Middleweight World Championship Series Middleweight World Championship Series The Middleweight World Championship Series was a boxing round-robin tournament staged by Don King Productions. The goal of the series was to produce a unified Middleweight boxing champion. The victor took the WBC, WBA, IBF and vacant Ring Magazine 160-pound belts home, and became the first undisputed middleweight king since Marvellous Marvin Hagler held the distinction from 1979 until 1987. The victor was also awarded a specially commissioned "Sugar" Ray Robinson trophy. The contenders in the tournament were William Joppy(WBA champion), Keith Holmes(WBC champion), Bernard Hopkins(IBF champion), and Félix Trinidad. The semifinals pitted Trinidad against Joppy
Octuple champion Octuple champion In boxing, an Octuple Champion is a boxer who has won major world titles in eight (8) different weight classes. Manny Pacquiao is the only boxer to win twelve (12) major world titles in eight (8) different weight divisions. Pacquiao clinched the feat when he defeated Antonio Margarito via a unanimous decision to win the WBC super welterweight title on November 13, 2010 at the Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, Texas, USA. Nine (9) of his world championships came from the "Big Four" (WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO) sanctioning bodies and three (3) were from "The Ring". He also won the