On July 23, 1994, Virgil Hill (38-1, 20 KOs), the light-heavyweight WBA champion, defends his title against former world champion Frank Tate (34-3, 20 KOs).
Virgil Hill is coming in to the fight on a 8-fight win streak with a 51% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Guy Waters, 7 months and 6 days ago. Frank Tate is on a 4-fight win streak with a 54% KO rate, with his last fight being a 2nd round KO win over Rosendo Rosales, 7 months and 5 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Virgil Hill at 99-1 winning odds. Frank Tate really doesn't have much to present against Hill.
Virgil Hill defeated Frank Tate via unanimous decision in the rematch and successfully defended his WBA light-heavyweight title. Hill improves his record to 39-1, while Tate adds a loss to his record at 34-4.