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A septuple champion in boxing refers to a boxer who has won seven different titles in seven 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:

The Ring

In 2002, The Ring gave out "The Ring Magazine" belt to the lineal champion of the division. "The Lineal Champion" is also known as the true champion on the division, the man who holds the linear reign to the throne. The man who beat the man, also known as the "People's Champion".

The Ring is not a sanctioning body but is a boxing magazine that was founded in 1922. 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". 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 outlets in North America such as ESPN and, to an extent, HBO; it has also been mentioned by the BBC in the United Kingdom.

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.

History

Héctor Camacho has held seven boxing titles in seven different weight classes. However, they were not all world titles. Camacho's first three titles came from the World Boxing Council and the World Boxing Organization; his latter four titles came from the International Boxing Council and the National Boxing Association, considered a minor championship (established in 1984; not to be confused with with the original National Boxing Association that became the World Boxing Association).

Manny Pacquiao was the first boxer to win seven world championships in seven different weight divisions.[1][2] Pacquiao clinched the feat when he defeated Miguel Cotto, to claim the World Boxing Organization welterweight title, on November 14, 2009 at the MGM Grand Las Vegas.[3] Five of Pacquiao's world championships came from the "Big Four" sanctioning bodies and two were from Ring Magazine, which hands out an official version of the lineal championship. (WBC, WBA, IBF, WBO): his featherweight title awarded by The Ring in 2003 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, United States by beating Marco Antonio Barrera, and his The Ring junior welterweight and International Boxing Organization light welterweight championships when he knocked out Ricky Hatton in Las Vegas.

List of Boxing Septuple or 7th Division Champions Major Titles

Title awarded by The Ring
Number Name Titles Date Opponent Defenses
Major Titles Only Major and Minor Titles
1 2 File:MannyPacquiao.png
Manny Pacquiao[4]
Philippines Philippines 		WBC Flyweight December 4, 1998 Thailand Chatchai Sasakul 1
IBF Super bantamweight June 23, 2001 South Africa Lehlohonolo Ledwaba 4
The Ring Featherweight November 15, 2003 Mexico Marco Antonio Barrera 1
WBC Super featherweight March 15, 2008 Mexico Juan Manuel Marquez 0
The Ring Super featherweight 0
WBC Lightweight June 28, 2008 United States David Díaz 0
The Ring Junior welterweight May 2, 2009 United Kingdom Ricky Hatton 0
WBO Welterweight November 14, 2009 Puerto Rico Miguel Angel Cotto 0

List of Boxing Septuple Champions Minor + Major Titles

Title awarded by a Minor Sanctioning Bodies
Number Name Titles Date Opponent Defenses
Major Titles Only Major and Minor Titles
N/A 1 Héctor Camacho
 Puerto Rico[5] 		WBC Super featherweight November 18, 1983 Puerto Rico Rafael Solis 1
WBC Lightweight August 10, 1985 Mexico Jose Luis Ramirez 2
WBO Light welterweight March 3, 1989 United States Ray Mancini 2
IBC Welterweight January 14, 1995 United States Todd Foster 3
IBC Middleweight March 3, 1997 United States Sugar Ray Leonard 1
IBC Light middleweight August 11, 1998 United States Tony Menefee 0
NBA Super middleweight July 14, 2001 Panama Roberto Duran 0
1 2 File:MannyPacquiao.png
Manny Pacquiao[6]
Philippines Philippines 		WBC Flyweight December 4, 1998 Thailand Chatchai Sasakul 1
IBF Super bantamweight June 23, 2001 South Africa Lehlohonolo Ledwaba 4
The Ring Featherweight November 15, 2003 Mexico Marco Antonio Barrera 1
WBC Super featherweight March 15, 2008 Mexico Juan Manuel Marquez 0
The Ring Super featherweight 0
WBC Lightweight June 28, 2008 United States David Díaz 0
The Ring Junior welterweight May 2, 2009 United Kingdom Ricky Hatton 0
IBO Light welterweight 0
WBO Welterweight November 14, 2009 Puerto Rico Miguel Angel Cotto 0

See also

References

  1. ^ Velin, Bob (16 November 2009). "Pacquiao batters, bloodies Cotto for 12th round TKO". USA Today.
  2. ^ Dizon, David (15 November 2009). "Pacquiao wins 7th world title". ABS-CBN News.
  3. ^ "Pacquiao win makes boxing history". BBC Sport. 2009-11-15. Retrieved 2009-11-16.
  4. ^ "Manny Pacquiao". Boxrec.com.
  5. ^ "Héctor Camacho". Boxrec.com.
  6. ^ "Manny Pacquiao". Boxrec.com.
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