Virgil Hunter

{{short description|American boxer}} {{BLP sources|date=April 2019}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Virgil Hunter | image = | image_size = | image_border = | alt = | caption = | nickname = | nationality = {{USA}} | birth_name = Virgil Hunter | birth_date = | birth_place =Berkeley, California, United States | death_date = | death_place = | occupation =Boxing trainer }} '''Virgil Hunter''' is an American boxing coach. He was selected to receive the Futch–Condon Award for the 2011 Trainer of the Year by the Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA).<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.badlefthook.com/2012/1/30/2759351/bwaa-awards-2011-andre-ward-fighter-of-the-year-pacquiao-mayweather-klitschko-donaire| title=BWAA Awards 2011: Andre Ward Named Fighter of the Year Over Undeserving Nominees (and Nonito Donaire)| author=Scott Christ| work=Bad Left Hook| date=2012-01-30| accessdate=2019-04-16}}</ref> He is the biological father of American singer Keyshia Cole whom he met in May 2016.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://theybf.com/2016/05/14/keyshia-cole-lets-us-in-on-her-meeting-with-her-biological-father-and-frankie| title=Keyshia Cole Lets Us In On Her Meeting With Her Biological Father Virgil Hunter...AND Frankie| author=Natasha| work=The YBF| date=2016-05-14| accessdate=2019-09-30| archive-date=2019-10-01| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191001003544/https://theybf.com/2016/05/14/keyshia-cole-lets-us-in-on-her-meeting-with-her-biological-father-and-frankie| url-status=dead}}</ref>

Hunter has trained world champions Alfredo Angulo, Nicola Adams, Andre Berto, Andre Ward, Abner Mares, Amir Khan and Mario Barrios, as well as Tony Yoka and Joshua Buatsi.

==External links== *{{IMDb name|4363685}}

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