Name the only boxer to have held world titles in eight different weight divisions?
Octuple champion prestigious and coveted lineal championship in five (5) different weight divisions: flyweight, featherweight, super featherweight, light welterweight, and welterweight. The following are the major world titles won by Pacquiao (arranged chronologically): 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,
Weight class (boxing) limit. Size mismatches were dangerous for the smaller boxer and unsatisfying for the spectators. National and world titles could only become recognised if standard weight classes were agreed upon. Important sets of weight classes were those specified in 1909 by the National Sporting Club of London, and those contained in the 1920 Walker Law which established the New York State Athletic Commission (NYSAC). After the split in the 1960s between the WBC and the WBA, the divisions were narrowed, creating more champions simultaneously, and making it easier for fighters to move between different weight divisions. Among the professional bodies, the