List of boxing quadruple champions
A quadruple champion in boxing refers to a boxer who has won world titles in four different categories of weight.
Recognition[]
Major sanctioning bodies[]
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:
- World Boxing Association (WBA) - founded in 1921
- World Boxing Council (WBC) - founded in 1963
- International Boxing Federation (IBF) - founded in 1976
- World Boxing Organization (WBO) - founded in 1988
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 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[]
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[]
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[]
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[3]
|
WBA Welterweight (147) | 1980-08-02 |  Pipino Cuevas
|
TKO 2/15 | 3 |
| WBC Light middleweight (154) | 1982-12-03 |  Wilfred Benítez
|
TKO 2/15 | 3 | ||
| The Ring Light middleweight (154) | 3 | |||||
| WBC Light heavyweight (175) | 1987-03-07 |  Dennis Andries
|
TKO 10/12 | 0 | ||
| WBC Middleweight (160) | 1987-10-29 |  Juan Domingo Roldán
|
KO 4/12 | 0 | ||
| WBA Light heavyweight (175) | 1991-03-06 | Virgil Hill
|
UD 12/12 | 0 | ||
| 2 |  Ray Charles Leonard[4]
|
WBC Welterweight (147) | 1979-11-30 | Wilfred Benítez |
TKO 15/15 | 1 |
| The Ring Welterweight (147) | 1 | |||||
| WBC Welterweight (147) – (2) | 1980-11-25 |  Roberto Durán
|
TKO 8/15 | 3 | ||
| The Ring Welterweight (147) – (2) | 3 | |||||
| WBA Light middleweight (154) | 1981-06-25 |  Ayub Kalule |
TKO 9/15 | 0 | ||
| The Ring Light middleweight (154) | 0 | |||||
| WBA Welterweight (147) | 1981-09-16 | Thomas Hearns
|
TKO 14/15 | 1 | ||
| WBC Middleweight (160) | 1987-04-06 | Marvin Hagler |
SD 12/12 | 0 | ||
| The Ring Middleweight (160) | 0 | |||||
| WBC Super middleweight (168) | 1988-11-07 |  Don Lalonde |
TKO 9/12 | 2 | ||
| 3 |  Roberto Durán[5]
|
WBA Lightweight (135) | 1972-06-26 | Ken Buchanan |
TKO 13/15 | 12 |
| The Ring Lightweight (135) | 12 | |||||
| WBC Lightweight (135) | 1978-01-21 | Esteban de Jesús
|
TKO 12/15 | 0 | ||
| WBC Welterweight (147) | 1980-06-20 | Ray Charles Leonard |
UD 15/15 | 0 | ||
| The Ring Welterweight (147) | 0 | |||||
| WBA Light middleweight (154) | 1983-06-16 | Davey Moore |
TKO 8/15 | 0 | ||
| WBC Middleweight (160) | 1989-02-24 | Iran Barkley |
SD 12/12 | 0 | ||
| 4 | Pernell Whitaker[6]
|
IBF Lightweight (135) | 1989-02-18 | Greg Haugen |
UD 12/12 | 8 |
| WBC Lightweight (135) | 1989-08-20 | José Luis Ramírez |
UD 12/12 | 6 | ||
| The Ring Lightweight (135) | 0 | |||||
| WBA Lightweight (135) | 1990-08-11 | Juan Nazario
|
KO 1/12 | 3 | ||
| IBF Light welterweight (140) | 1992-07-18 |  Rafael Pineda |
UD 12/12 | 0 | ||
| WBC Welterweight (147) | 1993-03-06 | James McGirt |
UD 12/12 | 8 | ||
| WBA Light middleweight (154) | 1995-03-04 | Julio César Vásquez |
UD 12/12 | 0 | ||
| 5 |  Oscar De La Hoya[7]
|
WBO Super featherweight (130) | 1994-03-05 |  Jimmy Bredahl
|
TKO 10/12 | 1 |
| WBO Lightweight (135) | 1995-02-18 | John-John Molina
|
UD 12/12 | 6 | ||
| IBF Lightweight (135) | 1995-05-06 | Rafael Ruelas
|
TKO 2/12 | 0 | ||
| WBC Light welterweight (140) | 1996-06-07 | Julio César Chávez |
TKO 4/12 | 1 | ||
| WBC Welterweight (147) | 1997-04-12 | Pernell Whitaker |
UD 12/12 | 7 | ||
| WBC Welterweight (147) – (2) | 2000-03-21 | No. 1 contender promoted[8] | 0 | |||
| 6 |  Leo Gámez[9]
|
WBA Mini flyweight (105) | 1988-01-10 |  Kim Bong Jun |
UD 12/12 | 1 |
| WBA Light flyweight (108) | 1993-10-21 |  Shiro Yahiro |
TKO 9/12 | 3 | ||
| WBA Flyweight (112) | 1999-03-13 | Hugo Rafael Soto |
KO 3/12 | 0 | ||
| WBA Super flyweight (115) | 2000-10-09 | Hideki Todaka |
KO 7/12 | 0 | ||
| 7 |  Roy Jones Jr.[10]
|
IBF Middleweight (160) | 1993-05-22 | Bernard Hopkins |
UD 12/12 | 1 |
| IBF Super middleweight (168) | 1993-10-21 | James Toney |
UD 12/12 | 5 | ||
| WBC interim Light heavyweight (175), later promoted to official champion.[11] | 1997-01-13 | Promoted | 0 | |||
| WBC Light heavyweight (175) – (2) | 1997-08-07 | Montell Griffin |
KO 1/12 | 0 | ||
| WBC Light heavyweight (175) – (3) | 1998-06 | Reinstated | 11 | |||
| WBA Light heavyweight (175), later promoted to inaugural Super champion; Status changed to Unified champion on WBA's official rankings. |
1998-07-18 | 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 | Reggie Johnson
|
UD 12/12 | 7 | ||
| The Ring Light heavyweight (175) | 2001 | Awarded | 3 | |||
| WBA Heavyweight (200+) | 2003-03-01 | John Ruiz |
UD 12/12 | 0 | ||
| WBA (Unified) Light heavyweight (175) – (2) | 2003-11-08 | Antonio Tarver
|
UD 12/12 | 0 | ||
| WBC Light heavyweight (175) – (4) | 0 | |||||
| 8 |  Floyd Mayweather Jr.[12]
|
WBC Super featherweight (130) | 1998-10-03 | Genaro Hernandez |
RTD 8/12 | 8 |
| WBC Lightweight (135) | 2002-04-20 | José Luis Castillo |
UD 12/12 | 3 | ||
| The Ring Lightweight (135) | 3 | |||||
| WBC Light welterweight (140) | 2005-06-25 | Arturo Gatti
|
TKO 6/12 | 0 | ||
| IBF Welterweight (147) | 2006-04-08 | Zab Judah
|
UD 12/12 | 0 | ||
| WBC Welterweight (147) | 2006-11-04 | Carlos Baldomir
|
UD 12/12 | 1 | ||
| The Ring Welterweight (147) | 1 | |||||
| WBC Welterweight (147) – (2) | 2011-12-17 | Victor Ortiz
|
UD 12/12 | 5 | ||
| The Ring Welterweight (147) – (2) | 2013-05-04 | Robert Guerrero
|
UD 12/12 | 4 | ||
| WBA (Unified) Welterweight (147) | 2014-05-03 | Marcos Maidana
|
MD 12/12 | 3 | ||
| WBO Welterweight (147) | 2015-05-02 |  Manny Pacquiao
|
UD 12/12 | 0 | ||
| 9 |  Manny Pacquiao[13]
|
WBC Flyweight (112) | 1998-12-04 |  Chatchai Sasakul |
KO 8/12 | 1 |
| IBF Super bantamweight (122) | 2001-06-23 |  Lehlohonolo Ledwaba |
KO 6/12 | 4 | ||
| The Ring Featherweight (126) | 2003-11-15 | Marco Antonio Barrera
|
TKO 11/12 | 2 | ||
| WBC Super featherweight (130) | 2008-03-15 | Juan Manuel Márquez |
SD 12/12 | 0 | ||
| The Ring Super featherweight (130) | 0 | |||||
| 10 |  Érik Morales[14]
|
WBC Super bantamweight (122) | 1997-09-06 | Daniel Zaragoza |
KO 11/12 | 9 |
| WBO Super bantamweight (122) | 2000-02-19 | Marco Antonio Barrera |
SD 12/12 | 0 | ||
| WBC Featherweight (126) | 2001-02-17 | Guty Espadas Jr. |
UD 12/12 | 1 | ||
| WBC Featherweight (126) – (2) | 2002-11-16 | Paulie Ayala |
UD 12/12 | 2 | ||
| WBC Super featherweight (130) | 2004-02-28 | Jesus Chavez |
UD 12/12 | 1 | ||
| IBF Super featherweight (130) | 2004-07-31 | Carlos Hernández
|
UD 12/12 | 0 | ||
| WBC Light welterweight (140) | 2011-09-17 | Pablo Cesar Cano |
TKO 10/12 | 0 | ||
| 11 | Jorge Arce[15]
|
WBO Light flyweight (108) | 1998-12-05 | Juan Domingo Cordoba |
UD 12/12 | 1 |
| WBC Light flyweight (108) | 2002-07-06 | Choi Yo-sam
|
TKO 6/12 | 7 | ||
| WBO Super flyweight (115) | 2010-01-30 |  Angky Angkotta |
TD 7/12 | 0 | ||
| WBO Super bantamweight (122) | 2011-05-07 | Wilfredo Vazquez, Jr. |
TKO 12/12 | 1 | ||
| WBO Bantamweight (118) | 2011-11-26 | Angky Angkotta |
UD 12/12 | 0 | ||
| 12 |  Juan Manuel Márquez[16]
|
IBF Featherweight (126) | 2003-02-01 | Manuel Medina |
TKO 7/12 | 4 |
| WBA (Unified) Featherweight (126) | 2003-11-01 | Derrick Gainer
|
TD 7/12 | 3 | ||
| WBO interim Featherweight (126), later promoted to official champion.[17] | 2006-12-06 | Promoted | 0 | |||
| WBC Super featherweight (130) | 2007-03-17 | Marco Antonio Barrera |
UD 12/12 | 1 | ||
| The Ring Lightweight (135) | 2008-09-13 |  Joel Casamayor
|
TKO 11/12 | 3 | ||
| WBA (Super) Lightweight (135) | 2009-02-28 | Juan Díaz
|
TKO 9/12 | 2 | ||
| WBO Lightweight (135) | 2 | |||||
| WBO interim Light welterweight (140), later promoted to official champion.[18] | 2012-06-28 | Promoted | 0 | |||
| 13 |  Nonito Donaire[19]
|
IBF Flyweight (112) | 2007-07-07 |  Vic Darchinyan |
TKO 5/12 | 3 |
| WBC Bantamweight (118) | 2011-02-19 | Fernando Montiel
|
KO 2/12 | 1 | ||
| WBO Bantamweight (118) | 1 | |||||
| WBO Super bantamweight (122) | 2012-02-04 | Wilfredo Vázquez, Jr. |
SD 12/12 | 3 | ||
| IBF Super bantamweight (122) | 2012-07-07 | Jeffrey Mathebula |
UD 12/12 | 0 | ||
| The Ring Super bantamweight (122) | 2012-10-13 | Toshiaki Nishioka
|
TKO 9/12 | 1 | ||
| WBA (Undisputed) Featherweight (126) | 2014-05-31 | Simpiwe Vetyeka |
TD 5/12 | 0 | ||
| WBO Super bantamweight (122) – (2) | 2015-12-11 | Cesar Juarez |
UD 12/12 | 1 | ||
| WBA (Super) Bantamweight (118) | 2018-11-03 | Ryan Burnett
|
RTD 4/12 | 1 | ||
| WBC Bantamweight (118) – (2) | 2021-05-29 |  Nordine Oubaali
|
KO 4/12 | 1 | ||
| 14 |  Miguel Cotto[20]
|
WBO Light welterweight (140) | 2004-09-11 |  Kelson Pinto |
TKO 6/12 | 6 |
| WBA (Regular‡) Welterweight (147) | 2006-12-02 | Carlos Quintana |
RTD 5/12 | 4 | ||
| WBO Welterweight (147) | 2009-02-21 | Michael Jennings |
TKO 5/12 | 1 | ||
| WBA (Regular‡) Light middleweight (154), later promoted to Super champion.[21] | Regular‡ 2010-06-05 |
 Yuri Foreman
|
TKO 9/12 | Regular‡ 0 | ||
| Super 2010-10-15 |
Promoted | Super 2 | ||||
| WBC Middleweight (160) | 2014-06-07 | Sergio Martinez |
RTD 9/12 | 1 | ||
| The Ring Middleweight (160) | 1 | |||||
| WBO Light middleweight (154) | 2017-08-26 | Yoshihiro Kamegai
|
UD 12/12 | 0 | ||
| 15 |  Adrien Broner[22]
|
WBO Super featherweight (130) | 2011-11-26 | Vicente Martín Rodríguez |
KO 3/12 | 1 |
| WBC Lightweight (135) | 2012-11-17 | Antonio DeMarco |
TKO 8/12 | 1 | ||
| WBA (Regular‡) Welterweight (147) | 2013-06-22 | Paulie Malignaggi |
SD 12/12 | 0 | ||
| WBA (Regular‡) Light welterweight (140), later promoted to Super champion.[23] | Regular‡ 2015-10-03 |
 Khabib Allakhverdiev
|
TKO 12/12 | Regular‡ 0 | ||
| Super 2015-11-05 |
Promoted | Super 0 | ||||
| 16 |   Román González[24]
|
WBA Mini flyweight (105) | 2008-09-15 | Yutaka Niida |
TKO 4/12 | 1 |
| WBA interim Light flyweight (108) later promoted to Regular‡ champion.[25] Later promoted to Super champion.[26] |
Regular‡ 2011-02-05 |
Promoted | Regular‡ 5 | |||
| Super 2012-11-30 |
Super 0 | |||||
| WBC Flyweight (112) | 2014-09-05 | Akira Yaegashi |
TKO 9/12 | 4 | ||
| The Ring Flyweight (112) | 4 | |||||
| WBC Super flyweight (115) | 2016-09-11 | Carlos Cuadras |
UD 12/12 | 0 | ||
| WBA (Super) Super flyweight (115) | 2020-02-29 | Kal Yafai
|
TKO 9/12 | 1 | ||
| 17 |  Mikey Garcia[27]
|
WBO Featherweight (126) | 2013-01-19 | Orlando Salido |
TD 9/12 | 0 |
| The Ring Featherweight (126) | 0 | |||||
| WBO Super featherweight (130) | 2013-11-09 | Román Martínez |
KO 8/12 | 1 | ||
| WBC Lightweight (135) | 2017-01-28 |  Dejan Zlatičanin |
KO 3/12 | 1 | ||
| IBF Light welterweight (140) | 2018-03-20 | Sergey Lipinets |
UD 12/12 | 0 | ||
| IBF Lightweight (135) | 2018-07-28 | Robert Easter Jr.
|
UD 12/12 | 0 | ||
| 18 |  Donnie Nietes[28]
|
WBO Mini flyweight (105) | 2007-09-07 | Pornsawan Porpramook |
UD 12/12 | 4 |
| WBO Light flyweight (108) | 2011-10-08 | Ramón García Hirales |
UD 12/12 | 9 | ||
| The Ring Light flyweight (108) | 2014-05-10 | Moisés Fuentes |
TKO 9/12 | 5 | ||
| IBF Flyweight (112) | 2018-04-29 | Komgrich Nantapech |
UD 12/12 | 1 | ||
| WBO Super flyweight (115) | 2018-12-31 | Kazuto Ioka |
SD 12/12 | 0 | ||
| 19 | Kazuto Ioka[29]
|
WBC Mini flyweight (105) | 2011-02-11 | Oleydong Sithsamerchai |
TKO 5/12 | 3 |
| WBA Mini flyweight (105) | 2012-06-20 | Akira Yaegashi
|
UD 12/12 | 0 | ||
| WBA (Regular) Light flyweight (108) | Regular 2012-12-31 |
José Alfredo Rodríguez
|
TKO 6/12 | Regular 3 | ||
| Regular‡ 2014-01-14 |
Primary champion vacant | Regular‡ 0 | ||||
| WBA (Regular) Flyweight (112) | Regular 2015-04-22 |
Juan Carlos Reveco
|
MD 12/12 | Regular 3 | ||
| Regular‡ 2016-09-14 |
Primary champion vacant | Regular‡ 2 | ||||
| WBO Super flyweight (115) | 2019-06-19 | Aston Palicte |
TKO 10/12 | 3 | ||
| 20 | Léo Santa Cruz[30]
|
IBF Bantamweight (118) | 2012-06-02 | Vusi Malinga |
UD 12/12 | 3 |
| WBC Super bantamweight (122) | 2014-08-24 | Victor Terrazas |
TKO 3/12 | 4 | ||
| WBA (Super) Featherweight (126) | 2015-08-29 | Abner Mares |
MD 12/12 | 1 | ||
| WBA (Super) Featherweight (126) – (2) | 2016-07-30 | Carl Frampton |
MD 12/12 | 3 | ||
| WBA (Super) Super featherweight (130) | 2019-11-23 | Miguel Flores |
UD 12/12 | 0 | ||
| 21 |  Canelo Álvarez[31]
|
WBC Light middleweight (154) | 2011-03-05 | Matthew Hatton |
UD 12/12 | 6 |
| The Ring Light middleweight (154) | 2013-04-20 | Austin Trout |
UD 12/12 | 0 | ||
| WBC Middleweight (160) | 2015-11-21 | Miguel Cotto |
UD 12/12 | 1 | ||
| The Ring Middleweight (160) | 2 | |||||
| WBO Light middleweight (154) | 2016-09-17 | Liam Smith
|
KO 9/12 | 0 | ||
| WBA (Super) Middleweight (160) | 2018-09-15 |  Gennady Golovkin
|
MD 12/12 | 1 | ||
| WBC Middleweight (160) – (2) | 1 | |||||
| The Ring Middleweight (160) – (2) | 1 | |||||
| IBF Middleweight (160) | 2019-05-04 | Daniel Jacobs
|
UD 12/12 | 0 | ||
| WBO Light heavyweight (175) | 2019-11-02 | Sergey Kovalev |
KO 11/12 | 0 | ||
| WBA (Super) Super middleweight (168) | 2020-12-19 | Callum Smith |
UD 12/12 | 3 | ||
| WBC Super middleweight (168) | 3 | |||||
| The Ring Super middleweight (168) | 3 | |||||
| WBO Super middleweight (168) | 2021-05-08 | Billy Joe Saunders
|
RTD 8/12 | 1 | ||
| IBF Super middleweight (168) | 2021-11-06 | Caleb Plant
|
TKO 11/12 | 0 | ||
Note[]
- 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[]
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 | Amanda Serrano[36]
|
IBF Super featherweight (130) | 2011-09-10 | Kimberly Connor
|
TKO 2/10 | 0 |
| WBO Lightweight (135) | 2014-08-15 | Maria Elena Maderna
|
KO 6/10 | 0 | ||
| WBO Featherweight (126) | 2016-02-16 | Olivia Gerula
|
TKO 1/10 | 1 | ||
| WBO Super bantamweight (118) | 2016-10-18 |  Alexandra Lázár
|
TKO 5/10 | 2 | ||
| WBO Featherweight (126) – (2) | 2019-09-13 | Heather Hardy
|
UD 10/10 | 2 | ||
| WBC interim Featherweight (126), later promoted to official champion.[37] | 2021-02-04 | Promoted | 2 | |||
| 2 | Naoko Fujioka[38]
|
WBC Mini flyweight (105) | 2011-05-08 | Anabel Ortiz
|
RTD 8/10 | 2 |
| WBA Super flyweight (115) | 2013-11-13 | Naoko Yamaguchi
|
UD 10/10 | 1 | ||
| WBO Bantamweight (118) | 2015-10-19 | Hee Jung Yuh
|
UD 10/10 | 1 | ||
| WBA Flyweight (112) | 2017-03-13 | Isabel Millan
|
TKO 10/10 | 3 | ||
| 3 |  Hanna Gabriels[39]
|
WBO Welterweight (147) | 2009-12-19 | Gabriela Marcela Zapata
|
KO 4/10 | 0 |
| WBO Light middleweight (154) | 2010-05-29 |  Gardy Pena Alvarez
|
TKO 1/10 | 3 | ||
| WBO Light middleweight (154) – (2) | 2014-12-20 | Paty Ramirez
|
TKO 2/10 | 4 | ||
| WBA Light middleweight (154) | 2016-06-18 |  Katia Alvariño
|
TKO 3/10 | 4 | ||
| WBA Light heavyweight (175) | 2021-04-17 | Martha Gaytán
|
TKO 2/10 | 0 | ||
| WBC Heavyweight (200+) | 0 | |||||
Note[]
- 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[]
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[40] |
WBC Flyweight (112) | 1998-12-04 | Chatchai Sasakul |
KO 8/12 | 1 |
| The Ring Featherweight (126) | 2003-11-15 | Marco Antonio Barrera |
TKO 11/12 | 2 | ||
| WBC Lightweight (135) | 2008-06-28 | David Díaz
|
TKO 9/12 | 0 | ||
| WBO Welterweight (147) | 2009-11-14 | Miguel Cotto
|
TKO 12/12 | 3 | ||
| WBO Welterweight (147) – (2) | 2014-04-12 | Timothy Bradley
|
UD 12/12 | 1 | ||
| WBO Welterweight (147) – (3) | 2016-11-05 | Jessie Vargas
|
UD 12/12 | 0 | ||
| WBA (Super) Welterweight (147) | 2019-07-20 | Keith Thurman
|
SD 12/12 | 0 |
Note[]
- Dates in bold format signify the date when they won their 4th division title.
Quadruple champions that won titles in other multiple divisions[]
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:
- Five divisions are called Quintuple champions (see the List of boxing quintuple champions);
- Six divisions are called Sextuple champions (see the List of boxing sextuple champions);
- Seven divisions are called Septuple champions (see the List of boxing septuple champions); and
- Eight divisions are called Octuple champions
See also[]
- List of current world boxing champions
- List of boxing triple champions
- List of boxing quintuple champions
- List of boxing sextuple champions
- List of boxing septuple champions
- Octuple champion
- 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
External links[]
- Boxrec.com – title search
- Boxing Records
- Saddoboxing
- Yahoo - Boxing
- IBHOF
- Cyberboxingzone
- Transnational Boxing Rankings Board
- Manny Pacquiao
- "Manny Pacquiao's attempt on a fifth world title in as many divisions". The Telegraph. 2008-06-28. Archived from the original on 2008-07-01.
- Manny Pacquiao
- Manny Pacquiao's Five Best Performances
- Pacquiao Aims for Four (and Six): Real History Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
- http://forums.doghouseboxing.com/lofiversion/index.php/t140155.html
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