Manny Paquiao is the greatest boxer of all time!

Manny Paquiao started from a scrawny rookie who turned pro weighing 106 pounds in 1995 and has evolved into one of the world’s all-time greats with six titles in different divisions.

Four other fighters in history are in the same category – James Toney, Oscar de la Hoya, Hector Camacho and Tommy Hearns. But Pacquiao is in the record books as the only fighter to claim “linear” world championships in four divisions – flyweight, featherweight, superfeatherweight and lightwelterweight. No other fighter has achieved the record of gaining universal recognition in four weight classes.

For the record, Manny Pacquiao has now captured six world crowns:

• WBC flyweight (112 pounds),
• IBF superbantamweight (122),
• “linear” featherweight (126),
• superfeatherweight (130),
• lightweight (135)
• lightwelterweight (140).

Then, the pound-for-pound title, bestowed by the prestigious Ring Magazine which is known as the “Bible of Boxing.” Pacquiao is now the world’s No. 1 fighter, pound-for-pound.

By clinching his sixth world title, Pacquiao moved out of the list of five-time champions including Sugar Ray Leonard, Lester Ellis, Roberto Duran and Mayweather.

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