Who has beaten the most champions?

[QueensburyRules]

Jorge Solis was an "interim" World Champion.

Mayweather beat 22:
Genaro Hernandez, Gregorio Vargas, Diego Corrales, Carlos Hernandez, Jesus Chavez, Jose Luis Castillo (twice), DeMarcus Corley, Arturo Gatti, Sharmba Mitchell, Zab Judah, Carlos Baldomir, Oscar De La Hoya, Ricky Hatton, Juan Manuel Marquez, Shane Mosley, Victor Ortiz, Miguel Cotto, Robert Guerrero, Saul Alvarez, Marcos Maidana (twice), Manny Pacquiao, and Andre Berto.

- -Any quote by Henry worth repeating.

Hope and pray you and the family get out of this Corona thing where your parts if you're still in Jersey are hotbeds.

Btw, U wuz robbed in da IBHOF voting for 2019!

[JK1700]

Mayweather has the most (22) closely followed by Pacquiao (21). It’s 23 if you count the IBO belt as a world title (Tony Pep) and could easily be 24. Angel Manfredy beat Arturo Gatti when he was the IBF champ but they fought a few lbs heavier than 130.

[Marchegiano]

Jorge Solis was an "interim" World Champion.

Mayweather beat 22:

1. Genaro Hernandez,
   
2. Gregorio Vargas,
   
3. Diego Corrales,
   
4. Carlos Hernandez,
   
5. Jesus Chavez,
   
6. Jose Luis Castillo (twice),
   
7. DeMarcus Corley,
   
8. Arturo Gatti,
   
9. Sharmba Mitchell,
   
10. Zab Judah,
    
11. Carlos Baldomir,
    
12. Oscar De La Hoya,
    
13. Ricky Hatton,
    
14. Juan Manuel Marquez,
    
15. Shane Mosley,
    
16. Victor Ortiz,
    
17. Miguel Cotto,
    
18. Robert Guerrero,
    
19. Saul Alvarez,
    
20. Marcos Maidana (twice),
    
21. Manny Pacquiao, and
    
22. Andre Berto

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I dunno why, but the horizontal paragraph form bugged me.

[Willie Pep 229]

All the fighters mentioned are special of course . . .

. . . but I don't see how you can make a comparison when considering how the number of title holders has increased consistently throughout the game's history.

[QueensburyRules]

All the fighters mentioned are special of course . . .

. . . but I don't see how you can make a comparison when considering how the number of title holders has increased consistently throughout the game's history.

- -It's only relevant to the modern big "four" title eras, or five if we count the IBO as old or older than the WBO.

When Manny first ascended to the Ring p4p rankings, he beat the highly ranked Barrera who had forsaken his paper titles as I recall without checking.

[JK1700]

All the fighters mentioned are special of course . . .

. . . but I don't see how you can make a comparison when considering how the number of title holders has increased consistently throughout the game's history.

I see your point but I think that’s off-set by the amount of fighters the older legendary fighters had. For instance Sugar Ray Robinson didn’t have as many belts to go for as Floyd, but he fought 149 more times. So when you consider that and consider he beat 15 world champs and Floyd beat 22 that’s still very impressive. Even though Ray might’ve beat 30-40 if he there was as many belts around back then. It’s not the be all and end all for measuring fighters I can agree with that, but it is a good indication of their opponents.