year, 2 months, and 4 days.
Virgil Hill lost to Henry Maske via unanimous decision in the 12-round fight, and adds an loss to his record at 50-6.
On May 22, 2004, Virgil Hill and Jean-Marc Mormeck met again in a rematch.
Hill came in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 43% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 10 months and 17 days. Mormeck was on a 26-fight win streak with a 67% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 1 year, 2 months, and 21 days.
Jean-Marc Mormeck defeated Virgil Hill via unanimous decision in the rematch and successfully defended his WBA cruiserweight title. Mormeck improves his record to 30-2, while Hill adds a loss to his record at 49-5.
On February 23, 2002, the 38-year-old WBA cruiserweight world champion, Virgil Hill (46-3, 22 KOs), faced a 29-year-old French boxer Jean-Marc Mormeck (26-2, 18 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Hill came in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 44% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 year, 2 months, and 14 days. Mormeck was on a 23-fight win streak with a 64% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 15 days.
The champion refused to continue the fight in the 9th round, and Jean-Marc Mormeck is crowned the new WBA cruiserweight world champion — in his first world-title fight. Mormeck improves his record to 27-2 (19 KOs), while Hill adds a loss to his record at 46-4.
On April 25, 1998, a 34-year-old Virgil Hill (43-2, 20 KOs) and a 29-year-old Roy Jones Jr. (35-1, 30 KOs) met in the ring.
Hill came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 44% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 10 months and 12 days. Jones Jr. was on a 1-fight win streak with a 83% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 8 months and 18 days.
Roy Jones Jr. stopped Virgil Hill via KO in the 4th round. Jones Jr. improves his record to 36-1 (31 KOs), while Hill adds a loss to his record at 43-3.
On June 13, 1997, the 33-year-old WBA and IBF light-heavyweight champion, Virgil Hill (43-1, 20 KOs), and the 29-year-old WBO light-heavyweight champion Dariusz Michalczewski (33-0, 24 KOs) faced each other for the undisputed world championpionship.
Hill came in to the fight on a 13-fight win streak with a 45% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 21 days. Michalczewski was on a 33-fight win streak with a 72% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 6 months.
Dariusz Michalczewski defeated Virgil Hill via unanimous decision and wins the WBA, IBF, and WBO light-heavyweight world champion — and becomes the undisputed light-heavyweight world champion. Michalczewski improves his record to 34-0, while Hill adds a loss to his record at 43-2.
On June 3, 1991, the 27-year-old WBA light-heavyweight world champion, Virgil Hill (30-0, 18 KOs), faced a 32-year-old Thomas Hearns (49-3-1, 40 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Hill came in to the fight on a 30-fight win streak with a 60% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 28 days. Hearns was on a 3-fight win streak with a 75% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 1 month and 28 days.
Thomas Hearns defeated Virgil Hill via unanimous decision and wins the WBA title. Hearns improves his record to 50-3-1, while Hill adds a loss to his record at 30-1.