Octuple champion

In different sports, a sportsperson who wins eight crowns, titles, medals, belts, or other distinctions is called an octuple champion.

Aquatics

At the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics, swimmer Michael Phelps won 8 gold medals for the events 100/200m butterfly, 200/400m individual medley, 200m freestyle, 400/800m freestyle relay, and 400m medley relay.[1]

Name Medals

United States Michael Phelps[2]
2008 Summer Olympics
200 m freestyle 1:42.96 (WR)
100 m butterfly 50.58 (OR)
200 m butterfly 1:52.03 (WR)
200 m medley 1:54.23 (WR)
400 m medley 4:03.84 (WR)
4×100 m freestyle 3:08.24 (WR)
4×200 m freestyle 6:58.56 (WR)
4×100 m medley 3:29.34 (WR)

Boxing

In boxing, an octuple champion is a boxer who has won world titles in eight different weight classes.

Manny Pacquiao is the first and only boxer to win world titles in eight different weight divisions. Pacquiao clinched the feat when he defeated Antonio Margarito via a unanimous decision and won the WBC Light Middleweight (154 pounds (70 kg)) title on November 13, 2010 at the Dallas Cowboys Stadium.[3] Six of his world championships came from the "Big Four" (WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO) sanctioning bodies & three were from The Ring, which hands out a symbolic version of the lineal championship.[4] He also won a world championship belt from the IBO in the Light Welterweight division. The following are the world titles won by Pacquiao (arranged chronologically):

World Titles from The Ring/Lineal
Name Titles Date Opponent Result Defenses

Philippines Manny Pacquiao[5]
 WBC Flyweight (112) 1998-12-04 Thailand Chatchai Sasakul KO 8/12 1
Lineal Flyweight (112) 1
IBF Super Bantamweight (122) 2001-06-23 South Africa Lehlohonolo Ledwaba TKO 6/12 4
The Ring Featherweight (126) 2003-11-15 Mexico Marco Antonio Barrera TKO 11/12 2
Lineal Featherweight (126) 2
WBC Super Featherweight (130) 2008-03-15 Mexico Juan Manuel Márquez SD 12/12 0
The Ring Junior Lightweight (130) 0
Lineal Junior Lightweight (130) 0
WBC Lightweight (135) 2008-06-28 United States David Díaz TKO 9/12 0
The Ring Junior welterweight (140) 2009-05-02 United Kingdom Ricky Hatton KO 2/12 0
Lineal Junior welterweight (140) 0
WBO Welterweight (147) 2009-11-14 Puerto Rico Miguel Ángel Cotto TKO 12/12 3
Lineal Welterweight (147) 2016-04-09 United States Timothy Bradley UD 12/12 1
WBC Super Welterweight (154) 2010-11-13 Mexico Antonio Margarito UD 12/12

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References

  1. ↑ "Mission accomplished: Phelps earns eighth gold in medley relay". ESPN. August 18, 2008.
  2. ↑ http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/olympics/17658866
  3. ↑ . GuinnessWorldRecords.com. Retrieved on December 20, 2014.
  4. ↑ Rosenthal, Michael (2009-10-28). "Pacquiao seeking title in record seventh division". The Ring blog. Retrieved 2010-01-29. Pacquiao has won titles as a flyweight (1998), junior featherweight (2001), featherweight (2003, The Ring), junior lightweight (2008), lightweight (2008) and junior welterweight (2009, The Ring), which equals Oscar De La Hoya's six-division record. And boxing historian Cliff Rold pointed out that Pacquiao is the only fighter in history to win four lineal titles (112 pounds, 126, 130, and 140)
  5. ↑ "Manny Pacquiao". Boxrec.com.
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