A quintuple champion in boxing refers to a boxer who has won world titles in five different categories of weight.
Recognition Major sanctioning bodies These "Big 4" sanctioning bodies are considered "major" enough to award championships. 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 1983 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 Rings 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. Lineal champions are listed on Cyber Boxing Zone website which list lineal champions of the Queensberry Era to date.
Minor sanctioning bodies The International Boxing Organization (IBO) is sometimes included in the list of major boxing organizations. Besides the IBO, there are other sanctioning bodies. They are: World Professional Boxing Federation (WPBF), International Boxing Association (IBA), National Boxing Association (NBA).
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 quintuple champions The following is a list of quintuple champions who have held titles from one or more of the "Big Four" organizations (WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO) and The Ring. Inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame World Titles from The Ring
No.NameTitlesDateOpponentResult1 Thomas HearnsWBA Welterweight Aug 2, 1980 Pipino CuevasTKO 2/15WBC Light middleweight Dec 3, 1982 Wilfred BenítezTKO 2/15The Ring Light middleweight WBC Light heavyweight Mar 7, 1987 Dennis AndriesTKO 10/12WBC Middleweight Oct 29, 1987 Juan Domingo RoldánKO 4/12WBO Super middleweight Nov 4, 1988 James KinchenMD 12/12WBA Light heavyweight Mar 6, 1991 Virgil HillUD 12/122 Sugar Ray LeonardWBC Welterweight Nov 30, 1979 Wilfred Benítez TKO 15/15 The Ring Welterweight WBC Welterweight – (2)Nov 25, 1980 Roberto DuránTKO 8/15 The Ring Welterweight – (2)WBA Light middleweight Jun 25, 1981 Ayub Kalule TKO 9/15 The Ring Light middleweight WBA Welterweight Sep 16, 1981 Thomas HearnsTKO 14/15WBC Middleweight Apr 6, 1987 Marvin Hagler SD 12/12 The Ring Middleweight WBC Super middleweight Nov 7, 1988 Don Lalonde TKO 9/12WBC Light heavyweight 3 Oscar De La HoyaWBO Super featherweight Mar 5, 1994 Jimmy BredahlTKO 10/12WBO Lightweight Feb 18, 1995 John-John MolinaUD 12/12IBF Lightweight May 6, 1995 Rafael RuelasTKO 2/12WBC Light welterweight Jun 7, 1996 Julio César Chávez TKO 4/12WBC Welterweight Apr 12, 1997 Pernell Whitaker UD 12/12WBC Welterweight – (2) Mar 21, 2000No. 1 contender promotedWBC Light middleweight Jun 23, 2001 Javier CastillejoUD 12/12WBA (Unified) Light middleweight Sep 14, 2002 Fernando Vargas TKO 11/12The Ring Light middleweight WBC Light middleweight – (2) May 6, 2006 Ricardo MayorgaTKO 6/124 Floyd Mayweather Jr.WBC Super featherweight Oct 3, 1998 Genaro Hernández RTD 8/12WBC Lightweight Apr 20, 2002 José Luis Castillo UD 12/12 The Ring Lightweight WBC Light welterweight Jun 25, 2005 Arturo GattiTKO 6/12IBF Welterweight Apr 8, 2006 Zab JudahUD 12/12WBC Welterweight Nov 4, 2006 Carlos Baldomir UD 12/12 The Ring Welterweight WBC Light middleweight May 5, 2007 Oscar De La HoyaSD 12/12WBC Welterweight – (2)Sep 17, 2011 Victor OrtizKO 4/12WBA (Super) Light middleweight May 5, 2012 Miguel CottoUD 12/12 The Ring Welterweight – (2)May 4, 2013 Robert GuerreroUD 12/12WBC Light middleweight – (2) Sep 14, 2013 Canelo Álvarez UD 12/12 The Ring Light middleweight WBA (Unified) Welterweight May 3, 2014 Marcos MaidanaMD 12/12WBO Welterweight May 2, 2015 Manny PacquiaoUD 12/125 Manny PacquiaoWBC Flyweight Dec 4, 1998 Chatchai Sasakul KO 8/12IBF Super bantamweight Jun 23, 2001 Lehlo LedwabaTKO 6/12 The Ring FeatherweightNov 15, 2003 Marco Antonio BarreraTKO 11/12WBC Super featherweight Mar 15, 2008 Juan Manuel Márquez SD 12/12 The Ring Super featherweight WBC Lightweight Jun 28, 2008 David DíazTKO 9/126 Terence CrawfordWBO Lightweight Mar 1, 2014 Ricky Burns UD 12/12The Ring Lightweight Nov 29, 2014 Ray Beltrán UD 12/12WBO Light welterweight Apr 18, 2015 Thomas Dulorme TKO 6/12WBC Light welterweight Jul 23, 2016 Viktor Postol UD 12/12The Ring Light welterweight IBF Light welterweight Aug 19, 2017 Julius IndongoKO 3/12WBA (Super) Light welterweight WBO Welterweight Jun 9, 2018 Jeff Horn TKO 9/12WBA (Super) Welterweight Jul 29, 2023 Errol Spence Jr.TKO 9/12WBC Welterweight IBF Welterweight The Ring Welterweight WBA Light middleweight Aug 3, 2024 Israil Madrimov UD 12/12WBA (Super) Super middleweight Sep 13, 2025 Canelo ÁlvarezUD 12/12WBC Super middleweight IBF Super middleweight WBO Super middleweight The Ring Super middleweight
Note Dates in bold format signify the date when they won their 5th division title.
List of women's quintuple champion
The following is a list of women’s quintuple 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.NameTitlesDateOpponentResult1 Amanda SerranoIBF Super featherweight Sep 10, 2011 Kimberly ConnorTKO 2/10WBO Lightweight Aug 15, 2014 Maria Elena MadernaKO 6/10WBO FeatherweightFeb 17, 2016 Olivia GerulaTKO 1/10WBO Super bantamweight Oct 18, 2016 Alexandra LazarTKO 5/10WBO BantamweightApr 22, 2017 Dahiana SantanaTKO 8/10WBO Featherweight – (2)Sep 13, 2019 Heather HardyUD 10/10WBC Featherweight Feb 4, 2021Interim promotedIBF FeatherweightSep 24, 2022 Sarah MahfoudUD 10/10The Ring Featherweight (126)WBA FeatherweightFeb 4, 2023 Erika CruzUD 10/102 Naoko FujiokaWBC Mini flyweight May 8, 2011 Anabel OrtizRTD 8/10WBA Super flyweight Nov 13, 2013 Naoko YamaguchiUD 10/10WBO BantamweightOct 19, 2015 Hee Jung YuhUD 10/10WBA Flyweight Mar 13, 2017 Isabel MillanTKO 10/10WBO Light flyweight Dec 1, 2017 Yokasta ValleUD 10/103 Claressa ShieldsIBF Super middleweight Aug 4, 2017 Nikki AdlerTKO 5/10WBC Super middleweight IBF Middleweight Jun 22, 2018 Hanna GabrielUD 10/10WBA Middleweight WBC Middleweight Nov 17, 2018 Hannah RankinUD 10/10WBO Middleweight Apr 13, 2019 Christina HammerUD 10/10 The Ring Middleweight WBC Light middleweight Jan 10, 2020 Ivana HabazinUD 10/10WBO Light middleweight IBF Light middleweight Mar 5, 2021 Marie-Eve DicaireUD 10/10WBA (Super) Light middleweight The Ring Light middleweight WBO Middleweight – (2)Oct 15, 2022 Savannah MarshallUD 10/10WBO Light heavyweightJul 27, 2024Vanessa Lepage-JoanisseTKO 2/10WBC HeavyweightWBA HeavyweightFeb 2, 2025Danielle PerkinsUD 10/10IBF HeavyweightWBO HeavyweightWBA Middleweight – (2)Aug 16, 2026 Kaye ScottTKO 6/10WBC Middleweight – (2) Note Dates in bold format signify the date when they won their 5th division title. Interim titles are not included unless they get promoted to the official champion.
Champions in greater than five weight classes Several fighters have won major world titles in more than five weight divisions: 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 the List of boxing octuple champions).
See also List of current world boxing champions List of boxing triple champions List of boxing quadruple 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
References
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