Octuple champion

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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
NameTitlesDateOpponentResult
Manny Pacquiao weigh-in.jpg
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

References

  1. ↑ "Pacquiao gets record 12th world title in 8 weight divisions". INQUIRER.NET. July 16, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Most boxing world titles in different weight divisions". Guinness World Records.
  3. ↑ "Lineal Boxing World Champions". Cyber Boxing Zone. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
  4. ↑ "Manny Pacquiao". Boxrec.com. Archived from the original on 2012-09-19. Retrieved 2011-02-06.