List of boxing quadruple champions
A quadruple champion in boxing refers to a boxer who has won world titles in four 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:- World Boxing Association - founded in 1921
- World Boxing Council - founded in 1963
- International Boxing Federation - founded in 1976
- World Boxing Organization - founded in 1988
''The Ring''
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 Ring's title: defeat the reigning champion; or win a box-off between the magazine's number-one and number-two rated contenders. 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 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 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 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 is sometimes included in the list of major boxing organizations.Besides the IBO, there are other sanctioning bodies. They are: World Professional Boxing Federation, International Boxing Association, International Boxing Council, International Boxing Board, International Boxing League, International Boxing Union, Global Boxing Association, Global Boxing Council, Global Boxing Federation GBF, Global Boxing Organization, Global Boxing Union, National Boxing Association, Transcontinental World Boxing Association, Universal Boxing Association, Universal Boxing Council, Universal Boxing Federation, Universal Boxing Organization, UNIBOX, United States Boxing Council, World Athletic Association, World Boxing Board, World Boxing Championship Committee, World Boxing Foundation, World Boxing Institute, World Boxing League, World Boxing Network, World Boxing Union.
Note:
- The International Boxing Association is not to be confused with the International Boxing Association, a French acronym for Association Internationale de Boxe Amateur, which sanctions amateur matches.
- The National Boxing Association 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 in 1962.
Group of Quadruple Champions
List of Boxing Quadruple or Four Division Champions — Major Titles
This list is credited for boxers who have won championships in boxing from major sanctioning bodies and The Ring.Example: Thomas Hearns won his first belt at 147 pounds, later he captured the 154 crown, he got the 175 belt and he finally won the 160 title.
| World Titles from The Ring/Lineal |
| Number | Name | Titles | Date | Opponent | Result | Defenses |
| 1 |  Thomas Hearns | WBA Welterweight | 1980-08-02 |  Pipino Cuevas | TKO 2/15 | 3 |
| 1 | Thomas Hearns | WBC Light middleweight | 1982-12-03 |  Wilfred Benítez | TKO 2/15 | ? |
| 1 | Thomas Hearns | The Ring Light middleweight | 1982-12-03 | Wilfred Benítez | TKO 2/15 | ? |
| 1 | Thomas Hearns | Lineal Light middleweight | 1982-12-03 | Wilfred Benítez | TKO 2/15 | ? |
| 1 | Thomas Hearns | WBC Light heavyweight | 1987-03-07 |  Dennis Andries | TKO 10/12 | 0 |
| 1 | Thomas Hearns | WBC Middleweight | 1987-10-29 |  Juan Domingo Roldán | KO 4/12 | 0 |
| 2 | Ray Charles Leonard | WBC Welterweight | 1979-11-30 | Wilfred Benítez | TKO 15/15 | 1 |
| 2 | Ray Charles Leonard | The Ring Welterweight | 1979-11-30 | Wilfred Benítez | TKO 15/15 | 1 |
| 2 | Ray Charles Leonard | Lineal Welterweight | 1979-11-30 | Wilfred Benítez | TKO 15/15 | 1 |
| 2 | Ray Charles Leonard | WBA Light middleweight | 1981-06-25 |  Ayub Kalule | TKO 9/15 | 0 |
| 2 | Ray Charles Leonard | The Ring Junior middleweight | 1981-06-25 | Ayub Kalule | TKO 9/15 | 0 |
| 2 | Ray Charles Leonard | Lineal Junior middleweight | 1981-06-25 | Ayub Kalule | TKO 9/15 | 0 |
| 2 | Ray Charles Leonard | WBC Middleweight | 1987-04-06 |  Marvin Hagler | SD 12/12 | 0 |
| 2 | Ray Charles Leonard | The Ring Middleweight | 1987-04-06 | Marvin Hagler | SD 12/12 | 0 |
| 2 | Ray Charles Leonard | Lineal Middleweight | 1987-04-06 | Marvin Hagler | SD 12/12 | 0 |
| 2 | Ray Charles Leonard | WBC Super middleweight | 1988-11-07 |  Don Lalonde | TKO 9/12 | 2 |
| 2 | Ray Charles Leonard | WBC Light heavyweight | 1988-11-07 | Don Lalonde | TKO 9/12 | 0 |
| 3 |  Roberto Durán | WBA Lightweight | 1972-06-26 | Ken Buchanan | TKO 13/15 | 12 |
| 3 | Roberto Durán | The Ring Lightweight | 1972-06-26 | Ken Buchanan | TKO 13/15 | 12 |
| 3 | Roberto Durán | Lineal Lightweight | 1972-06-26 | Ken Buchanan | TKO 13/15 | 12 |
| 3 | Roberto Durán | WBC Welterweight | 1980-06-20 | Ray Charles Leonard | UD 15/15 | 0 |
| 3 | Roberto Durán | The Ring Welterweight | 1980-06-20 | Ray Charles Leonard | UD 15/15 | 0 |
| 3 | Roberto Durán | Lineal Welterweight | 1980-06-20 | Ray Charles Leonard | UD 15/15 | 0 |
| 3 | Roberto Durán | WBA Light middleweight | 1983-06-16 | Davey Moore | TKO 8/15 | 0 |
| 3 | Roberto Durán | WBC Middleweight | 1989-02-24 | Iran Barkley | SD 12/12 | 0 |
| 4 | Pernell Whitaker | IBF Lightweight | 1989-02-18 | Greg Haugen | UD 12/12 | 8 |
| 4 | Pernell Whitaker | The Ring Lightweight | 1990-08-11 |  Juan Nazario | KO 1/12 | 3 |
| 4 | Pernell Whitaker | Lineal Lightweight | 1993-03-06 | James McGirt | UD 12/12 | 9 |
| 4 | Pernell Whitaker | IBF Junior Welterweight | 1992-07-18 |  Rafael Pineda | UD 12/12 | 0 |
| 4 | Pernell Whitaker | WBC Welterweight | 1993-03-06 | James McGirt | UD 12/12 | 8 |
| 4 | Pernell Whitaker | Lineal Welterweight | 1993-03-06 | James McGirt | UD 12/12 | 8 |
| 4 | Pernell Whitaker | WBA Super welterweight | 1995-03-04 | Julio César Vásquez | UD 12/12 | 0 |
| 5 | Oscar De La Hoya | WBO Super featherweight | 1994-03-05 |  Jimmy Bredahl | TKO 10/12 | 1 |
| 5 | Oscar De La Hoya | WBO Lightweight | 1995-02-18 | John-John Molina | UD 12/12 | 6 |
| 5 | Oscar De La Hoya | WBC Super lightweight | 1996-06-07 | Julio César Chávez | TKO 4/12 | 1 |
| 5 | Oscar De La Hoya | Lineal Super lightweight | 1996-06-07 | Julio César Chávez | TKO 4/12 | 1 |
| 5 | Oscar De La Hoya | WBC Welterweight | 1997-04-12 | Pernell Whitaker | UD 12/12 | 7 |
| 5 | Oscar De La Hoya | Lineal Welterweight | 1997-04-12 | Pernell Whitaker | UD 12/12 | 7 |
| 6 |  Leo Gamez | WBA Minimumweight | 1988-01-10 |  Bong Jun Kim | UD 12/12 | 1 |
| 6 | Leo Gamez | WBA Light flyweight | 1993-10-21 |  Shiro Yahiro | TKO 9/12 | 3 |
| 6 | Leo Gamez | WBA Flyweight | 1999-03-13 | Hugo Rafael Soto | KO 3/12 | 0 |
| 6 | Leo Gamez | WBA Super flyweight | 1999-03-13 | Hideki Todaka | KO 7/12 | 0 |
| 7 | Roy Jones Jr. | IBF Middleweight | 1993-05-22 | Bernard Hopkins | UD 12/12 | 1 |
| 7 | Roy Jones Jr. | IBF Super middleweight | 1993-10-21 | James Toney | UD 12/12 | 5 |
| 7 | Roy Jones Jr. | WBC Light heavyweight | 1997-08-07 | Montell Griffin | KO 1/12 | 11 |
| 7 | Roy Jones Jr. | The Ring Light heavyweight | 2002-02-02 |  Glen Kelly | KO 7/12 | 11 |
| 7 | Roy Jones Jr. | WBA Heavyweight | 2003-03-01 | John Ruiz | UD 12/12 | 0 |
| 8 | Floyd Mayweather, Jr. | WBC Super featherweight | 1998-10-03 | Genaro Hernandez | RTD 8/12 | 8 |
| 8 | Floyd Mayweather, Jr. | Lineal Super featherweight | 1998-10-03 | Genaro Hernandez | RTD 8/12 | 8 |
| 8 | Floyd Mayweather, Jr. | WBC Lightweight | 2002-04-20 | José Luis Castillo | UD 12/12 | 3 |
| 8 | Floyd Mayweather, Jr. | The Ring Lightweight | 2002-04-20 | José Luis Castillo | UD 12/12 | 3 |
| 8 | Floyd Mayweather, Jr. | Lineal Lightweight | 2002-04-20 | José Luis Castillo | UD 12/12 | 3 |
| 8 | Floyd Mayweather, Jr. | WBC Super lightweight | 2005-06-25 |  Arturo Gatti | TKO 6/12 | 0 |
| 8 | Floyd Mayweather, Jr. | IBF Welterweight | 2006-04-08 | Zab Judah | UD 12/12 | 0 |
| 8 | Floyd Mayweather, Jr. | The Ring Welterweight | 2006-11-04 |  Carlos Baldomir | UD 12/12 | 1 |
| 8 | Floyd Mayweather, Jr. | Lineal Welterweight | 2006-11-04 | Carlos Baldomir | UD 12/12 | 1 |
| 9 |  Manny Pacquiao | WBC Flyweight | 1998-12-04 |  Chatchai Sasakul | KO 8/12 | 1 |
| 9 | Manny Pacquiao | Lineal Flyweight | 1998-12-04 | Chatchai Sasakul | KO 8/12 | 1 |
| 9 | Manny Pacquiao | IBF Super Bantamweight | 2001-06-23 |  Lehlohonolo Ledwaba | KO 6/12 | 4 |
| 9 | Manny Pacquiao | The Ring Featherweight | 2003-11-15 | Marco Antonio Barrera | TKO 11/12 | 2 |
| 9 | Manny Pacquiao | Lineal Featherweight | 2003-11-15 | Marco Antonio Barrera | TKO 11/12 | 2 |
| 9 | Manny Pacquiao | WBC Super featherweight | 2008-03-15 | Juan Manuel Márquez | SD 12/12 | 0 |
| 9 | Manny Pacquiao | The Ring Junior lightweight | 2008-03-15 | Juan Manuel Márquez | SD 12/12 | 0 |
| 9 | Manny Pacquiao | Lineal Junior lightweight | 2008-03-15 | Juan Manuel Márquez | SD 12/12 | 0 |
| 10 | Érik Morales | WBC Super bantamweight | 1997-09-06 |  Daniel Zaragoza | KO 11/12 | 9 |
| 10 | Érik Morales | WBC Featherweight | 2001-02-17 | Guty Espadas Jr. | UD 12/12 | 1 |
| 10 | Érik Morales | WBC Super featherweight | 2004-02-28 | Jesus Chavez | UD 12/12 | 1 |
| 10 | Érik Morales | WBC Light welterweight | 2011-09-17 | Pablo Cesar Cano | TKO 10/12 | 0 |
| 11 | Jorge Arce | WBO Light flyweight | 1998-12-05 | Juan Domingo Cordoba | UD 12/12 | 1 |
| 11 | Jorge Arce | WBO Super flyweight | 2010-01-30 |  Angky Angkota | TD 7/12 | 0 |
| 11 | Jorge Arce | WBO Super bantamweight | 2011-05-07 |  Wilfredo Vazquez, Jr. | TKO 12/12 | 1 |
| 11 | Jorge Arce | WBO Bantamweight | 2011-11-26 | Angky Angkota | UD 12/12 | 0 |
| 12 | Nonito Donaire | IBF Flyweight | 2007-07-07 |  Vic Darchinyan | TKO 5/12 | 3 |
| 12 | Nonito Donaire | WBC Bantamweight | 2011-02-19 | Fernando Montiel | KO 2/12 | 1 |
| 12 | Nonito Donaire | WBO Super bantamweight | 2012-02-04 | Wilfredo Vázquez, Jr. | SD 12/12 | 0 |
| 12 | Nonito Donaire | The Ring Super bantamweight | 2012-10-13 |  Toshiaki Nishioka | SD 12/12 | 2 |
| 12 | Nonito Donaire | Lineal Super bantamweight | 2012-10-13 | Toshiaki Nishioka | SD 12/12 | 2 |
| 12 | Nonito Donaire | WBA Featherweight | 2014-05-31 |  Simpiwe Vetyeka | TD 5/12 | 1 |
| 13 | Juan Manuel Márquez | IBF Featherweight | 2003-02-01 | Manuel Medina | TKO 7/12 | 4 |
| 13 | Juan Manuel Márquez | WBC Super featherweight | 2007-03-17 | Marco Antonio Barrera | UD 12/12 | 1 |
| 13 | Juan Manuel Márquez | The Ring Lightweight | 2008-09-13 |  Joel Casamayor | TKO 11/12 | 3 |
| 13 | Juan Manuel Márquez | Lineal Lightweight | 2008-09-13 | Joel Casamayor | TKO 11/12 | 3 |
| 13 | Juan Manuel Márquez | WBO Light welterweight | 2012-04-14 |  Serhiy Fedchenko | UD 12/12 | 0 |
| 14 | Miguel Cotto | WBO Light Welterweight | 2004-09-11 |  Kelson Pinto | TKO 6/12 | 6 |
| 14 | Miguel Cotto | WBA Welterweight | 2006-12-02 | Carlos Quintana | RTD 5/12 | 4 |
| 14 | Miguel Cotto | WBA Super Welterweight | 2010-06-05 |  Yuri Foreman | TKO 9/12 | 2 |
| 14 | Miguel Cotto | WBC Middleweight | 2014-06-07 | Sergio Martinez | RTD 9/12 | 1 |
| 14 | Miguel Cotto | The Ring Middleweight | 2014-06-07 | Sergio Martinez | RTD 9/12 | 1 |
| 14 | Miguel Cotto | Lineal Middleweight | 2014-06-07 | Sergio Martinez | RTD 9/12 | 1 |
| 15 |  Adrien Broner | WBO Super featherweight | 2011-11-26 | Vicente Martín Rodríguez | KO 3/12 | 1 |
| 15 | Adrien Broner | WBC Lightweight | 2012-11-17 | Antonio DeMarco | TKO 8/12 | 1 |
| 15 | Adrien Broner | WBA Welterweight | 2013-06-22 | Paulie Malignaggi | SD 12/12 | 1 |
| 15 | Adrien Broner | WBA Light welterweight | 2015-10-03 |  Khabib Allakhverdiev | TKO 12/12 | 0 |
| 16 |  Román González | WBA Minimumweight | 2008-09-15 | Yutaka Niida | TKO 4/12 | 1 |
| 16 | Román González | WBC Light Flyweight | 2011-03-19 | Manuel Vargas | UD 12/12 | 4 |
| 16 | Román González | WBC Flyweight | 2014-09-05 | Akira Yaegashi | TKO 9/12 | 4 |
| 16 | Román González | The Ring Flyweight | 2014-09-05 | Akira Yaegashi | TKO 9/12 | 4 |
| 16 | Román González | Lineal Flyweight | 2014-09-05 | Akira Yaegashi | TKO 9/12 | 4 |
| 16 | Román González | WBC Super Flyweight | 2016-09-11 | Carlos Cuadras | UD 12/12 | 0 |
| 17 | Mikey Garcia | WBO Featherweight | 2013-01-19 | Orlando Salido | TD 9/12 | 0 |
| 17 | Mikey Garcia | The Ring Featherweight | 2013-01-19 | Orlando Salido | TD 9/12 | 0 |
| 17 | Mikey Garcia | WBO Junior Lightweight | 2013-11-09 | Román Martínez | KO 8/12 | 1 |
| 17 | Mikey Garcia | WBC Lightweight | 2017-01-28 |  Dejan Zlatičanin | KO 3/12 | 1 |
| 17 | Mikey Garcia | IBF Light Welterweight | 2018-03-20 | Sergey Lipinets | UD 12/12 | 0 |
| 17 | Mikey Garcia | Lineal Light Welterweight | 2018-03-20 | Sergey Lipinets | UD 12/12 | 0 |
| 18 |  Donnie Nietes | WBO Minimumweight | 2007-09-07 | Pornsawan Porpramook | UD 12/12 | 4 |
| 18 | Donnie Nietes | WBO Light Flyweight | 2011-10-08 | Ramón García Hirales | UD 12/12 | 9 |
| 18 | Donnie Nietes | The Ring Light Flyweight | 2014-05-10 | Moisés Fuentes | TKO 9/12 | 5 |
| 18 | Donnie Nietes | IBF Flyweight | 2018-04-29 | Komgrich Nantapech | UD 12/12 | 1 |
| 18 | Donnie Nietes | WBO Super Flyweight | 2018-12-31 | Kazuto Ioka | SD 12/12 | 0 |
| 19 | Kazuto Ioka | WBC Minimumweight | 2011-02-11 | Oleydong Sithsamerchai | TKO 5/12 | 3 |
| 19 | Kazuto Ioka | WBA Minimumweight | 2012-06-20 | Akira Yaegashi | UD 12/12 | 0 |
| 19 | Kazuto Ioka | WBA Light Flyweight | 2012-12-31 | José Alfredo Rodríguez | TKO 6/12 | 3 |
| 19 | Kazuto Ioka | WBA Flyweight | 2015-04-22 | Juan Carlos Reveco | MD 12/12 | 5 |
| 19 | Kazuto Ioka | WBO Super Flyweight | 2019-06-19 | Aston Palicte | TKO 10/12 | 0 |
| 20 | Saul Alvarez | WBC Super Welterweight | 2011-03-05 |  Matthew Hatton | UD 12/12 | 6 |
| 20 | Saul Alvarez | WBA Super Welterweight | 2013-04-20 | Austin Trout | UD 12/12 | 0 |
| 20 | Saul Alvarez | The Ring Super Welterweight | 2013-04-20 | Austin Trout | UD 12/12 | 0 |
| 20 | Saul Alvarez | WBC Middleweight | 2015-11-21 | Miguel Cotto | UD 12/12 | 3 |
| 20 | Saul Alvarez | Lineal Middleweight | 2015-11-21 | Miguel Cotto | UD 12/12 | 4 |
| 20 | Saul Alvarez | The Ring Middleweight | 2015-11-21 | Miguel Cotto | UD 12/12 | 4 |
| 20 | Saul Alvarez | WBO Super Welterweight | 2016-09-17 | Liam Smith | KO 9/12 | 0 |
| 20 | Saul Alvarez | WBA Super Middleweight | 2018-12-15 | Rocky Fielding | TKO 3/12 | 0 |
| 20 | Saul Alvarez | IBF Middleweight | 2019-05-04 | Daniel Jacobs | UD 12/12 | 0 |
| 20 | Saul Alvarez | WBO Light Heavyweight | 2019-11-02 | Sergey Kovalev | KO 11/12 | 0 |
List of Boxing Quadruple or Four Division Champions — Minor + Major Titles
This list is credited for boxers who have won championships in boxing from major and minor sanctioning bodies.The first column of the extreme left refers to championships won from only major boxing entities and The Ring/Lineal. They are the organizations that generally considered as the 'real' ones.
The second column of the extreme left refers to any championships won from professional 'minor' boxing associations that are not yet well respected by the general boxing fan or public at 'world' level.
| World Titles from Minor Sanctioning Bodies |
Quadruple champions that won titles in other multiple divisions
Some fighters of this group or club were not sastified to win just the incredible milestone of championships in four different weight divisions but to reach immortality in five, six and/or seven other different divisions or categories. The multiple champions who won titles in:- Five divisions are called Quintuple champions ;
- Six divisions are called Sextuple champions ;
- Seven divisions are called Septuple champions ; and
- Eight divisions are called Octuple champions