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Manny Pacquiao competed in professional boxing from 1995 to 2021. Regarded by boxing historians as one of the greatest professional boxers of all time, [4] Pacquiao is the only boxer in history to win twelve major world titles in eight different weight divisions. [5]
Pacquiao is also the first boxer in history to win major world titles in four of the original eight weight classes of boxing, also known as the "glamour divisions" (flyweight, featherweight, lightweight and welterweight), and the first boxer ever to become a four-decade world champion, winning world championships across four decades (1990s ...
He also won the prestigious and coveted lineal championship in five weight divisions: flyweight, featherweight, super featherweight, light welterweight, and welterweight. [3] The following are the major world titles won by Pacquiao (arranged chronologically). Titles are listed only once per organization per weight class:
Manny Pacquiao, who won titles in a record eight weight classes from flyweight to super welterweight while becoming one of boxing's biggest draws, was elected Thursday to the International Boxing ...
Manny Pacquiao has won world championships in eight different weight divisions, more than any other boxer. In boxing, a weight class is a measurement weight range for boxers. The lower limit of a weight class is equal to the upper weight limit of the class below it.
Pacquiao, 42, steps away from the sport as the only boxer to win championships in eight different weight divisions. He'll retire with a record of 62-8-2 with 39 knockouts.
Manny Pacquiao vs. Miguel Cotto, billed as Firepower, was a boxing match for the WBO welterweight championship. [1] The bout was held on November 14, 2009, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena , in Las Vegas , Nevada , United States .
Manny Pacquiao is the first boxer to win world titles in seven different weight divisions. [1] [2] Pacquiao clinched the feat when he defeated Miguel Cotto via TKO in 12th round and won the WBO Welterweight (147 lbs) title on November 14, 2009 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. [3]