An octuple champion is a boxer who has won major world titles in eight different weight classes. Manny Pacquiao is the only boxer in history to have won twelve major world titles [1] in eight different weight divisions.
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, USA. [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 different 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:
| 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
- 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
- ^ "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.