# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/virgil-akins
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:24:07.196Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/virgil-akins"
name: "Virgil Akins"
slug: "virgil-akins"
description: "Virgil Akins was an American boxer who won the Undisputed Welterweight Championship of the World in 1958. Nicknamed ‘Honeybear’, Akins was the first World Champion boxer from St. Louis."
tagline: "American boxer (1928-2011)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1928-03-10"
deathDate: "2011-01-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.73
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.539597333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgil_Akins"
    title: "Virgil Akins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%A3%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B3"
    title: "فيرجيل أكينس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgil_Akins"
    title: "Virgil Akins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgil_Akins"
    title: "Virgil Akins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgil_Akins"
    title: "Virgil Akins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgil_Akins"
    title: "Virgil Akins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A8%E3%82%A4%E3%82%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9"
    title: "バージル・エイキンス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3062962"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump