By CompuBox
Manny Pacquiao, who won his first title at 112 lbs.-eleven years ago, is attempting to join Oscar delaHoya, Thomas Hearns, Ray Leonard and Floyd Mayweather, Jr. as the only fighter’s in boxing history to win five titles in FIVE DIFFERENT weight classes. (delaHoya won six title in six different weight classes.) Here’s a look at the titles won by the above mentioned fighters.
FIGHTER’S TO WIN TITLES IN FIVE OR MORE DIFFERENT WEIGHT CLASSES
Oscar de la Hoya -- 6 divisions
1-WBO super featherweight -- 1994
2-WBO lightweight -- 1994-1995
IBF lightweight -- 1995
3-WBC super lightweight -- 1996-1997
4-WBC welterweight -- 1997-2000 (despite losing a unification fight to IBF champ Trinidad in 1999 he still had the WBC belt when he fought Mosley in 2000)
5-WBC super welterweight -- 2001-2003, 2006-2007
WBA super welterweight -- 2002-2003
6-WBO middleweight -- 2004
Thomas Hearns -- 5 divisions
1-WBA welterweight -- 1980-1981
2-WBC super welterweight -- 1982-1986
3-WBC light heavyweight -- 1987
4-WBC middleweight -- 1987-1988
5-WBO super middleweight -- 1988-1990
WBA light heavyweight -- 1991-1992
Sugar Ray Leonard -- 5 divisions
WBC welterweight -- 1979-1980, 1980-1982
WBA junior middleweight -- 1981
WBC middleweight -- 1987
WBC super middleweight -- 1988-1989
WBC light heavyweight -- 1988 (won on the same night as he captured the WBC super middleweight title but never defended)
Floyd Mayweather Jr. -- 5 divisions
1-WBC super featherweight -- 1998-2001
2-WBC lightweight -- 2002-2003
3-WBC super lightweight -- 2005
4-IBF welterweight -- 2006
WBC welterweight -- 2006
5-WBC super welterweight – 2007
Manny Pacquiao – 4 divisions
WBC flyweight --1998-1999
IBF junior featherweight -- 2001-2003
WBC super featherweight – 2008
WBC Lightweight -- 2008
