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In boxing, a triple champion is a boxer who has won world titles in three weight classes. For most of the 20th century it was a remarkable and rare achievement accomplished by only a handful of fighters. Beginning in the 1970s, triple champions have become increasingly more common due to the proliferation of weight classes and sanctioning bodies in the sport. Bob Fitzsimmons was boxing's first triple champion, successively winning the middleweight, heavyweight and light-heavyweight titles between 1894 and 1903.

Early history

Bob Fitzsimmons was the first triple boxing champion in history, having won the light heavyweight, middleweight and heavyweight boxing championships.

The first triple champion of boxing was Bob Fitzsimmons when he added the light-heavyweight title to his middleweight and heavyweight titles on November 25, 1903.

Barney Ross was the first boxer to simultaneously hold world titles in two different weight classes when he won the 135-pound lightweight and 140-pound light-welterweight titles against Tony Canzoneri on June 23, 1933. Later Ross won the 147-pound welterweight world title from Jimmy McLarnin on May 28, 1934.

Henry Armstrong was the first man to hold three titles in three divisions simultaneously. He won the featherweight world title from Petey Sarron on October 29, 1937, the welterweight world title from Barney Ross on May 31, 1938, and the lightweight world title in his next fight, on August 17 against Lou Ambers. Armstrong then immediately vacated the featherweight world title because he could no longer make the weight.

Wilfred Benítez was the youngest ever champion at any weight. Benitez first won the 140-pound WBA light-welterweight title from Antonio Cervantes on March 6, 1976, at the age of 17. He moved up in weight to win the 147-pound WBC welterweight title from Carlos Palomino on January 14, 1979, and finally won a third title when he added the 154-pound WBC light-middleweight title from Maurice Hope on May 23, 1981.

Recognition

Major sanctioning bodies

There is some dispute on which sanctioning bodies are considered "major" enough to be deemed legitimate world championships. The "Big Four" sanctioning bodies are always included:

The Ring

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, considered 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 awarding world titles in the 1990s but began again in 2002.

In 2002, The Ring created a championship system 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."[1] 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. 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 Ring's number-one and number-two rated contenders (or, sometimes, number-one and number-three rated).[2] There are also only three ways that a boxer can lose The Ring's title: lose a championship fight, move to a different weight class, or retire.[2] 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 ranked fighters face one another or when the No. 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 title. 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

The Transnational Boxing Rankings Board (TBRB) lists a version of the lineal championship in their rankings. TBRB lists a champion when their two top-ranked fighters in any division meet and currently recognizes legitimate world champions or "true champions" in 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. These 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, a version of lineal champions is predetermined by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board, which promotes the concept of a singular world champion per weight class.[3] Another version of lineal champions are listed on the Cyber Boxing Zone website which list lineal champions of the Queensberry Era to date.[4]

Minor sanctioning bodies

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 Triple Champions

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

WBA has four recognized world champions, WBA (Super), (Undisputed), (Unified) and (Regular). In cases where the WBA simultaneously recognizes world champions, the (Super) title holder is the primary champion. In cases where the (Super) title is vacant, the (Undisputed) title becomes the primary champion, if it's vacant then the (Unified) becomes the primary champion and if both are vacant then finally the (Regular) title becomes the primary champion.

Other former international/national-world boxing commissions and organizations from the beginning of boxing are also included here:

Inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame
World titles from World and The Ring
WBA Regular champion
denotes that both the WBA Super and Unified is vacant/vacated during his title reign.
No. Name Titles Date Opponent Result Defenses
1
United Kingdom Bob Fitzsimmons[5]
World Middleweight (160) 1891-01-14 Republic of Ireland Nonpareil Dempsey RTD 13/? 2
World Heavyweight (200+) 1897-03-17 United States James J. Corbett KO 14/? 0
World Light heavyweight (175) 1903-11-25 United States George Gardiner PTS 20/20 0
2
United States Tony Canzoneri[6]
NYSAC Featherweight (126) 1927-10-24 Italy Johnny Dundee UD 15/15 1
NBA Featherweight (126) 1928-02-10 Ukraine Benny Bass SD 12/12 0
The Ring Featherweight (126) 0
NBA Lightweight (135) 1930-10-14 United States Al Singer KO 1/15 4
NYSAC Lightweight (135) 4
The Ring Lightweight (135) 4
NBA Light welterweight (140) 1931-04-24 United Kingdom Jack Kid Berg KO 3/10 3
The Ring Light welterweight (140) 3
World Light welterweight (140) 1933-05-21 Mexico Battling Shaw UD 10/10 0
NBA Lightweight (135) — (2) 1935-05-10 United States Lou Ambers UD 15/15 1
NYSAC Lightweight (135) — (2) 1
The Ring Lightweight (135) — (2) 1
3
United States Barney Ross[7]
NBA Lightweight (135) 1933-06-23 United States Tony Canzoneri MD 10/10 1
NYSAC Lightweight (135) 1
The Ring Lightweight (135) 1
World Light welterweight (140) 9
NBA Welterweight (147) 1934-05-28 United Kingdom Jimmy McLarnin SD 15/15 0
NYSAC Welterweight (147) 0
The Ring Welterweight (147) 0
NBA Welterweight (147) — (2) 1935-05-28 United Kingdom Jimmy McLarnin UD 15/15 2
NYSAC Welterweight (147) — (2) 2
The Ring Welterweight (147) — (2) 2
4
United States Henry Armstrong[8]
NBA Featherweight (126) 1937-10-24 United States Petey Sarron KO 6/15 0
NYSAC Featherweight (126) 0
The Ring Featherweight (126) 0
NBA Welterweight (147) 1938-05-31 United States Barney Ross UD 15/15 19
NYSAC Welterweight (147) 19
The Ring Welterweight (147) 19
NBA Lightweight (135) 1938-08-17 United States Lou Ambers SD 15/15 1
NYSAC Lightweight (135) 1
The Ring Lightweight (135) 1
5
United States Virgin Islands Emile Griffith[9]
NBA Welterweight (147) 1961-04-01 Cuba Benny Paret KO 13/15 1
NYSAC Welterweight (147) 1
The Ring Welterweight (147) 1
NBA Welterweight (147) — (2), Renamed to WBA in his 2nd title defense. 1962-03-24 Cuba Benny Paret TKO 12/15 2
NYSAC Welterweight (147) — (2) 1
The Ring Welterweight (147) — (2) 2
World Light middleweight (154) 1962-10-17 United States Ted Wright PTS 15/15 1
WBC Welterweight (147) 1962-12-08 Argentina Jorge Fernandez TKO 9/15 0
WBA Welterweight (147) — (3) 1963-06-08 Cuba Luis Manuel Rodríguez SD 15/15 5
WBC Welterweight (147) — (2) 5
The Ring Welterweight (147) — (3) 5
WBA Middleweight (160) 1966-04-25 Nigeria Dick Tiger UD 15/15 2
WBC Middleweight (160) 2
The Ring Middleweight (160) 2
WBA Middleweight (160) — (2) 1967-09-29 Italy Nino Benvenuti MD 15/15 0
WBC Middleweight (160) — (2) 0
The Ring Middleweight (160) — (2) 0
6
Puerto Rico Wilfred Benítez[10]
WBA Light welterweight (140) 1976-03-06 Colombia Antonio Cervantes SD 15/15 2
The Ring Light welterweight (140) 2
WBC Welterweight (147) 1979-01-14 Mexico Carlos Palomino SD 15/15 1
The Ring Welterweight (147) 1
WBC Light middleweight (154) 1981-05-23 United Kingdom Maurice Hope TKO 12/15 2
7
Nicaragua Alexis Argüello[11]
WBA Featherweight (126) 1974-11-23 Mexico Rubén Olivares KO 13/15 4
The Ring Featherweight (126) 1975-05-31 Panama Rigoberto Riasco TKO 2/15 3
WBC Super featherweight (130) 1978-01-28 Puerto Rico Alfredo Escalera TKO 13/15 8
WBC Lightweight (135) 1981-06-20 United Kingdom Jim Watt UD 15/15 4
The Ring Lightweight (135) 4
8
Panama Roberto Durán[12]
WBA Lightweight (135) 1972-06-26 United Kingdom Ken Buchanan TKO 13/15 12
The Ring Lightweight (135) 12
WBC Lightweight (135) 1978-01-21 Puerto Rico Esteban de Jesús TKO 12/15 0
WBC Welterweight (147) 1980-06-20 United States Ray Charles Leonard UD 15/15 0
The Ring Welterweight (147) 0
WBA Light middleweight (154) 1983-06-16 United States Davey Moore TKO 8/15 0
9
Puerto Rico Wilfredo Gómez[13]
WBC Super bantamweight (122) 1977-05-21 South Korea Yum Dong-Kyun KO 12/15 17
The Ring Super bantamweight (122) 1979-03-09 Colombia Néstor Carlos Jiménez KO 5/15 10
WBC Featherweight (126) 1984-03-31 Puerto Rico Juan Laporte UD 12/12 0
WBA Super featherweight (130) 1985-05-19 United States Rocky Lockridge MD 15/15 0
10
United States Ray Charles Leonard[14]
WBC Welterweight (147) 1979-11-30 Puerto Rico Wilfred Benítez TKO 15/15 1
The Ring Welterweight (147) 1
WBC Welterweight (147) — (2) 1980-11-25 Panama Roberto Durán TKO 8/15 3
The Ring Welterweight (147) — (2) 3
WBA Welterweight (147) 1981-09-16 United States Thomas Hearns TKO 14/15 1
WBA Light middleweight (154) 1981-06-25 Uganda Ayub Kalule TKO 9/15 0
The Ring Light middleweight (154) 0
WBC Middleweight (160) 1987-04-06 United States Marvin Hagler SD 12/12 0
The Ring Middleweight (160) 0
11
United States Thomas Hearns[15]
WBA Welterweight (147) 1980-08-02 Mexico Pipino Cuevas TKO 2/15 3
WBC Light middleweight (154) 1982-12-03 Puerto Rico Wilfred Benítez TKO 2/15 3
The Ring Light middleweight (154) 3
WBC Light heavyweight (175) 1987-03-07 United Kingdom Dennis Andries TKO 10/12 0
WBA Light heavyweight (175) 1991-06-03 United States Virgil Hill UD 12/12 0
12
Australia Jeff Fenech[16]
IBF Bantamweight (118) 1985-04-26 Japan Satoshi Shingaki TKO 9/15 3
WBC Super bantamweight (122) 1987-05-08 Thailand Samart Payakaroon KO 4/15 2
WBC Featherweight (126) 1988-03-07 Puerto Rico Victor Callejas TKO 10/15 3
13
Puerto Rico Héctor Camacho[17]
WBC Super featherweight (130) 1983-08-07 Mexico Rafael Limón TKO 5/12 2
WBC Lightweight (135) 1985-08-10 Mexico José Luis Ramírez UD 12/12 2
WBO Light welterweight (140) 1989-03-06 United States Ray Mancini SD 12/12 2
14
Mexico Julio César Chávez[18]
WBC Super featherweight (130) 1984-09-13 Mexico Mario Martínez TKO 8/12 9
WBA Lightweight (135) 1987-11-21 Puerto Rico Edwin Rosario TKO 11/12 1
WBC Lightweight (135) 1988-10-29 Mexico José Luis Ramírez TD 11/12 0
The Ring Lightweight (135) 0
WBC Light welterweight (140) 1989-05-13 United States Roger Mayweather RTD 10/12 12
IBF Light welterweight (140) 1990-03-17 United States Meldrick Taylor TKO 12/12 2
WBC Light welterweight (140) — (2) 1994-05-07 United States Frankie Randall TD 8/12 4
15
United States Iran Barkley[19]
WBC Middleweight (160) 1988-06-06 United States Thomas Hearns TKO 3/12 0
IBF Super middleweight (168) 1992-01-10 United States Darrin Van Horn TKO 2/12 0
WBA Light heavyweight (175) 1992-03-20 United States Thomas Hearns SD 12/12 0
16
United Kingdom Duke McKenzie[20]
IBF Flyweight (112) 1988-10-05 Philippines Rolando Bohol TKO 11/12 1
WBO Bantamweight (118) 1991-06-30 United States Gaby Canizales UD 12/12 2
WBO Super bantamweight (122) 1992-10-15 United States Jesse Benavides UD 12/12 0
17 United States Pernell Whitaker[21] IBF Lightweight (135) 1989-02-18 United States Greg Haugen UD 12/12 8
WBC Lightweight (135) 1989-08-20 Mexico José Luis Ramírez UD 12/12 6
The Ring Lightweight (135) 0
WBA Lightweight (135) 1990-08-11 Puerto Rico Juan Nazario KO 1/12 3
IBF Light welterweight (140) 1992-07-18 Colombia Rafael Pineda UD 12/12 0
WBC Welterweight (147) 1993-03-06 United States James McGirt UD 12/12 8
18 Jamaica Mike McCallum[22] WBA Light middleweight (154) 1984-10-19 Republic of Ireland Sean Mannion UD 12/12 6
WBA Middleweight (160) 1989-05-10 United Kingdom Herol Graham SD 12/12 3
WBC Light heavyweight (175) 1994-07-23 Australia Jeff Harding UD 12/12 1
19 Puerto Rico Wilfredo Vázquez[23] WBA Bantamweight (118) 1987-10-04 South Korea Park Chan-Young TKO 10/15 1
WBA Super Bantamweight (122) 1992-05-27 Mexico Raúl Pérez TKO 2/15 9
WBA Featherweight (126) 1996-05-18 Venezuela Eloy Rojas TKO 11/12 4
20
United States Oscar De La Hoya[24]
WBO Super featherweight (130) 1994-03-05 Denmark Jimmy Bredahl TKO 10/12 1
WBO Lightweight (135) 1995-02-18 Puerto Rico John-John Molina UD 12/12 6
IBF Lightweight (135) 1995-05-06 United States Rafael Ruelas TKO 2/12 0
WBC Light welterweight (140) 1996-06-07 Mexico Julio César Chávez TKO 4/12 1
21
United States Roy Jones Jr.[25]
IBF Middleweight (160) 1993-05-22 United States Bernard Hopkins UD 12/12 1
IBF Super middleweight (168) 1993-10-21 United States James Toney UD 12/12 5
WBC Light heavyweight (175) 1997-08-07 United States Montell Griffin KO 1/12 11
WBA Light heavyweight (175) later promoted to inaugural Super champion;
Status changed to Unified champion on WBA's official rankings
1998-07-18 United States Lou Del Valle UD 12/12 5
Super
2000-12
Super
3
Unified
2002-08-05
Unified
1
IBF Light heavyweight (175) 1999-06-05 United States Reggie Johnson UD 12/12 7
The Ring Light heavyweight (175) 2001 Awarded 3
WBA (Unified) Light heavyweight — (2) 2003-11-08 United States Antonio Tarver UD 12/12 0
WBC Light heavyweight (175) — (2) 0
22 Venezuela Leo Gámez[26] WBA Mini flyweight (105) 1988-01-10 South Korea Kim Bong Jun UD 12/12 1
WBA Light flyweight (108) 1993-10-21 Japan Shiro Yahiro TKO 9/12 3
WBA Flyweight (112) 1999-03-13 Argentina Hugo Rafael Soto KO 3/12 0
23 Puerto Rico Félix Trinidad[27] IBF Welterweight (147) 1993-06-19 United States Maurice Blocker KO 2/12 15
WBC Welterweight (147) 1999-09-18 United States Oscar De La Hoya MD 12/12 0
WBA Light middleweight (154) 2000-03-03 United States David Reid UD 12/12 2
IBF Light middleweight (154) 2000-12-02 United States Fernando Vargas TKO 12/12 0
WBA Middleweight (160) 2001-05-12 United States William Joppy TKO 5/12 0
24 United States Johnny Tapia[28] WBO Super flyweight (115) 1994-10-12 El Salvador Henry Martínez TKO 11/12 13
IBF Super flyweight (115) 1997-07-18 United States Danny Romero UD 12/12 2
WBA Bantamweight (118) 1998-12-05 Ghana Nana Konadu MD 12/12 0
WBO Bantamweight (118) 2000-01-08 Colombia Jorge Eliécer Julio UD 12/12 1
IBF Featherweight (126) 2002-04-27 Mexico Manuel Medina MD 12/12 0
25
United States James Toney[29]
IBF Middleweight (160) 1991-06-10 United States Michael Nunn TKO 11/12 6
IBF Super middleweight (168) 1993-02-13 United States Iran Barkley UD 12/12 3
IBF Cruiserweight (200) 2003-05-26 Kazakhstan Vassiliy Jirov UD 12/12 0
26
United States Shane Mosley[30]
IBF Lightweight (135) 1997-08-02 Australia Philip Holiday UD 12/12 8
WBC Welterweight (147) 2000-06-17 United States Oscar De La Hoya SD 12/12 3
WBA (Unified) Light middleweight (154) 2003-09-13 United States Oscar De La Hoya UD 12/12 0
WBC Light middleweight (154) 0
The Ring Light middleweight (154) 0
WBA (Super) Welterweight (147) 2009-01-24 Mexico Antonio Margarito TKO 9/12 0
27
Philippines Manny Pacquiao[31]
WBC Flyweight (112) 1998-12-04 Thailand Chatchai Sasakul KO 8/12 1
IBF Super bantamweight (122) 2001-06-23 South Africa Lehlohonolo Ledwaba KO 6/12 4
The Ring Featherweight (126) 2003-11-15 Mexico Marco Antonio Barrera TKO 11/12 2
28
Mexico Érik Morales[32]
WBC Super bantamweight (122) 1997-09-06 Mexico Daniel Zaragoza KO 11/12 9
WBO Super bantamweight (122) 2000-02-19 Mexico Marco Antonio Barrera SD 12/12 0
WBC Featherweight (126) 2001-02-17 Mexico Guty Espadas Jr. UD 12/12 1
WBC Featherweight (126) — (2) 2002-11-16 Mexico Paulie Ayala UD 12/12 2
WBC Super featherweight (130) 2004-02-28 Mexico Jesús Chávez UD 12/12 1
IBF Super featherweight (130) 2004-07-31 United States Carlos Hernández UD 12/12 0
29
Mexico Marco Antonio Barrera[33]
WBO Super bantamweight (122) 1995-03-31 Puerto Rico Daniel Jiménez UD 12/12 8
WBO Super bantamweight (122) — (2) 1998-10-31 United Kingdom Richie Wenton RTD 3/12 2
WBO Super bantamweight (122) — (3) 2000-03 Reinstated 3
WBC Featherweight (126) 2002-06-22 Mexico Érik Morales UD 12/12 0
The Ring Featherweight (126) 2
WBC Super featherweight (130) 2004-11-27 Mexico Érik Morales MD 12/12 4
IBF Super featherweight (130) 2005-09-17 Australia Robbie Peden UD 12/12 0
30
United States Floyd Mayweather Jr.[34]
WBC Super featherweight (130) 1998-10-03 United States Genaro Hernandez RTD 8/12 8
WBC Lightweight (135) 2002-04-20 Mexico José Luis Castillo UD 12/12 3
The Ring Lightweight (135) 3
WBC Light welterweight (140) 2005-06-25 Canada Arturo Gatti TKO 6/12 0
31
Mexico Juan Manuel Márquez[35]
IBF Featherweight (126) 2003-02-01 Mexico Manuel Medina TKO 7/12 4
WBA (Super) Featherweight (126) 2003-11-01 United States Derrick Gainer TD 7/12 3
WBC Super featherweight (130) 2007-03-17 Mexico Marco Antonio Barrera UD 12/12 1
The Ring Lightweight (135) 2008-09-13 Cuba Joel Casamayor TKO 11/12 3
WBA (Super) Lightweight (135) 2009-02-28 United States Juan Díaz TKO 9/12 2
WBO Lightweight (135) 2
32 Mexico Fernando Montiel[36] WBO Flyweight (112) 2000-12-15 Mexico Isidro García TKO 7/12 3
WBO Super flyweight (115) 2002-06-22 Panama Pedro Alcázar TKO 6/12 1
WBO Super flyweight (115) — (2) 2005-04-09 Mexico Ivan Hernández KO 7/12 7
WBO Bantamweight (118) 2010-02-13 Philippines Ciso Morales TKO 1/12 1
WBC Bantamweight (118) 2010-04-30 Japan Hozumi Hasegawa TKO 4/12 1
33
Puerto Rico Miguel Cotto[37]
WBO Light welterweight (140) 2004-09-11 Brazil Kelson Pinto TKO 6/12 6
WBA (Regular) Welterweight (147) 2006-12-02 Puerto Rico Carlos Quintana RTD 5/12 4
WBO Welterweight (147) 2009-02-21 United Kingdom Michael Jennings TKO 5/12 1
WBA (Regular) Light middleweight (154) later promoted to Super champion. Regular
2010-06-05
Israel Yuri Foreman TKO 9/12 Regular
0
Super
2010-11-24
Super
2
WBO Light middleweight (154) 2017-08-26 Japan Yoshihiro Kamegai UD 12/12 0
34 Mexico Jorge Arce[38] WBO Light flyweight (108) 1998-12-05 Argentina Juan Domingo Cordoba UD 12/12 1
WBC Light flyweight (108) 2002-07-06 South Korea Choi Yo-sam TKO 6/12 7
WBO Super flyweight (115) 2010-01-30 Indonesia Angky Angkotta TD 7/12 0
WBO Super bantamweight (122) 2011-05-07 Puerto Rico Wilfredo Vázquez Jr. TKO 12/12 1
35
Philippines Nonito Donaire[39]
IBF Flyweight (112) 2007-07-07 Armenia Vic Darchinyan TKO 5/12 3
WBC Bantamweight (118) 2011-02-19 Mexico Fernando Montiel KO 2/12 1
WBO Bantamweight (118) 1
WBO Super bantamweight (122) 2012-02-04 Puerto Rico Wilfredo Vázquez Jr. SD 12/12 3
IBF Super bantamweight (122) 2012-07-07 South Africa Jeffrey Mathebula UD 12/12 0
The Ring Super bantamweight (122) 2012-10-13 Japan Toshiaki Nishioka SD 12/12 1
WBO Super bantamweight (122) – (2) 2015-12-11 Mexico Cesar Juarez UD 12/12 1
WBA (Super) Bantamweight (118) 2018-11-03 United Kingdom Ryan Burnett RTD 4/12 1
WBC Bantamweight (118) — (2) 2021-05-29 France Nordine Oubaali KO 4/12 0
36
Mexico Abner Mares[40]
IBF Bantamweight (118) 2011-08-13 Ghana Joseph Agbeko MD 12/12 1
WBC Super bantamweight (122) 2012-04-21 Puerto Rico Eric Morel UD 12/12 1
WBC Featherweight (126) 2013-05-04 Mexico Daniel Ponce de León TKO 9/12 0
37
United States Adrien Broner[41]
WBO Super featherweight (130) 2011-11-26 Argentina Vicente Martín Rodríguez KO 3/12 1
WBC Lightweight (135) 2012-11-17 Mexico Antonio DeMarco TKO 8/12 1
WBA (Regular) Welterweight (147) 2013-06-22 United States Paulie Malignaggi SD 12/12 0
38
Nicaragua Román González[42]
WBA Mini flyweight (105) 2008-09-15 Japan Yutaka Niida TKO 4/12 1
WBA interim Light flyweight (108) later promoted to Regular champion.
Later promoted to Super champion.
Regular
2011-02-04
Promoted Regular
5
Super
2012-11-30
Super
0
WBC Flyweight (112) 2014-09-05 Japan Akira Yaegashi TKO 9/12 4
The Ring Flyweight (112) 4
39
Venezuela Jorge Linares[43]
WBC Featherweight (126) 2007-07-21 Mexico Óscar Larios TKO 10/12 1
WBA (Regular) Super featherweight (130) 2008-11-08 Panama Whyber Garcia TKO 5/12 1
WBC Lightweight (135) 2014-12-30 Mexico Javier Prieto KO 4/12 2
WBA (Regular) Lightweight (135) 2016-09-24 United Kingdom Anthony Crolla UD 12/12 3
The Ring Lightweight (135) 3
40
Mexico Léo Santa Cruz[44]
IBF Bantamweight (118) 2012-06-02 South Africa Vusi Malinga UD 12/12 3
WBC Super bantamweight (122) 2014-08-24 Mexico Victor Terrazas TKO 3/12 4
WBA (Super) Featherweight (126) 2015-08-29 Mexico Abner Mares MD 12/12 1
WBA (Super) Featherweight (126) – (2) 2016-07-30 United Kingdom Carl Frampton MD 12/12 3
41
Japan Akira Yaegashi[45]
WBA Mini flyweight (105) 2011-10-24 Thailand Pornsawan Porpramook TKO 10/12 1
WBC Flyweight (112) 2013-04-08 Japan Toshiyuki Igarashi UD 12/12 3
The Ring Flyweight (112) 3
IBF Light flyweight (108) 2015-12-29 Mexico Javier Mendoza UD 12/12 2
42
United Kingdom Ricky Burns[46]
WBO Super featherweight (130) 2010-09-04 Puerto Rico Román Martínez UD 12/12 3
WBO interim Lightweight (135) later promoted to official champion. 2012-01-27 Promoted 4
WBA (Regular) Light welterweight (140) 2016-05-28 Italy Michele di Rocco TKO 8/12 1
43
Japan Kazuto Ioka[47]
WBC Mini flyweight (105) 2011-02-11 Thailand Oleydong Sithsamerchai TKO 5/12 3
WBA Mini flyweight (105) 2012-06-20 Japan Akira Yaegashi UD 12/12 0
WBA (Regular) Light flyweight (108) Regular
2012-12-31
Mexico José Alfredo Rodríguez TKO 6/12 Regular
3
Regular
2014-01-14
Regular
0
WBA (Regular) Flyweight (112) Regular
2015-04-22
Argentina Juan Carlos Reveco MD 12/12 Regular
3
Regular
2016-09-14
Regular
2
44
Japan Hozumi Hasegawa[48]
WBC Bantamweight (118) 2005-04-16 Thailand Veeraphol Sahaprom UD 12/12 10
WBC Featherweight (126) 2010-11-26 Mexico Juan Carlos Burgos TKO 3/12 0
WBC Super bantamweight (122) 2016-09-16 Mexico Hugo Ruiz RTD 10/12 0
45
United States Mikey Garcia[49]
WBO Featherweight (126) 2013-01-19 Mexico Orlando Salido TD 9/12 0
The Ring Featherweight (126) 0
WBO Super featherweight (130) 2013-11-09 Puerto Rico Román Martínez KO 8/12 1
WBC Lightweight (135) 2017-01-28 Montenegro Dejan Zlatičanin KO 3/12 1
IBF Lightweight (135) 2018-07-28 United States Robert Easter Jr. UD 12/12 0
46
Philippines Donnie Nietes[50]
WBO Mini flyweight (105) 2007-09-07 Thailand Pornsawan Porpramook UD 12/12 4
WBO Light flyweight (108) 2011-10-08 Mexico Ramón García Hirales UD 12/12 9
The Ring Light flyweight (108) 2014-05-10 Mexico Moisés Fuentes TKO 9/12 5
IBF Flyweight (112) 2018-04-29 Thailand Komgrich Nantapech UD 12/12 1
47
Ukraine Vasyl Lomachenko[51]
WBO Featherweight (126) 2014-06-21 United States Gary Russell Jr. MD 12/12 3
WBO Super featherweight (130) 2016-06-11 Puerto Rico Román Martínez KO 5/12 4
WBA (Super) Lightweight (135) 2018-05-12 Venezuela Jorge Linares TKO 10/12 3
The Ring Lightweight (135) 3
WBO Lightweight (135) 2018-12-08 Puerto Rico José Pedraza UD 12/12 2
WBC Lightweight (135) 2019-08-31 United Kingdom Luke Campbell UD 12/12 0
48
United States Terence Crawford[52]
WBO Lightweight (135) 2014-03-01 United Kingdom Ricky Burns UD 12/12 2
The Ring Lightweight (135) 2014-11-29 Mexico Ray Beltrán UD 12/12 0
WBO Light welterweight (140) 2015-04-18 United Kingdom Thomas Dulorme TKO 6/12 6
WBC Light welterweight (140) 2016-07-23 Ukraine Viktor Postol UD 12/12 3
The Ring Light welterweight (140) 3
IBF Light welterweight (140) 2017-08-19 Namibia Julius Indongo KO 3/12 0
WBA (Super) Light welterweight (140) 0
WBO Welterweight (147) 2018-06-09 Australia Jeff Horn TKO 9/12 4
49
Japan Kosei Tanaka[53]
WBO Mini flyweight (105) 2015-05-30 Mexico Julian Yedras UD 12/12 1
WBO Light flyweight (108) 2016-12-31 Mexico Moisés Fuentes TKO 5/12 2
WBO Flyweight (112) 2018-09-24 Japan Sho Kimura MD 12/12 3
50
Japan Naoya Inoue[54]
WBC Light flyweight (108) 2014-04-06 Mexico Adrián Hernández TKO 6/12 1
WBO Super flyweight (115) 2014-12-30 Argentina Omar Narváez KO 2/12 7
IBF Bantamweight (118) 2019-05-18 Puerto Rico Emmanuel Rodríguez TKO 2/12 2
The Ring Bantamweight (118) 2
WBA (Super) Bantamweight (118) 2019-11-07 Philippines Nonito Donaire UD 12/12 1
51
Mexico Canelo Álvarez[55]
WBC Light middleweight (154) 2011-03-05 United Kingdom Matthew Hatton UD 12/12 6
The Ring Light middleweight (154) 2013-04-20 United States Austin Trout UD 12/12 0
WBC Middleweight (160) 2015-11-21 Puerto Rico Miguel Cotto UD 12/12 1
The Ring Middleweight (160) 2
WBO Light middleweight (154) 2016-09-17 United Kingdom Liam Smith KO 9/12 0
WBA (Super) Middleweight (160) 2018-09-15 Kazakhstan Gennady Golovkin MD 12/12 1
WBC Middleweight (160) — (2) 1
The Ring Middleweight (160) — (2) 1
IBF Middleweight (160) 2019-05-04 United States Daniel Jacobs UD 12/12 0
WBO Light heavyweight (175) 2019-11-02 Russia Sergey Kovalev KO 11/12 0
52
Philippines Johnriel Casimero[56]
IBF interim Light flyweight (108) later promoted to official champion. 2012-07-19 Promoted 3
IBF Flyweight (112) 2016-05-25 Thailand Amnat Ruenroeng KO 4/12 1
WBO Bantamweight (118) 2019-11-30 South Africa Zolani Tete TKO 3/12 1

Note

  • Dates in bold format signify the date when they won their 3rd division title.
  • Interim titles are not included unless they get promoted to the official champion.
  • Only the WBA titles that are primary champion during their reign are listed. Here are the scenarios:
  • Any WBA titles won before the titles are fragmented in the division is not marked as Super, Undisputed, Unified or Regular. List of dates when the titles was fragmented per division:
    • Mini flyweight (105) — Mar 1, 2020
    • Light flyweight (108) — Aug 28, 2010
    • Flyweight (112) — Nov 17, 2012
    • Super flyweight (115) — Mar 17, 2008
    • Bantamweight (118) — Nov 19, 2010
    • Super bantamweight (122) — Nov 21, 2008
    • Featherweight (126) — Nov 1, 2003
    • Super featherweight (130) — Jan 12, 2002
    • Lightweight (135) — Feb 23, 2007
    • Light welterweight (140) — Feb 3, 2001
    • Welterweight (147) — Jan 25, 2003
    • Light middleweight (154) — Sep 14, 2002
    • Middleweight (160) — Sep 29, 2001
    • Super middleweight (168) — Mar 15, 2003
    • Light heavyweight (175) — Dec 2000
    • Cruiserweight (200) — Apr 2, 2005
    • Heavyweight (200+) — Jul 2, 2011

List of Women's Triple Champions

The following is a list of women’s triple 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 Japan Naoko Fujioka[57] WBC Mini flyweight (105) 2011-05-08 Mexico Anabel Ortiz RTD 8/10 2
WBA Super flyweight (115) 2013-11-13 Japan Naoko Yamaguchi UD 10/10 1
WBO Bantamweight (118) 2015-10-19 South Korea Hee Jung Yuh UD 10/10 1
2 Puerto Rico Amanda Serrano[58] IBF Super featherweight (130) 2011-09-10 United States Kimberly Connor TKO 2/10 0
WBO Lightweight (135) 2014-08-15 Argentina Maria Elena Maderna KO 6/10 0
WBO Featherweight (126) 2016-02-16 Canada Olivia Gerula TKO 1/10 1
WBO Featherweight (126) – (2) 2019-09-13 United States Heather Hardy UD 10/10 1
WBC interim Featherweight (126) later promoted to official champion. 2021-02-04 Promoted 1
3 Argentina Daniela Romina Bermúdez[59] WBO Bantamweight (118) 2013-05-31 Colombia Neisi Torres TKO 1/10 0
WBO Super flyweight (115) 2014-01-04 Peru Linda Laura Lecca TKO 8/10 4
WBO Bantamweight (118) – (2) 2017-10-20 Argentina Soledad del Valle Frias UD 10/10 5
IBF Super bantamweight (122) 2018-04-13 Argentina Marcela Acuña UD 10/10 0
IBF Super bantamweight (122) – (2) 2020-12-04 Argentina Cintia Gisela Castillo TKO 10/10 0
4 Argentina Anahí Ester Sánchez[60] IBF Super featherweight (130) 2016-03-19 Greece Areti Mastrosdouka RTD 5/10 1
WBA Lightweight (135) 2017-09-09 Argentina Cecilia Sofia Mena TKO 6/10 0
WBA interim Light welterweight (140) later promoted to Regular. 2019-02-28 Promoted 0
5
United States Claressa Shields[61]
IBF Super middleweight (168) 2017-08-04 Germany Nikki Adler TKO 5/10 1
WBC Super middleweight (168) 1
IBF Middleweight (160) 2018-06-22 Costa Rica Hanna Gabriel UD 10/10 3
WBA Middleweight (160) 3
WBC Middleweight (160) 2018-11-17 United Kingdom Hannah Rankin UD 10/10 2
WBO Middleweight (160) 2019-04-13 Germany Christina Hammer UD 10/10 0
The Ring Middleweight (160) 0
WBC Light middleweight (154) 2020-01-10 Croatia Ivana Habazin UD 10/10 1
WBO Light middleweight (154) 1
IBF Light middleweight (154) 2021-03-05 Canada Marie-Eve Dicaire UD 10/10 0
WBA Light middleweight (154) 0
The Ring Light middleweight (154) 0
6 Costa Rica Hanna Gabriels[62] WBO Welterweight (147) 2009-12-19 Argentina Gabriela Marcela Zapata KO 4/10 0
WBO Light middleweight (154) 2010-05-29 Dominican Republic Gardy Pena Alvarez TKO 1/10 3
WBO Light middleweight (154) – (2) 2014-12-20 Mexico Paty Ramirez TKO 2/10 4
WBA Light middleweight (154) 2016-06-18 Uruguay Katia Alvariño TKO 3/10 4
WBA Light heavyweight (175) 2021-04-17 Mexico Martha Gaytán TKO 2/10 0
WBC Heavyweight (200+) 0

Note

  • Dates in bold format signify the date when they won their 3rd division title.
  • Interim titles are not included unless they get promoted to the official champion.

List of Three Division Champions in the Original Eight Weight Classes

This exclusive list features boxers that are three division champions based on the original eight weight classes. A feat where only a few boxers have achieved. The Original Eight weight classes are as follows:

Inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame
World Titles from World and The Ring

Men's Boxing

No. Name Titles Date Opponent Result Defenses
1
United Kingdom Bob Fitzsimmons[5]
World Middleweight (160) 1891-01-14 Republic of Ireland Nonpareil Dempsey RTD 13/? 2
World Heavyweight (200+) 1897-03-17 United States James J. Corbett KO 14/? 0
World Light heavyweight (175) 1903-11-25 United States George Gardiner PTS 20/20 0
2
United States Henry Armstrong[8]
NBA Featherweight (126) 1937-10-24 United States Petey Sarron KO 6/15 0
NYSAC Featherweight (126) 0
The Ring Featherweight (126) 0
NBA Welterweight (147) 1938-05-31 United States Barney Ross UD 15/15 19
NYSAC Welterweight (147) 19
The Ring Welterweight (147) 19
NBA Lightweight (135) 1938-08-17 United States Lou Ambers SD 15/15 1
NYSAC Lightweight (135) 1
The Ring Lightweight (135) 1
3
United States Thomas Hearns[15]
WBA Welterweight (147) 1980-08-02 Mexico Pipino Cuevas TKO 2/15 3
WBC Light heavyweight (175) 1987-03-07 United Kingdom Dennis Andries TKO 10/12 0
WBC Middleweight (160) 1987-10-29 Argentina Juan Domingo Roldán KO 4/12 0
WBA Light heavyweight (175) 1991-06-03 United States Virgil Hill UD 12/12 0
4
United States Ray Charles Leonard[14]
WBC Welterweight (147) 1979-11-30 Puerto Rico Wilfred Benítez TKO 15/15 1
The Ring Welterweight (147) 1
WBC Welterweight (147) — (2) 1980-11-25 Panama Roberto Durán TKO 8/15 3
The Ring Welterweight (147) — (2) 3
WBA Welterweight (147) 1981-09-16 United States Thomas Hearns TKO 14/15 1
WBC Middleweight (160) 1987-04-06 United States Marvin Hagler SD 12/12 0
The Ring Middleweight (160) 0
WBC Light heavyweight (175) 1988-11-07 Canada Don Lalonde TKO 9/12 0
5
Panama Roberto Durán[12]
WBA Lightweight (135) 1972-06-26 United Kingdom Ken Buchanan TKO 13/15 12
The Ring Lightweight (135) 12
WBC Lightweight (135) 1978-01-21 Puerto Rico Esteban de Jesús TKO 12/15 0
WBC Welterweight (147) 1980-06-20 United States Ray Charles Leonard UD 15/15 0
The Ring Welterweight (147) 0
WBC Middleweight (160) 1989-02-24 United States Iran Barkley SD 12/12 0
6
United States Roy Jones Jr.[25]
IBF Middleweight (160) 1993-05-22 United States Bernard Hopkins UD 12/12 1
WBC Light heavyweight (175) 1997-08-07 United States Montell Griffin KO 1/12 11
WBA Light heavyweight (175) later promoted to inaugural Super champion;
Status changed to Unified champion on WBA's official rankings
1998-07-18 United States Lou Del Valle UD 12/12 5
Super
2000-12
Super
3
Unified
2002-08-05
Unified
1
IBF Light heavyweight (175) 1999-06-05 United States Reggie Johnson UD 12/12 7
The Ring Light heavyweight (175) 2001 Awarded 3
WBA Heavyweight (200+) 2003-03-01 United States John Ruiz UD 12/12 0
WBC Light heavyweight (175) — (2) 2003-11-08 United States Antonio Tarver UD 12/12 0
WBA (Unified) Light heavyweight — (2) 0
7
United States Oscar De La Hoya[24]
WBO Lightweight (135) 1995-02-18 Puerto Rico John-John Molina UD 12/12 6
IBF Lightweight (135) 1995-05-06 United States Rafael Ruelas TKO 2/12 0
WBC Welterweight (147) 1997-04-12 United States Pernell Whitaker UD 12/12 7
WBO Middleweight (160) 2004-06-05 Germany Felix Sturm UD 12/12 0
8
Philippines Manny Pacquiao[31]
WBC Flyweight (112) 1998-12-04 Thailand Chatchai Sasakul KO 8/12 1
The Ring Featherweight (126) 2003-11-15 Mexico Marco Antonio Barrera TKO 11/12 2
WBC Lightweight (135) 2008-06-28 United States David Díaz TKO 9/12 0
9
Philippines Nonito Donaire[39]
IBF Flyweight (112) 2007-07-07 Armenia Vic Darchinyan TKO 5/12 3
WBC Bantamweight (118) 2011-02-19 Mexico Fernando Montiel KO 2/12 1
WBO Bantamweight (118) 1
WBA (Undisputed) Featherweight (126) 2014-05-31 South Africa Simpiwe Vetyeka TD 5/12 0
WBA (Super) Bantamweight (118) 2018-11-03 United Kingdom Ryan Burnett RTD 4/12 1
WBC Bantamweight (118) — (2) 2021-05-29 France Nordine Oubaali KO 4/12 0

Women's Boxing

No. Name Titles Date Opponent Result Defenses
1 Puerto Rico Amanda Serrano[58] WBO Lightweight (135) 2014-08-15 Argentina Maria Elena Maderna KO 6/10 0
WBO Featherweight (126) 2016-02-17 Canada Olivia Gerula TKO 1/10 1
WBO Bantamweight (118) 2017-04-22 Dominican Republic Dahiana Santana TKO 8/10 0
WBC interim Featherweight (126) later promoted to official champion. 2019-09-13 United States Heather Hardy UD 10/10 1
WBO Featherweight (126) – (2) 1

Note

  • Dates in bold format signify the date when they won their 3rd division title.

See also

Other references

  1. Bob Fitsimmons:Boxing's First Triple World Champion [1]
  2. Bob Fitzsimmons's article [2][permanent dead link]
  3. Henry Armstrong [3]
  4. Tony Canzoneri [4]
  5. Alexis Argüello, The Explosive Thin Man... [5]
  6. The iron men of boxing [6]
  7. Manny Pacquiao [7]

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