Octuple champion
An octuple champion is a boxer who has won major world titles in eight weight classes. To date, the only octuple champion is Manny Pacquiao, who has won twelve major world titles.[1]
Pacquiao achieved the feat when he defeated Antonio Margarito via a unanimous decision to win the WBC super welterweight title on November 13, 2010 at the Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, Texas, US.[2]
Nine of his world championships came from the "Big Four" sanctioning bodies (WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO) and three were from The Ring.
He also won the prestigious and coveted lineal championship in five weight divisions: flyweight, featherweight, super featherweight, light welterweight, and welterweight.[3]
The following are the major world titles won by Pacquiao (arranged chronologically). Titles are listed only once per organization per weight class:
| Inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame | |
| World Titles from The Ring |
| Name | Titles | Date | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Manny Pacquiao[4] |
WBC Flyweight | Dec 4, 1998 | Chatchai Sasakul | KO 8/12 |
| IBF Super bantamweight | Jun 23, 2001 | Lehlohonolo Ledwaba | TKO 6/12 | |
| The Ring Featherweight | Nov 15, 2003 | Marco Antonio Barrera | TKO 11/12 | |
| WBC Super featherweight | Mar 15, 2008 | Juan Manuel Márquez | SD 12/12 | |
| The Ring Super featherweight | ||||
| WBC Lightweight | Jun 28, 2008 | David Díaz | TKO 9/12 | |
| The Ring Light welterweight | May 2, 2009 | Ricky Hatton | KO 2/12 | |
| WBO Welterweight | Nov 14, 2009 | Miguel Ángel Cotto | TKO 12/12 | |
| WBC Light middleweight | Nov 13, 2010 | Antonio Margarito | UD 12/12 | |
| WBO Welterweight – (2) | Apr 12, 2014 | Timothy Bradley | UD 12/12 | |
| WBO Welterweight – (3) | Nov 5, 2016 | Jessie Vargas | UD 12/12 | |
| WBA (Super) Welterweight | Jul 20, 2019 | Keith Thurman | SD 12/12 |
See also
[edit]- List of current world boxing champions
- List of boxing triple champions
- List of boxing quadruple champions
- List of boxing quintuple champions
- List of boxing sextuple champions
- List of boxing septuple champions
- List of WBA world champions
- List of WBC world champions
- List of IBF world champions
- List of WBO world champions
- List of The Ring world champions
References
[edit]- ^ "Pacquiao gets record 12th world title in 8 weight divisions". INQUIRER.NET. July 16, 2018.
- ^ "Most boxing world titles in different weight divisions". Guinness World Records.
- ^ "Lineal Boxing World Champions". Cyber Boxing Zone. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
- ^ "Manny Pacquiao". Boxrec.com. Archived from the original on 2012-09-19. Retrieved 2011-02-06.