A quintuple champion in boxing refers to a boxer who has won five different titles in five different categories of weight. [edit] Recognition [edit] 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: [edit] The Ring In 2002, The Ring gave out "The Ring Championship" belt to the lineal champion of the division. "The Lineal Champion" is also known as the true champion of the division. The "Ring Champion" holds the linear reign to the throne, the man who beat the man, and is also called the "People's Champion". The Ring 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". In 2002, 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). The Ring's championship policy has gained the acceptance of television outlets in North America such as ESPN and, to an extent, HBO; it has also been mentioned by the BBC in the United Kingdom. [edit] Minor sanctioning bodies The minor sanctioning bodies are sometimes included. They are: The IBO was founded in 1988, while the IBA was founded in the 1990s. The IBA is not to be confused with the International Boxing Association, more commonly known from its French acronym AIBA, which sanctions amateur matches.
[edit] Group of Quintuple Champions The following are the lists of boxers who have won five different titles in five totally different categories of weight. In boxing, a boxer that wins championships in five different divisions is called a quintuple champion.
[edit] List of Boxing Quintuple or Five Division Champions - Major Titles This list is credited for boxers who have won championships in boxing from major sanctioning bodies and The Ring. Example: Thomas Hearns won his first belt at 147 pounds, later he captured the 154 crown, got the 175 belt, won the 160 belt and finally he captured the 168 world title. | Number | Name | Titles | Date | Opponent | Result | City | Defenses | | 1 | 
 Thomas Hearns[1] | WBA Welterweight (147) | 1980-08-02 |  Pipino Cuevas | TKO 2/15 | Detroit, MI | 3 | | WBC Light middleweight (154) | 1982-12-03 |  Wilfred Benítez | TKO 2/15 | New Orleans, LA | 3 | | WBC Light heavyweight (175) | 1987-03-07 |  Dennis Andries | UD 12/12 | Detroit, MI | 0 | | WBC Middleweight (160) | 1987-10-29 |  Juan Domingo Roldán | KO 4/12 | Las Vegas, NV | 0 | | WBO Super middleweight (168) | 1988-11-04 | James Kinchen | MD 12/12 | Las Vegas, NV | 2 | | 2 | 
Ray Charles Leonard[2] | WBC Welterweight (147) | 1979-11-30 | Wilfred Benítez | TKO 15/15 | Las Vegas, NV | ? | | The Ring Welterweight (147) | ? | | WBA Light middleweight (154) | 1981-06-25 |  Ayub Kalule | TKO 9/15 | Houston, TX | ? | | The Ring Junior middleweight (154) | ? | | WBC Middleweight (160) | 1987-04-06 | Marvin Hagler | SD 12/12 | Las Vegas, NV | ? | | The Ring Middleweight (160) | ? | | WBC Super middleweight (168) | 1988-11-07 |  Don Lalonde | TKO 9/12 | Las Vegas, NV | ? | | WBC Light heavyweight (175) | 1988-11-07 | Don Lalonde | TKO 9/12 | Las Vegas, NV | ? | | 3 | 
Oscar De La Hoya[3] | WBO Super featherweight (130) | 1994-03-05 |  Jimmy Bredahl | TKO 10/12 | Los Angeles, CA | 1 | | WBO Lightweight (135) | 1995-02-18 | John-John Molina | UD 12/12 | Las Vegas, NV | 6 | | WBC Super lightweight (140) | 1996-06-07 | Julio César Chávez | TKO 4/12 | Las Vegas, NV | 1 | | WBC Welterweight (147) | 1997-04-12 | Pernell Whitaker | UD 12/12 | Las Vegas, NV | 7 | | WBC Super welterweight (154) | 2001-06-23 |  Javier Castillejo | UD 12/12 | Las Vegas, NV | 1 | | 4 | 
Floyd Mayweather, Jr.[4] | WBC Super featherweight (130) | 1998-10-03 | Genaro Hernandez | RTD 8/12 | Las Vegas, NV | ? | | WBC Lightweight (135) | 2002-04-20 | Jose Luis Castillo | UD 12/12 | Las Vegas, NV | ? | | The Ring Lightweight (135) | ? | | WBC Super lightweight (140) | 2005-06-25 | Arturo Gatti | TKO 6/12 | Atlantic City, NJ | ? | | IBF Welterweight (147) | 2006-04-08 | Zab Judah | UD 12/12 | Las Vegas, NV | ? | | WBC Super welterweight (154) | 2007-05-05 | Oscar De La Hoya | SD 12/12 | Las Vegas, NV | ? | | 5 | 
 Manny Pacquiao[5]
| WBC Flyweight (112) | 1998-12-04 |  Chatchai Sasakul | KO 8/12 | Phutthamonthon | 1 | | IBF Super bantamweight (122) | 2001-06-23 |  Lehlohonolo Ledwaba | TKO 6/12 | Las Vegas, NV | 4 | | The Ring Featherweight (126) | 2003-11-15 | Marco Antonio Barrera | TKO 11/12 | San Antonio, TX | 1 | | WBC Super featherweight (130) | 2008-03-15 | Juan Manuel Marquez | SD 12/12 | Las Vegas, NV | 0 | | The Ring Junior lightweight (130) | 0 | | WBC Lightweight (135) | 2008-06-28 | David Díaz | TKO 9/12 | Las Vegas, NV | 0 |
[edit] List of Boxing Sextuple Champions - Minor + Major Titles This list is credited for boxers who have won championships in boxing from major or minor sanctioning bodies. The first column of the extreme left (Major titles only) refers to championships won from only major boxing entities: the four major sanctioning bodies (WBC, WBA, IBF, and WBO) and The Ring. The second column of the extreme left (Minor and Major titles) refers to any championships won from professional 'minor' boxing associations that are not yet well respected by the general boxing fan or public at 'world' level. | Title awarded by Minor Sanctioning Bodies | | Number | Name | Titles | Date | Opponent | Result | City | Defenses | | Major Titles Only | Major and Minor Titles | | 1 | 1 |
Thomas Hearns | WBA Welterweight (147) | 1980-08-02 | Pipino Cuevas | TKO 2/15 | Detroit, MI | ? | | WBC Light middleweight (154) | 1982-12-03 | Wilfred Benítez | TKO 2/15 | New Orleans, LA | ? | | WBC Light heavyweight (175) | 1987-03-07 |  Dennis Andries | UD 12/12 | Detroit, MI | ? | | WBC Middleweight (160) | 1987-10-29 | Juan Domingo Roldán | KO 4/12 | Las Vegas, NV | ? | | WBO Super-middleweight (168) | 1988-11-04 | James Kinchen | MD 12/12 | Las Vegas, NV | ? | | 2 | 2 |
Ray Charles Leonard | WBC Welterweight (147) | 1979-11-30 | Wilfred Benítez | TKO 15/15 | Las Vegas, NV | ? | | The Ring Welterweight (147) | ? | | WBA Light middleweight (154) | 1981-06-25 | Ayub Kalule | TKO 9/15 | Houston, TX | ? | | The Ring Junior middleweight (154) | ? | | WBC Middleweight (160) | 1987-04-06 | Marvin Hagler | SD 12/12 | Las Vegas, NV | ? | | The Ring Middleweight (160) | ? | | WBC Super middleweight (168) | 1988-11-07 | Don Lalonde | TKO 9/12 | Las Vegas, NV | ? | | WBC Light heavyweight (175) | 1988-11-07 | Don Lalonde | TKO 9/12 | Las Vegas, NV | ? | | N/A | 3 |  Lester Ellis[6] | IBF Super featherweight (130) | 1985-02-15 |  Hwan-Kil Yuh | SD 4/12 | Melbourne, VIC | ? | | WBF Welterweight (147) | 1993-02-19 | Rocky Berg | KO 2/12 | Adelaide | ? | | IBO Light welterweight (140) | 1994-12-03 | Al Coquilla | KO 1/12 | Kalgoorlie | ? | | IBO Lightweight (135) | 1995-03-10 | Amado Cabato | UD 12/12 | Geelong, VIC | ? | | IBO Light middleweight (154) | 1995-07-17 | Eric Alexander | UD 12/12 | Caloundra | ? | | N/A | 4 | Hector Camacho[7] | WBC Super Featherweight (130) | 1983-08-07 | Rafael Limón | TKO 5/12 | San Juan, PR | 2 | | WBC Lightweight (135) | 1985-08-10 | José Luis Ramírez | UD 12/12 | Las Vegas, NV | 2 | | WBA Light Welterweight (140) | 1989-03-06 | Ray Mancini | SD 12/12 | Reno, NV | 2 | | IBC Welterweight (147) | 1995-01-14 | Todd Foster | TKO 4/12 | Atlantic City, NJ | ? | | IBC Middleweight (160) | 1996-06-22 |  Roberto Duran | UD 12/12 | Atlantic City, NJ | ? | | N/A | 5 | Roberto Duran[8] | WBA Lightweight (135) | 1972-06-26 | Ken Buchanan | TKO 13/15 | New York, NY | ? | | The Ring Lightweight (135) | ? | | WBC Welterweight (147) | 1980-06-20 | Ray Charles Leonard | UD 15/15 | Montreal, QC | ? | | The Ring Welterweight (147) | ? | | WBA Light middleweight (154) | 1983-06-16 | Davey Moore | TKO 8/15 | New York, NY | ? | | WBC Middleweight (160) | 1989-02-24 | Iran Barkley | SD 12/12 | Atlantic City, NJ | ? | | NBA Super middleweight (168) | 2000-06-16 | Pat Lawlor | UD 12/12 | Juan Diaz | ? | | N/A | 6 | James Toney[9] | IBC Middleweight (160) | 1990-06-27 | Ricardo Bryant | TKO 4/12 | Dearborn, MI | ? | | IBC Super Middleweight (168) | 1993-02-13 | Iran Barkley | UD 12/12 | Las Vegas, NV | 3 | | WBU Light Heavyweight (175) | 1996-08-09 | Freddie Delgado | TKO 5/12 | New Orleans, LA | 3 | | WBU Cruiserweight (190) | 1997-02-22 |  Mike McCallum | UD 12/12 | Uncasville, CT | ? | | IBA Super-cruiserweight (210) | 2001-03-29 | Saul Montana | TKO 2/12 | Detroit, MI | ? | | 3 | 7 |
Oscar De La Hoya | WBO Super featherweight (130) | 1994-03-05 | Jimmy Bredahl | TKO 10/12 | Los Angeles, CA | 1 | | WBO Lightweight (135) | 1995-02-18 | John-John Molina | UD 12/12 | Las Vegas, NV | 6 | | WBC Super lightweight (140) | 1996-06-07 | Julio César Chávez | TKO 4/12 | Las Vegas, NV | 1 | | WBC Welterweight (147) | 1997-04-12 | Pernell Whitaker | UD 12/12 | Las Vegas, NV | 7 | | WBC Super welterweight (154) | 2001-06-23 | Javier Castillejo | UD 12/12 | Las Vegas, NV | 1 | | 4 | 8 |
Floyd Mayweather, Jr. | WBC Super featherweight (130) | 1998-10-03 | Genaro Hernandez | RTD 8/12 | Las Vegas, NV | ? | | WBC Lightweight (135) | 2002-04-20 | Jose Luis Castillo | UD 12/12 | Las Vegas, NV | ? | | The Ring Lightweight (135) | ? | | WBC Super lightweight (140) | 2005-06-25 | Arturo Gatti | TKO 6/12 | Atlantic City, NJ | ? | | IBF Welterweight (147) | 2006-04-08 | Zab Judah | UD 12/12 | Las Vegas, NV | ? | | IBO Welterweight (147) | ? | | WBC Super welterweight (154) | 2007-05-05 | Oscar De La Hoya | SD 12/12 | Las Vegas, NV | ? | | 5 | 9 |
Manny Pacquiao | WBC Flyweight (112) | 1998-12-04 | Chatchai Sasakul | KO 8/12 | Phutthamonthon | 1 | | IBF Super bantamweight (122) | 2001-06-23 | Lehlohonolo Ledwaba | TKO 6/12 | Las Vegas, NV | 4 | | The Ring Featherweight (126) | 2003-11-15 | Marco Antonio Barrera | TKO 11/12 | San Antonio, TX | 1 | | WBC Super Featherweight (130) | 2008-03-15 | Juan Manuel Marquez | SD 12/12 | Las Vegas, NV | 0 | | The Ring Super Featherweight (130) | 0 | | WBC Lightweight (135) | 2008-06-28 | David Díaz | TKO 9/12 | Las Vegas, NV | 0 | [edit] List of Quintuple Champions (long) - Minor + Major titles (1)(1) Thomas Hearns (USA); Belts: 147, 154, 175, 160, 168 - 1st Title: 147 WBA Welterweight Title 1980-08-02 Pipino Cuevas MI,USA W TKO 2 15 (3 consecutive defenses)
- 2nd Title: 154 WBC Super Welterweight Title 1982-12-03 Wilfredo Bénitez MI,USA W TKO 2 15 (3 consecutive defenses)
- 3rd Title: 175 WBC Light heavyweight Title 1987-03-07 Dennis Andries Detroit, USA W UD12 12 (Vacates)
- 4th Title: 160 WBC Middleweight Title 1987-10-29 Juan D.Roldán Hilton NV,USA W KO 4 12 (Lost it)
- 5th Title: 168 vacant WBO super middleweight title 1988-11-04 James Kinchen Nevada, USA W MD 12 12
(2)(2) Ray Charles Leonard (USA); Belts: 147, 154, 160, 168 & 175 - 1st Title: 147 WBC and The Ring Welterweight Title 1979-11-30 Wilfredo Benítez NV,USA W TKO 15 15 (1 consecutive defense)
- 2nd Title: 154 WBA and The Ring Super Welterweight Title 1981-06-25 Ayub Kalule, TX,USA W TKO 9 15 (Vacates)
- 3rd Title: 160 WBC and The Ring Middleweight Title 87-04-06 Marvin Hagler NV,USA W SD 12 12 (Vacates it)
- 4th Title: 168 WBC Super middleweight Title 1988-11-07 Don Lalonde LV, Nevada USA W TKO 9 12
- 5th Title: 175 WBC Super middleweight Title 1988-11-07 Don Lalonde LV, Nevada USA W TKO 9 12
(N/A)(3) Lester Ellis (AUS); Belts: 130,125,140,147 & 154 * - 1st Title: 130 IBF Super Featherweight Title 1985-04-26 Rod Sequenan Melbourne, Australia KO 13 15 (1 consecutive defenses)
- 2nd Title: 147 vacant WBF welterweight title 1993-02-19 Rocky Berg Australia W KO 2 12
- 3rd Title: 140 IBO Light Welterweight Title 1994-12-03 Al Coquilla Richmond Sydney, Australia KO 1 12
- 4th Title: 135 IBO Lightweight Title 1995-03-10 Lester Ellis Amado Cabato Geelong, Australia UD 12 12
- 5th Title: 154 vacant IBO light middleweight title 1995-07-17 Eric Alexander Queensland, Australia W UD 12 12
(N/A)(4) Héctor Camacho (PR); Belts: 130, 135 & 140 - 1st Title: 130 WBC Super Featherweight Title 1983-08-07 Rafael Limón San Juan, PR W TKO 5 12 (2 consecutive)
- 2nd Title: 135 WBC Lightweight Title 1985-08-10 José L.Ramírez NV,USA W UD 12 12 (2 consecutive)
- 3rd Title: 140 WBO Light Welterweight Title 1989-03-06 Ray Mancini NV,USA W SD 12 12 (2 consecutive)
- 4th Title: 147 IBC Welterweight Title 1995-01-14 Todd Foster New Jersey, USA W TKO 4 12
- 5th Title: 160 vacant International Boxing Council middleweight title 1996-06-22 Roberto Duran New Jersey, USA W UD 12 12
(N/A) (5) Roberto Durán (PAN); Belts: 135, 147, 154, 160 - 1st Title: 135 WBA and The Ring Lightweight Title 1972-06-26 Ken Buchanan NY,USA W TKO 13 15 (12 consecutive defenses)
- 2nd Title: 147 WBC and The Ring Welterweight Title 1980-06-20 Ray Leonard Montreal, Canada W UD 15 15 (Lost it)
- 3rd Title: 154 WBA Super Welterweight Title 1983-06-16 Dave Moore NY,USA W TKO 8 15 (Stripped)
- 4th Title: 160 WBC Middleweight Title 1989-02-24 Iran Barkley New Jersey, USA W SD 12 12 (Vacates)
- 5th Title: 168 NBA Super Middleweight Title 2000-06-16 Pat Lawlor Panama City, Panama W UD 12 12
(N/A)(6) James Toney (USA); Belts: 160, 168, 190 & 210 - 1st Title: 160 IBC World Middleweight Title 1990-06-27 159 Ricardo Bryant MI,USA TKO 4 12
- 2nd Title: 168 IBF Super Middleweight Title 1993-02-13 Iran Barkley NV,USA TKO 10 12 (3 consecutive)
- 3rd Title: 175 WBU Light Heavyweight Title 1996-08-09 Fred Delgado LA, USA TKO 5 12 (3 consecutive)
- 4th Title: 190 vacant WBU cruiserweight title 1997-02-22 Mike McCallum Connecticut, USA W UD 12 12
- 5th Title: Vacant IBA Super Cruiserweight Title 2001-03-29 Saul Montana Michigan, USA W TKO 2 12
(3)(7) Oscar De La Hoya (USA); Belts: 130, 135, 140, 147, 154 & 160 - 1st Title: 130 WBO Super Featherweight Title 1994-03-05 Jimmy Bredahl CA, USA W TKO 10 12 (1 consecutives)
- 2nd Title: 135 Vacant WBO Lightweight Title 1995-02-18 John-John Molina NV,USA W UD 12 12 (6 consecutives)
- 3rd Title: 140 WBC Light Welterweight Title 1996-06-07 Julio César Chávez NV,USA TKO 4 12 (1 consecutive)
- 4th Title: 147 WBC welterweight title 1997-04-12 Pernell Whitaker Nevada, USA W UD 12 12
- 5th Title: 154 WBC light middleweight title 2001-06-23 Javier Castillejo Nevada, USA W UD 12 12
(4)(8) Floyd Mayweather, Jr. (USA); Belts: 130,135, 140, 147 & 154 - 1st Title: 130 WBC Super Featherweight Title 1998-10-03 Genaro Hernandez NV,USA W RTD 8 12 (8 consecutive)
- 2nd Title: 135 WBC and The Ring Lightweight Title 2002-04-20 Jose Luis Castillo NV,USA W UD 12 12 (3 consecutive)
- 3rd Title: 140 WBC Light Welterweight Title 2005-06-2 Arturo Gatti NJ,USA W TKO 6 12
- 4th Title: 147 IBF welterweight title 2006-04-08 Zab Judah Nevada, USA W UD 12 12
- 5th Title: 154 WBC light middleweight title 2007-05-05 Oscar De La Hoya Nevada, USA W SD 12 12
(5)(9) Manny Pacquiao (PHI); Belts: 112, 122, 126, 130, & 135 - 1st Title: 108 WBC Flyweight Title 1998-12-04 Chatchai Sasakul Phuttamonthon, Thailand W KO 8 (1 successful defense)
- 2nd Title: 122 IBF Super Bantamweight Title 2001-06-23 Lehlohonolo Ledwaba NV, USA TKO 6 (4 successful defenses)
- 3rd Title: 126 The Ring Featherweight Title 2003-11-15 Marco Antonio Barrera TX, USA TKO 11 (1 successful defense) (Vacates)
- 4th Title: 130 WBC and The Ring Super Featherweight Title 2008-03-15 Juan Manuel Marquez NV, USA W SD 12 (Vacates)
- 5th Title: 135 WBC Lightweight Title 2008-06-28 David Diaz NV, USA W TKO 9 (Vacates)
[edit] List of Quintuple Champions (short) - Minor + Major Titles - (1)(1) Thomas Hearns (USA); Belts: 147, 154, 175, 160, 168 1987-10-29
- (2)(2) Ray Charles Leonard (USA); Belts: 147, 154, 160, 168 & 175 87-04-06
- (N/A)(5) Lester Ellis (AUS); Belts: 130, 135, 140, 147 & 154 1994-12-03
- (N/A)(4) Héctor Camacho (PR); Belts: 130, 135, 140, 147 & 160 1989-03-06
- (N/A)(3) Roberto Durán (PAN); Belts: 135, 147, 154, 160 & 168 1983-06-16
- (N/A)(6) James Toney (USA); Belts: 160, 168, 175, 190 1996-08-09
- (3)(7) Oscar De La Hoya (USA); Belts: 130, 135, 140, 147, 154 & 160 1996-06-07
- (4)(8) Floyd Mayweather, Jr. (USA); Belts: 130,135, 140, 147 & 154 2007-05-05
- (5)(9) Manny Pacquiao (PHI); Belts: 112, 122, 126, 130, 135 2008-06-28
[edit] List of Quintuple Champions that skipped weight divisions - Roberto Duran (skipped 140 lb weight division)
- Manny Pacquiao (skipped 115 lb and 118 lb weight divisions)
[edit] References of Quintuple Champions - (1)(1) Thomas Hearns
- (2)(2) Ray Charles Leonard
- (3) (3) Roberto Durán (PAN)
- (N/A)(4) Héctor Camacho
- (4)(5) Pernell Whitaker
- (N/A)(6) Lester Ellis
- (N/A)(7) James Toney
- (5)(8) Oscar De La Hoya
- (N/A)(9) Iran Barkley
- (N/A) (10) Joey Gamache
- (6)(11) Leo Gamez
[edit] See also [edit] External links [edit] References | World boxing champions | | | Champions by weight class | | | | Champions by organization | | | | Champions by different weight class | | | | Terms | | | |
