List of boxing quadruple champions

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A quadruple champion in boxing refers to a boxer who has won world titles in four different categories of weight.

Recognition[edit]

Major sanctioning bodies[edit]

There is some dispute on which sanctioning body is considered "major" enough to award championships. The "Big 4" sanctioning bodies are always included. They are arranged in order of foundation:

The Ring[edit]

The Ring, boxing's most respected magazine, has awarded world championships in professional boxing within each weight class from its foundation in 1922 until the 1990s, and again since 2001. The Ring champions were at one point held the linear reign to the throne, the man who beat the man. The lineal champion is also known as the true champion of the division. The Ring stopped giving belts to world champions in the 1990s but began again in 2002.

In 2002, The Ring attempted to clear up the confusion regarding world champions by creating a championship policy. It echoed many critics' arguments that the sanctioning bodies in charge of boxing championships had undermined the sport by pitting undeserving contenders against undeserving "champions", and forcing the boxing public to see mismatches for so-called "world championships". The Ring attempted to clear up the confusion regarding world champions by creating a championship policy that is "intended to reward fighters who, by satisfying rigid criteria, can justify a claim as the true and only world champion in a given weight class." The Ring claims to be more authoritative and open than the sanctioning bodies' rankings, with a page devoted to full explanations for ranking changes. A fighter pays no sanctioning fees to defend or fight for the title at stake, contrary to practices of the sanctioning bodies. Furthermore, a fighter cannot be stripped of the title unless he loses, decides to move to a different weight division, or retires.

There are currently only two ways that a boxer can win The Ring's title: defeat the reigning champion; or win a box-off between the magazine's number-one and number-two rated contenders (or, sometimes, number-one and number-three rated). A vacant Ring championship is filled when the number-one contender in a weight-division battles the number-two contender or the number-three contender (in cases where The Ring determines that the number-two and number-three contenders are close in abilities and records).

In May 2012, citing the number of vacancies in various weight classes as primary motivation, The Ring unveiled a new championship policy. Under the new policy, The Ring title can be awarded when the No. 1 and No. 2 fighters face one another or when the Nos. 1 and 2 contenders choose not to fight one another and either of them fights No. 3, No. 4 or No. 5, the winner may be awarded The Ring belt. In addition, there are now six ways for a fighter to lose his title: lose a fight in his championship weight class; move to another weight class; not schedule a fight in any weight class for 18 months; not schedule a fight in his championship weight class for 18 months, even if fighting at another weight class; not scheduling a fight with a top 5 contender in any weight class for two years; or retiring.

Many media outlets and members are extremely critical of the new championship policy and state that if this new policy is followed The Ring title will lose the credibility it once held.

Lineal[edit]

The Transnational Boxing Rankings Board (TBRB) hands out the official version of the lineal championship. TBRB awards vacant championships when the two top-ranked fighters in any division meet and currently recognizes legitimate world champions or "true champions" each weight classes. The Board was formed to continue where The Ring "left off" in the aftermath of its purchase by Golden Boy Promotions in 2007 and the following dismissal of Nigel Collins. After the new editors announced a controversial new championship policy in May 2012, three prominent members of the Ring Advisory Panel resigned. This three members (Springs Toledo, Cliff Rold and Tim Starks) became the founding members of the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board, which was formed over the summer of 2012 with the assistance of Stewart Howe of England.

Since 2012, lineal champions are predetermined by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board, which promotes the concept of a singular world champion per weight class.[1] Lineal champions are listed on Cyber Boxing Zone website which list lineal champions of the Queensberry Era to date.[2]

Minor sanctioning bodies[edit]

They are: International Boxing Organization (IBO), World Professional Boxing Federation (WPBF), International Boxing Association (IBA), International Boxing Council (IBC), International Boxing Board (IBB), International Boxing League (IBL), International Boxing Union (IBU), Global Boxing Association (GBA), Global Boxing Council (GBC), Global Boxing Federation GBF, Global Boxing Organization (GBO), Global Boxing Union (GBU), National Boxing Association (NBA), Transcontinental World Boxing Association (TWBA), Universal Boxing Association (UBA), Universal Boxing Council (UBC), Universal Boxing Federation (UBF), Universal Boxing Organization (UBO), UNIBOX, United States Boxing Council (USBC), World Athletic Association (WAA), World Boxing Board (WBB), World Boxing Championship Committee (WBCC), World Boxing Foundation (WBFo), World Boxing Institute (WBI), World Boxing League (WBL), World Boxing Network (WBN), World Boxing Union (WBU).

Note:

  • The International Boxing Association (IBA) is not to be confused with the International Boxing Association (AIBA), a French acronym for Association Internationale de Boxe Amateur, which sanctions amateur matches.
  • The National Boxing Association (NBA) was established in 1984 and is not to be confused with the original National Boxing Association that was established in 1921 and changed its name to World Boxing Association (WBA) in 1962.

List of men's quadruple champions[edit]

This list is credited for boxers who have won championships in boxing from major sanctioning bodies (WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO), The Ring.

WBA has four recognized world champions, Super, Undisputed, Unified and Regular. The highest tier title is considered the primary champion of the division. Only boxers who are in the primary champion lineage are listed.

The ranking of WBA's primary champions are as follows:

  • Super
  • Undisputed
  • Unified
  • Regular
Inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame
World Titles from The Ring
WBA Regular Champion
‡ denotes that the WBA Super, Undisputed and Unified is vacant/vacated during his title reign.
No. Name Titles Date Opponent Result Defenses
1 Thomas Hearns 2.jpg
United States Thomas Hearns[3] 		WBA Welterweight (147) Aug 2, 1980 Mexico Pipino Cuevas TKO 2/15 3
WBC Light middleweight (154) Dec 3, 1982 Puerto Rico Wilfred Benítez TKO 2/15 3
The Ring Light middleweight (154) 3
WBC Light heavyweight (175) Mar 7, 1987 United Kingdom Dennis Andries TKO 10/12 0
WBC Middleweight (160) Oct 29, 1987 Argentina Juan Domingo Roldán KO 4/12 0
WBA Light heavyweight (175) Mar 6, 1991 United States Virgil Hill UD 12/12 0
2 Sugar Ray Leonard.jpg
United States Ray Charles Leonard[4] 		WBC Welterweight (147) Nov 30, 1979 Puerto Rico Wilfred Benítez TKO 15/15 1
The Ring Welterweight (147) 1
WBC Welterweight (147) – (2) Nov 25, 1980 Panama Roberto Durán TKO 8/15 3
The Ring Welterweight (147) – (2) 3
WBA Light middleweight (154) Jun 25, 1981 Uganda Ayub Kalule TKO 9/15 0
The Ring Light middleweight (154) 0
WBA Welterweight (147) Sep 16, 1981 United States Thomas Hearns TKO 14/15 1
WBC Middleweight (160) Apr 6, 1987 United States Marvin Hagler SD 12/12 0
The Ring Middleweight (160) 0
WBC Super middleweight (168) Nov 7, 1988 Canada Don Lalonde TKO 9/12 2
3 Roberto-Duran-1994 (cropped).png
Panama Roberto Durán[5] 		WBA Lightweight (135) Jun 26, 1972 United Kingdom Ken Buchanan TKO 13/15 12
The Ring Lightweight (135) 12
WBC Lightweight (135) Jan 21, 1978 Puerto Rico Esteban de Jesús TKO 12/15 0
WBC Welterweight (147) Jun 20, 1980 United States Ray Charles Leonard UD 15/15 0
The Ring Welterweight (147) 0
WBA Light middleweight (154) Jun 16, 1983 United States Davey Moore TKO 8/15 0
WBC Middleweight (160) Feb 24, 1989 United States Iran Barkley SD 12/12 0
4 United States Pernell Whitaker[6] IBF Lightweight (135) Feb 18, 1989 United States Greg Haugen UD 12/12 8
WBC Lightweight (135) Aug 20, 1989 Mexico José Luis Ramírez UD 12/12 6
The Ring Lightweight (135) 0
WBA Lightweight (135) Aug 11, 1990 Puerto Rico Juan Nazario KO 1/12 3
IBF Light welterweight (140) Jul 18, 1992 Colombia Rafael Pineda UD 12/12 0
WBC Welterweight (147) Mar 6, 1993 United States James McGirt UD 12/12 8
WBA Light middleweight (154) Mar 4, 1995 Argentina Julio César Vásquez UD 12/12 0
5 Oscar De La Hoya at Morongo Casino.jpg
United States Oscar De La Hoya[7] 		WBO Super featherweight (130) Mar 5, 1994 Denmark Jimmy Bredahl TKO 10/12 1
WBO Lightweight (135) Feb 18, 1995 Puerto Rico John-John Molina UD 12/12 6
IBF Lightweight (135) May 6, 1995 United States Rafael Ruelas TKO 2/12 0
WBC Light welterweight (140) Jun 7, 1996 Mexico Julio César Chávez TKO 4/12 1
WBC Welterweight (147) Apr 12, 1997 United States Pernell Whitaker UD 12/12 7
WBC Welterweight (147) – (2) Mar 21, 2000 No. 1 contender promoted[8] 0
6 Venezuela Leo Gámez[9] WBA Mini flyweight (105) Jan 10, 1988 South Korea Kim Bong Jun UD 12/12 1
WBA Light flyweight (108) Oct 21, 1993 Japan Shiro Yahiro TKO 9/12 3
WBA Flyweight (112) Mar 13, 1999 Argentina Hugo Rafael Soto KO 3/12 0
WBA Super flyweight (115) Oct 9, 2000 Japan Hideki Todaka KO 7/12 0
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United States Roy Jones Jr.[10] 		IBF Middleweight (160) May 22, 1993 United States Bernard Hopkins UD 12/12 1
IBF Super middleweight (168) Oct 21, 1993 United States James Toney UD 12/12 5
WBC Light heavyweight (175) Jan 13, 1997 Interim promoted[11] 0
WBC Light heavyweight (175) – (2) Aug 7, 1997 United States Montell Griffin KO 1/12 0
WBC Light heavyweight (175) – (3) Jun 1998 Reinstated 11
WBA Light heavyweight (175), later promoted to inaugural Super champion;
Status changed to Unified champion on WBA's official rankings. 		Jul 18, 1998 United States Lou Del Valle UD 12/12 5
Super
Dec 2000 		Super
3
Unified
Aug 5, 2002 		Unified
1
IBF Light heavyweight (175) Jun 5, 1999 United States Reggie Johnson UD 12/12 7
The Ring Light heavyweight (175) 2001 Awarded 3
WBA Heavyweight (200+) Mar 1, 2003 United States John Ruiz UD 12/12 0
WBA (Unified) Light heavyweight (175) – (2) Nov 8, 2003 United States Antonio Tarver UD 12/12 0
WBC Light heavyweight (175) – (4) 0
8 Floyd Mayweather jr weigh-in.jpg
United States Floyd Mayweather Jr.[12] 		WBC Super featherweight (130) Oct 3, 1998 United States Genaro Hernandez RTD 8/12 8
WBC Lightweight (135) Apr 20, 2002 Mexico José Luis Castillo UD 12/12 3
The Ring Lightweight (135) 3
WBC Light welterweight (140) Jun 25, 2005 Canada Arturo Gatti TKO 6/12 0
IBF Welterweight (147) Apr 8, 2006 United States Zab Judah UD 12/12 0
WBC Welterweight (147) Nov 4, 2006 Argentina Carlos Baldomir UD 12/12 1
The Ring Welterweight (147) 1
WBC Welterweight (147) – (2) Dec 17, 2011 United States Victor Ortiz UD 12/12 5
The Ring Welterweight (147) – (2) May 4, 2013 United States Robert Guerrero UD 12/12 4
WBA (Unified) Welterweight (147) May 3, 2014 Argentina Marcos Maidana MD 12/12 3
WBO Welterweight (147) May 2, 2015 Philippines Manny Pacquiao UD 12/12 0
9 Manny Pacquiao weigh-in.jpg
Philippines Manny Pacquiao[13] 		WBC Flyweight (112) Dec 4, 1998 Thailand Chatchai Sasakul KO 8/12 1
IBF Super bantamweight (122) Jun 23, 2001 South Africa Lehlohonolo Ledwaba KO 6/12 4
The Ring Featherweight (126) Nov 15, 2003 Mexico Marco Antonio Barrera TKO 11/12 2
WBC Super featherweight (130) Mar 15, 2008 Mexico Juan Manuel Márquez SD 12/12 0
The Ring Super featherweight (130) 0
10 Erik Morales.jpg
Mexico Érik Morales[14] 		WBC Super bantamweight (122) Sep 6, 1997 Mexico Daniel Zaragoza KO 11/12 9
WBO Super bantamweight (122) Feb 19, 2000 Mexico Marco Antonio Barrera SD 12/12 0
WBC Featherweight (126) Feb 17, 2001 Mexico Guty Espadas Jr. UD 12/12 1
WBC Featherweight (126) – (2) Nov 16, 2002 Mexico Paulie Ayala UD 12/12 2
WBC Super featherweight (130) Feb 28, 2004 Mexico Jesus Chavez UD 12/12 1
IBF Super featherweight (130) Jul 31, 2004 United States Carlos Hernández UD 12/12 0
WBC Light welterweight (140) Sep 17, 2011 Mexico Pablo Cesar Cano TKO 10/12 0
11 Mexico Jorge Arce[15] WBO Light flyweight (108) Dec 5, 1998 Argentina Juan Domingo Cordoba UD 12/12 1
WBC Light flyweight (108) Jul 6, 2002 South Korea Choi Yo-sam TKO 6/12 7
WBO Super flyweight (115) Jan 30, 2010 Indonesia Angky Angkotta TD 7/12 0
WBO Super bantamweight (122) May 7, 2011 Puerto Rico Wilfredo Vazquez, Jr. TKO 12/12 1
WBO Bantamweight (118) Nov 26, 2011 Indonesia Angky Angkotta UD 12/12 0
12 Juan Manuel Márquez 2012.jpg
Mexico Juan Manuel Márquez[16] 		IBF Featherweight (126) Feb 1, 2003 Mexico Manuel Medina TKO 7/12 4
WBA (Unified) Featherweight (126) Nov 1, 2003 United States Derrick Gainer TD 7/12 3
WBO Featherweight (126) Dec 6, 2006 Interim promoted[17] 0
WBC Super featherweight (130) Mar 17, 2007 Mexico Marco Antonio Barrera UD 12/12 1
The Ring Lightweight (135) Sep 13, 2008 Cuba Joel Casamayor TKO 11/12 3
WBA (Super) Lightweight (135) Feb 28, 2009 United States Juan Díaz TKO 9/12 2
WBO Lightweight (135) 2
WBO Light welterweight (140) Jun 28, 2012 Interim promoted[18] 0
13 Nonito Donaire 2011.jpg
Philippines Nonito Donaire[19] 		IBF Flyweight (112) Jul 7, 2007 Armenia Vic Darchinyan TKO 5/12 3
WBC Bantamweight (118) Feb 19, 2011 Mexico Fernando Montiel KO 2/12 1
WBO Bantamweight (118) 1
WBO Super bantamweight (122) Feb 4, 2012 Puerto Rico Wilfredo Vázquez, Jr. SD 12/12 3
IBF Super bantamweight (122) Jul 7, 2012 South Africa Jeffrey Mathebula UD 12/12 0
The Ring Super bantamweight (122) Oct 13, 2012 Japan Toshiaki Nishioka TKO 9/12 1
WBA (Undisputed) Featherweight (126) May 31, 2014 South Africa Simpiwe Vetyeka TD 5/12 0
WBO Super bantamweight (122) – (2) Dec 11, 2015 Mexico Cesar Juarez UD 12/12 1
WBA (Super) Bantamweight (118) Nov 3, 2018 United Kingdom Ryan Burnett RTD 4/12 1
WBC Bantamweight (118) – (2) May 29, 2021 France Nordine Oubaali KO 4/12 1
14 Miguel Cotto.jpg
Puerto Rico Miguel Cotto[20] 		WBO Light welterweight (140) Sep 11, 2004 Brazil Kelson Pinto TKO 6/12 6
WBA (Regular‡) Welterweight (147) Dec 2, 2006 Puerto Rico Carlos Quintana RTD 5/12 4
WBO Welterweight (147) Feb 21, 2009 United Kingdom Michael Jennings TKO 5/12 1
WBA (Regular‡) Light middleweight (154) Regular‡
Jun 5, 2010 		Israel Yuri Foreman TKO 9/12 Regular‡
0
Super
Oct 15, 2010 		Regular‡ promoted[21] Super
2
WBC Middleweight (160) Jun 7, 2014 Argentina Sergio Martinez RTD 9/12 1
The Ring Middleweight (160) 1
WBO Light middleweight (154) Aug 26, 2017 Japan Yoshihiro Kamegai UD 12/12 0
15 Adrien Broner 2011.jpg
United States Adrien Broner[22] 		WBO Super featherweight (130) Nov 26, 2011 Argentina Vicente Martín Rodríguez KO 3/12 1
WBC Lightweight (135) Nov 17, 2012 Mexico Antonio DeMarco TKO 8/12 1
WBA (Regular‡) Welterweight (147) Jun 22, 2013 United States Paulie Malignaggi SD 12/12 0
WBA (Regular‡) Light welterweight (140) Regular‡
Oct 3, 2015 		Russia Khabib Allakhverdiev TKO 12/12 Regular‡
0
Super
Nov 5, 2015 		Regular‡ promoted[23] Super
0
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Nicaragua Román González[24] 		WBA Mini flyweight (105) Sep 15, 2008 Japan Yutaka Niida TKO 4/12 1
WBA Light flyweight (108) Regular‡
Feb 5, 2011 		Interim promoted[25] Regular‡
5
Super
Nov 30, 2012 		Regular‡ promoted[26] Super
0
WBC Flyweight (112) Sep 5, 2014 Japan Akira Yaegashi TKO 9/12 4
The Ring Flyweight (112) 4
WBC Super flyweight (115) Sep 11, 2016 Mexico Carlos Cuadras UD 12/12 0
WBA (Super) Super flyweight (115) Feb 29, 2020 United Kingdom Kal Yafai TKO 9/12 1
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United States Mikey Garcia[27] 		WBO Featherweight (126) Jan 19, 2013 Mexico Orlando Salido TD 9/12 0
The Ring Featherweight (126) 0
WBO Super featherweight (130) Nov 9, 2013 Puerto Rico Román Martínez KO 8/12 1
WBC Lightweight (135) Jan 28, 2017 Montenegro Dejan Zlatičanin KO 3/12 1
IBF Light welterweight (140) Mar 20, 2018 Russia Sergey Lipinets UD 12/12 0
IBF Lightweight (135) Jul 28, 2018 United States Robert Easter Jr. UD 12/12 0
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Philippines Donnie Nietes[28] 		WBO Mini flyweight (105) Sep 7, 2007 Thailand Pornsawan Porpramook UD 12/12 4
WBO Light flyweight (108) Oct 8, 2011 Mexico Ramón García Hirales UD 12/12 9
The Ring Light flyweight (108) May 10, 2014 Mexico Moisés Fuentes TKO 9/12 5
IBF Flyweight (112) Apr 29, 2018 Thailand Komgrich Nantapech UD 12/12 1
WBO Super flyweight (115) Dec 31, 2018 Japan Kazuto Ioka SD 12/12 0
19
Japan Kazuto Ioka[29] 		WBC Mini flyweight (105) Feb 11, 2011 Thailand Oleydong Sithsamerchai TKO 5/12 3
WBA Mini flyweight (105) Jun 20, 2012 Japan Akira Yaegashi UD 12/12 0
WBA (Regular) Light flyweight (108) Regular
Dec 31, 2012 		Mexico José Alfredo Rodríguez TKO 6/12 Regular
3
Regular‡
Jan 14, 2014 		Primary champion vacant Regular‡
0
WBA (Regular) Flyweight (112) Regular
Apr 22, 2015 		Argentina Juan Carlos Reveco MD 12/12 Regular
3
Regular‡
Sep 14, 2016 		Primary champion vacant Regular‡
2
WBO Super flyweight (115) Jun 19, 2019 Philippines Aston Palicte TKO 10/12 4
20
Mexico Léo Santa Cruz[30] 		IBF Bantamweight (118) Jun 2, 2012 South Africa Vusi Malinga UD 12/12 3
WBC Super bantamweight (122) Aug 24, 2014 Mexico Victor Terrazas TKO 3/12 4
WBA (Super) Featherweight (126) Aug 29, 2015 Mexico Abner Mares MD 12/12 1
WBA (Super) Featherweight (126) – (2) Jul 30, 2016 United Kingdom Carl Frampton MD 12/12 3
WBA (Super) Super featherweight (130) Nov 23, 2019 United States Miguel Flores UD 12/12 0
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Mexico Canelo Álvarez[31] 		WBC Light middleweight (154) Mar 5, 2011 United Kingdom Matthew Hatton UD 12/12 6
The Ring Light middleweight (154) Apr 20, 2013 United States Austin Trout UD 12/12 0
WBC Middleweight (160) Nov 21, 2015 Puerto Rico Miguel Cotto UD 12/12 1
The Ring Middleweight (160) 2
WBO Light middleweight (154) Sep 17, 2016 United Kingdom Liam Smith KO 9/12 0
WBA (Super) Middleweight (160) Sep 15, 2018 Kazakhstan Gennady Golovkin MD 12/12 1
WBC Middleweight (160) – (2) 1
The Ring Middleweight (160) – (2) 1
IBF Middleweight (160) May 4, 2019 United States Daniel Jacobs UD 12/12 0
WBO Light heavyweight (175) Nov 2, 2019 Russia Sergey Kovalev KO 11/12 0
WBA (Super) Super middleweight (168) Dec 19, 2020 United Kingdom Callum Smith UD 12/12 3
WBC Super middleweight (168) 3
The Ring Super middleweight (168) 3
WBO Super middleweight (168) May 8, 2021 United Kingdom Billy Joe Saunders RTD 8/12 1
IBF Super middleweight (168) Nov 6, 2021 United States Caleb Plant TKO 11/12 0

Note[edit]

  • Dates in bold format signify the date when they won their 4th division title.
  • Interim titles are not included unless they get promoted to the official champion.
  • Only primary WBA champions are listed. Here are the scenarios:
    • Miguel Cotto's and Adrien Broner's WBA Regular welterweight title is considered the "primary title" because all possible primary champions were vacant at the time of their title reign.
    • Kazuto Ioka's WBA Regular light flyweight title is considered the "primary title" because Roman Gonzalez's WBA Super title was vacated one month before[32] Ioka relinquished his Regular title.[33] No bouts for the vacant WBA Super title were scheduled during that one month span thus legitimizing Ioka as WBA's "primary champion" for their light flyweight division.
    • Kazuto Ioka's WBA Regular flyweight title is considered the "primary title" because Juan Estrada's WBA Super title was vacated 2 years before[34] Ioka vacated his title.[35]Since Super's vacancy, Ioka defended his Regular title 2 more times. No bouts for the vacant WBA Super title were scheduled during that span of time thus legitimizing Ioka as WBA's "primary champion" for their flyweight division.
    • Canelo Álvarez's light middleweight Unified title is not listed because the primary champion at that time was Super champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. They later fought and Álvarez lost.
    • Canelo Álvarez's super middleweight Regular title is not listed because the primary champion at that time was Super champion Callum Smith. They later fought and Álvarez won the Super title.
  • Any WBA titles won before the titles are fragmented in the division are not marked as Super, Undisputed, Unified, or Regular.

List of women’s quadruple champion[edit]

The following is a list of women’s quadruple champions who have held titles from one or more of the "Big Four" organizations (WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO) and The Ring.

World Titles from The Ring
No. Name Titles Date Opponent Result Defenses
1 Puerto Rico Amanda Serrano[36] IBF Super featherweight (130) Sep 10, 2011 United States Kimberly Connor TKO 2/10 0
WBO Lightweight (135) Aug 15, 2014 Argentina Maria Elena Maderna KO 6/10 0
WBO Featherweight (126) Feb 16, 2016 Canada Olivia Gerula TKO 1/10 1
WBO Super bantamweight (118) Oct 18, 2016 Hungary Alexandra Lázár TKO 5/10 2
WBO Featherweight (126) – (2) Sep 13, 2019 United States Heather Hardy UD 10/10 2
WBC Featherweight (126) Feb 4, 2021 Interim promoted[37] 2
2 Japan Naoko Fujioka[38] WBC Mini flyweight (105) May 8, 2011 Mexico Anabel Ortiz RTD 8/10 2
WBA Super flyweight (115) Nov 13, 2013 Japan Naoko Yamaguchi UD 10/10 1
WBO Bantamweight (118) Oct 19, 2015 South Korea Hee Jung Yuh UD 10/10 1
WBA Flyweight (112) Mar 13, 2017 Mexico Isabel Millan TKO 10/10 3
3 Costa Rica Hanna Gabriels[39] WBO Welterweight (147) Dec 19, 2009 Argentina Gabriela Marcela Zapata KO 4/10 0
WBO Light middleweight (154) May 9, 2010 Dominican Republic Gardy Pena Alvarez TKO 1/10 3
WBO Light middleweight (154) – (2) Dec 20, 2014 Mexico Paty Ramirez TKO 2/10 4
WBA Light middleweight (154) Jun 18, 2016 Uruguay Katia Alvariño TKO 3/10 4
WBA Light heavyweight (175) Apr 17, 2021 Mexico Martha Gaytán TKO 2/10 0
WBC Heavyweight (200+) 0

Note[edit]

  • Dates in bold format signify the date when they won their 4th division title.
  • Interim titles are not included unless they get promoted to the official champion.

Only four division champion in the original eight weight classes[edit]

In the entire history of boxing, only Manny Pacquiao has successfully conquered four divisions in the original eight weight classes.

World Titles from The Ring
No. Name Titles Date Opponent Result Defenses
1 Manny Pacquiao weigh-in.jpg
Philippines Manny Pacquiao[40]
 WBC Flyweight (112) Dec 4, 1998 Thailand Chatchai Sasakul KO 8/12 1
The Ring Featherweight (126) Nov 15, 2003 Mexico Marco Antonio Barrera TKO 11/12 2
WBC Lightweight (135) Jun 28, 2008 United States David Díaz TKO 9/12 0
WBO Welterweight (147) Nov 14, 2009 Puerto Rico Miguel Cotto TKO 12/12 3
WBO Welterweight (147) – (2) Apr 12, 2014 United States Timothy Bradley UD 12/12 1
WBO Welterweight (147) – (3) Nov 5, 2016 United States Jessie Vargas UD 12/12 0
WBA (Super) Welterweight (147) Jul 20, 2019 United States Keith Thurman SD 12/12 0

Note[edit]

  • Dates in bold format signify the date when they won their 4th division title.

Quadruple champions that won titles in other multiple divisions[edit]

Some fighters of this group or club were not satisfied to win just the incredible milestone of championships in four different weight divisions but to reach immortality in five, six and/or seven other different divisions or categories. The multiple champions who won titles in:

See also[edit]

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