Quadruple champion Quadruple champion In different sports when a sportsman wins four crowns, titles, medals, belts or another distinctions is called a Quadruple Champion. In boxing, a quadruple champion is a boxer who has won world titles in four different weight classes. The first ever man to earn that enormous distinction was Thomas Hearns on October 29, 1987. Hearns won his first four titles at the following divisions: Welterweight (147 lbs), Light Middleweight (154 lbs), Middleweight (160 lbs) and Light Heavyweight (175 lbs). By later winning a super middleweight title, he also became the first to win world titles in five weight
Weight class (boxing) another if he is considered superior with due regard for their difference in weight. Theoretical comparisons of the merits of boxers in different weight classes are a popular topic for boxing fans, with a similar speculative appeal to comparing sports figures from different eras; in both cases, the competitors could never face each other in reality. In the early nineteenth century, there were no standard weight classes. In 1823, the "Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue" said the limit for a "light weight" was 12 stone (168 lb) while "Sportsman's Slang" the same year gave 11 stone (154 lb) as the