How is Manny Pacquiao a "7 divisional titleist"?

[vegeta23]

Yes i think it was the WBC but not sure.

[whirlwind]

When he's only won titles in 5 different weight classes? Maybe the terminology is throwing me off, but Manny has only won titles in 5 weight classes, right?

You and all your *****s friends did really know what TITLE means or just pretending to be ****** just to discredit what Pac achieved? Title means it could be a lineal title, it could be a world championship title or the ring magazine title. The fact is.... Pac is the first person who have this 7 titles in 7 different weight divisions that makes him truly special! And the *****s will only watch Pac in jealousy and wondering why their Queen did not able to do it."peeleft:

[AIR_KENG]

OPBF?
IBO?
WBA?

he even has a WBC International Super Featherweight

are those even recognized? If they count those then YES Pac has 7..

Mayweather = 5 WBC titles in 5 different weight classes

Pac = Beaten top fighters in each division he was in... Well maybe with the exception of Diaz, but as you have stated, it counts because he got the WBC belt.

[AIR_KENG]

Yes thats a funny video and it uses a classic Diana Ross song that Michael Jackson wrote. But I am asking you...are these titles more valuable then the WBC titles?

OPBF flyweight title title?
IBO light welterweight title?
WBA WW title?
IBA Super Featherweight Title

OK, think of it this way.

If the Barrera-Morales wars were sanctioned by the IBO (or any lesser organizations) other than the WBC and Floyd beat Ivan Calderon at 154 which is sanctioned by the WBC, would you rate Floyd-Calderon over Barrera-Morales? I don't think so.

Or on a more recent note, would you rate Floyd-Baldomir higher than Pacquiao-Cotto? Definitely not.

[mr. bojangles]

Seven (7) championships in Seven (7) different weight classes. Four (4) lineal titles!

1. [112] WBC Flyweight champion - Lineal title
2. [122] IBF Super Bantamweight champion
3. [126] The Ring Featherweight champion - Lineal title
4. [130] WBC Super Featherweight champion - Lineal title
5. [135] WBC Lightweight champion
6. [140] IBO Jr. Welterweight champion - Lineal title
7. [147] WBO Welterweight champion

End of thread.

[supRa]

ibo is ass.. isnt really a WORLD title

[mr. bojangles]

ibo is ass.. isnt really a WORLD title

but the man he beat for the IBO belt, was "the man", the lineal champ, at the Jr. Welterweight class!

[King Koopa]

What happened with the ring belt in the 90's??

anybody?

IBO may not be as major as the other 4, but the "I" stands for international, so it is a "world" belt so to speak

The WBO for awhile wasn't recognized as a major title, but is now. You never know, the IBO could be the fifth major title alongside the other 4...

*And let me also add, please read my sig about fanboyism...I hate it for ANY fighter, it's ridiculous the idiocy that comes along with creating a thread about a popular boxer.*

[HaglerSteelChin]

The whole thing is subjective about "lineal". I mean unless there is a tournament like the Super 6 we really can't say who is lineal. Ricky Hatton after getting KOD by PBF was better than Bradley, Peterson, Khan, Alexander, and Maidana just to name a few? I think his IBO belt was his real belt.

Than we got Barreras the 126 Lineal? At the time, Morales was the WBC holder and he clearly beat Barreras in the 2nd fight which was highway robbery. Now i admit we can argue that barreras might have been robbed in the first fight, but the 2nd fight was cleary Morales the winner, and 3rd did belong to Barreras. I think the real feather best was JMM and Morales when Pac beat barreras.

[jrosales13]

The whole thing is subjective about "lineal". I mean unless there is a tournament like the Super 6 we really can't say who is lineal. Ricky Hatton after getting KOD by PBF was better than Bradley, Peterson, Khan, Alexander, and Maidana just to name a few? I think his IBO belt was his real belt.

Than we got Barreras the 126 Lineal? At the time, Morales was the WBC holder and he clearly beat Barreras in the 2nd fight which was highway robbery. Now i admit we can argue that barreras might have been robbed in the first fight, but the 2nd fight was cleary Morales the winner, and 3rd did belong to Barreras. I think the real feather best was JMM and Morales when Pac beat barreras.

lineal has nothing to do with being the best though. It just means you are the real champ the man of that weightclass. Baldomir was lineal champ but Baldomir was not the best WW.

Zsolt Erdei was the LHW lineal champ but not the most talented LHW out there.