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 two recognized world champions, WBA (Super) and WBA (Regular). In cases where the WBA simultaneously recognizes both world champions, the (Super) title holder is the primary champion. In cases where the (Super) title is vacated, the (Regular) title holder becomes the primary champion.

	World Titles from The Ring
	WBA Regular Champion
‡	denotes that the WBA Super is vacant/vacated during his title reign.

Number	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
2	Ray Charles Leonard[4]	WBC Welterweight (147)	1979-11-30	Wilfred Benítez	TKO 15/15	1
		The Ring Welterweight (147)				1
		WBA Light middleweight (154)	1981-06-25	Ayub Kalule	TKO 9/15	0
		The Ring Light middleweight (154)				0
		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
		WBC Light heavyweight (175)				0
3	Roberto Durán[5]	WBA Lightweight (135)	1972-06-26	Ken Buchanan	TKO 13/15	12
		The Ring Lightweight (135)				12
		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)				6
		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
		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
6	Leo Gamez[8]	WBA Minimumweight (105)	1988-01-10	Bong Jun Kim	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.[9]	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 Light heavyweight (175)	1997-08-07	Montell Griffin	KO 1/12	11
		The Ring Light heavyweight (175)	2001	Awarded	N/A	3
		WBA Heavyweight (200+)	2003-03-01	John Ruiz	UD 12/12	0
8	Floyd Mayweather, Jr.[10]	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
9	Manny Pacquiao[11]	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[12]	WBC Super bantamweight (122)	1997-09-06	Daniel Zaragoza	KO 11/12	9
		WBC Featherweight (126)	2001-02-17	Guty Espadas Jr.	UD 12/12	1
		WBC Super featherweight (130)	2004-02-28	Jesus Chavez	UD 12/12	1
		WBC Light welterweight (140)	2011-09-17	Pablo Cesar Cano	TKO 10/12	0
11	Jorge Arce[13]	WBO Light flyweight (108)	1998-12-05	Juan Domingo Cordoba	UD 12/12	1
		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[14]	IBF Featherweight (126)	2003-02-01	Manuel Medina	TKO 7/12	4
		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 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.	2012-04-14	Serhiy Fedchenko	UD 12/12	0
13	Nonito Donaire[15]	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	0
		The Ring Super bantamweight (122)	2012-10-13	Toshiaki Nishioka	TKO 9/12	2
		WBA Featherweight (126)	2014-05-31	Simpiwe Vetyeka	TD 5/12	1
14	Miguel Cotto[16]	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
		WBA Regular Light middleweight^‡ (154) later promoted to WBA Super.	2010-06-05	Yuri Foreman	TKO 9/12	2
		WBC Middleweight (160)	2014-06-07	Sergio Martinez	RTD 9/12	1
		The Ring Middleweight (160)				1
15	Adrien Broner[17]	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	1
		WBA Regular Light welterweight^‡ (140) later promoted to WBA Super.	2015-10-03	Khabib Allakhverdiev	TKO 12/12	0
16	Román González[18]	WBA Regular Minimumweight^‡ (105)	2008-09-15	Yutaka Niida	TKO 4/12	1
		WBA interim Light flyweight (108) later promoted to WBA Regular^‡ and then promoted to WBA Super.	2010-10-24	Francisco Rosas	KO 2/12	5
		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
17	Mikey Garcia[19]	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
18	Donnie Nietes[20]	WBO Minimumweight (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[21]	WBC Minimumweight (105)	2011-02-11	Oleydong Sithsamerchai	TKO 5/12	3
		WBA Regular Light flyweight^‡ (108)	2012-12-31	José Alfredo Rodríguez	TKO 6/12	3
		WBA Regular Flyweight^‡ (112)	2015-04-22	Juan Carlos Reveco	MD 12/12	5
		WBO Super flyweight (115)	2019-06-19	Aston Palicte	TKO 10/12	2
20	Leo Santa Cruz[22]	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 Featherweight (126)	2015-08-29	Abner Mares	MD 12/12	1
		WBA Super featherweight (130)	2019-11-23	Miguel Flores	UD 12/12	0
21	Saul Alvarez[23]	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 heavyweight (175)	2019-11-02	Sergey Kovalev	KO 11/12	0
		WBA Super middleweight (168)	2020-12-19	Callum Smith	UD 12/12	0
		WBC Super middleweight (168)				0
		The Ring Super middleweight (168)				0

Note:

• Interim titles are not included unless they get promoted to the official champion.
• WBA Regular titles are not included unless the WBA Super is vacant. Here are the scenarios:
  • Miguel Cotto's and Adrien Broner's WBA Regular Welterweight title is considered the "Official Champion" because the WBA Super title was vacant at the time of their title reign.
  • Roman Gonzalez's WBA Regular Minimumweight title is considered the "Official Champion" because the WBA Super title was not yet introduced in the division at the time of his title reign. The Super title was introduced in the year 2020 when the WBA elevated Knockout CP Freshmart to Super.
  • Kazuto Ioka's WBA Regular Light flyweight title is considered the "Official Champion" because Roman Gonzalez's WBA Super title was vacated on January 14, 2014. One month later, Ioka vacated his title..
  • Kazuto Ioka's WBA Regular Flyweight title is considered the "Official Champion" because Juan Estrada's WBA Super title was vacated on September 14, 2016. Since Super's vacancy, Ioka defended his Regular title 2 more times. He ultimately vacated his title on November 13, 2017.

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
	WBA Regular Champion
‡	denotes that the WBA Super is vacant/vacated during her title reign.

Number	Name	Titles	Date	Opponent	Result	Defenses
1	Amanda Serrano[24]	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 Lazar	TKO 5/10	2
2	Naoko Fujioka[25]	WBC Minimumweight (105)	2011-05-08	Anabel Ortiz	RTD 8/10	2
		WBA Regular 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 Regular Flyweight^‡ (112)	2017-03-13	Isabel Millan	TKO 10/10	2

Note:

• Interim titles are not included unless they get promoted to the official champion.
• WBA Regular titles are not included unless the WBA Super is vacant. Here are the scenarios:
  • Naoko Fujioka's Super flyweight Regular title is considered the "Official Champion" because the WBA Super title is not yet introduced in the division.
  • Naoko Fujioka's Flyweight Regular title is considered the "Official Champion" because the WBA Super title is vacant during her title reign.

Only Four Division Champion in the Original Eight Weight Classes

Becoming a four division champion in the "Original Eight" weight classes or also known as "Glamour Divisions" is a rare occurrence. In the entire history of boxing, it has only been achieved by Manny Pacquiao. Henry Armstrong came close when he got a controversial draw for the World Middleweight title against Ceferino Garcia.

	World Titles from The Ring

Number	Name	Titles	Date	Opponent	Result	Defenses
1	Manny Pacquiao[26]	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 Ángel Cotto	TKO 12/12	3

Quadruple champions that won titles in other multiple divisions

Some fighters of this group or club were not sastified 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 The Ring world champions
• List of WBA world champions
• List of WBC world champions
• List of IBF world champions
• List of WBO world champions
• List of IBO world champions
• Boxing pound for pound rankings

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.
• 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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