Who is Virgil Hunter and what is his ethnicity?
Virgil was born in the United States on November 10, 1953 – his zodiac sign is Scorpio, he is of white ethnicity and holds American citizenship. He is a television personality and boxing trainer, who is perhaps best known as the father of American singer Keyshia Cole.
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Early life and education
Virgil was raised as an only child in the United States by his father who was a boxer and his mother who was a housewife. There was rarely enough money in the house for bills and food, so Virgil started working as soon as he was able to earn money and support his family.
He attended a local high school where he was physically very active as he played both football and basketball, but he was a troublemaker as his father taught him to fight, and Virgil liked to show off his skills. of a fighter. He left school before enrolling and eventually became a boxing trainer.
Career as a television personality
Virgil became an Internet sensation after he started training the famous boxer Andre Ward, who in 2004 won the gold medal at the Summer Olympics in the light-heavyweight category. Thanks to André, Virgil guest starred in three episodes of the reality series “Fight Camp 360: Inside the Super Six World Boxing Classic”, and in 2011 he appeared in two episodes of the talk show ” ESPN Friday Night Fights”.
That same year, Virgil received the American Boxing Writers Association’s Futch-Condon Award for Coach of the Year.
Virgil then appeared in a single episode of the sports series “Golden Boy Boxing”, as well as two episodes of the reality series “HBO Boxing After Dark”. 2016 saw him star in the sports documentary short ‘The Rise of Khan’, and he also appeared in five episodes of the ‘HBO Boxing’ series. In 2017, Virgil guest-starred in two episodes of the reality series “Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood”, while the following year saw him appear in the documentary film “Team Khan”.
His last appearance was in 2019, when he starred in seven episodes of the sports series “Premier Boxing Champions”.
Love life and her daughter
In the mid-70s, Virgil began a relationship with Francine Lons, but after becoming pregnant, Francine left Virgil without telling him about her pregnancy. On October 15, 1981, Francine gave birth to their daughter Keyshia Myeshia Lons, who was later adopted by her mother’s friends Leon and Yvonne Cole – Keyshia did not know her biological father was Virgil until 2016 when they are first encountered, and when a paternity test was done. Virgil has another daughter named Angela Hunter with another woman whose identity has been kept secret.
Virgil has kept the details of his love life to himself, but has been seen hanging out with different women on several occasions.
Rumor has it that he’s only been in a long-term relationship once – when he dated Keyshia’s mother – so as of August 2020 Virgil is single, unmarried and has two girls.
Hobbies and other interests
Virgil has mainly focused on boxing throughout his life, and still trains today, and has several workouts at the gym each week, which amazes his fans as he is not far behind. to be 80 years old. He enjoys traveling and accompanying his trainees to their boxing competitions – his work has taken him all over the United States as well as many European countries such as England, Italy and Spain.
Virgil is an animal lover and had many pet dogs most of which died of old age – he has two dogs today.
Virgil enjoys watching boxing movies featuring some of his favorite actors Steven Seagal, Jackie Chan and Chuck Norris; some of his favorite movies are “Under Siege”, “Above the Law” and “Marked for Death”.
Age and net worth
Virgil’s age is 76 years old. He is bald and always wears a hat, his eyes are black, and his height is 5 feet 11 inches (1.8 m) while he weighs around 170 pounds (77 kg). As of August 2020, his net worth is estimated at over $1 million while his daughter’s wealth is believed to be over $9.5 million.
Who is Keyshia Cole?
Keyshia was just 12 when she started making music with American rapper MC Hammer – she also knew Tupac Shakur, who had promised to help her with her career the very night he died.
At 16, Keyshia joined the East Oakland Youth Development Center where she practiced singing, then after turning 18, she moved alone to Los Angeles, California to pursue a career as a singer.
His career was officially launched on March 23, 2004, with the release of his single “Never”, which later served as the soundtrack (OST) of the comedy film “Barbershop 2: Back in Business” – on June 21, 2004, his debut the album was released titled “The Way It Is”. On September 25, 2007, she released her second album “Just Like You” under Geffen Records, and it peaked at number two on the US Billboard 200 Chart – her third album followed on December 16, 2008 titled “A Different Me”, and reached #2 on the Billboard 200 Chart, while selling over 320,000 physical copies in just one week.
Keyshia began dating former basketball star Daniel Gibson in May 2009, and on March 2, 2010, she gave birth to their son and thus took a three-month hiatus from making music. She and Daniel separated on March 21, 2014, but their divorce was only finalized a few days ago on September 3, 2020.
On December 21, 2010, Keyshia released her fourth studio album “Calling All Hearts” which featured Nicki Minaj, Tank and Timbaland – her fifth album “Woman to Woman” was released on November 19, 2012 and peaked at #3 on the chart. Billboard 200 Chart. Her album “Point of No Return” was released on October 7, 2014, selling only around 25,000 copies in its first week, while her latest (seventh) album was released on October 20, 2017, selling only around 25,000 copies. only around 15,000 copies in its first seven days – Keyshia’s lowest-selling album.
She hasn’t released an album in the past three years, but recently announced that she is working on her eighth album.
Keyshia is also a television personality, having starred in her own documentary series “Keyshia Cole: The Way It Is” in July 2006. She launched a new show – “Keyshia & Daniel: Family First” – on July 9 October 2012, and its first episode was watched by almost three million people. It was announced in November 2014 that Keyshia would star in her third reality series “Keyshia Cole: All In”, while her fourth reality series “Keyshia Cole: My New Life” aired its first episode in November 2019.
She is also a designer, having developed her own line of shoes with the help of Steve Madden, which includes boots, wedges and high heels.
