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Photos: BKFC 32 weigh-ins and faceoffs

Check out these photos from the BKFC 32 weigh-ins in Orlando, Fla.

Check out these photos from the BKFC 32 weigh-ins at Caribe Royal in Orlando, Fla. (Photos courtesy of BKFC)

Manny Pacquiao: Boxing’s first four-decade champion

Manny Pacquiao, 41, is believed to be the first boxer to hold major titles in four decades.

Only Manny Pacquiao can make boxing history without lifting a hand.

Pacquiao is believed to be the first fighter to hold major titles in four decades. The Filipino icon, who turned pro at 16 in 1995 and is now 41, won his first world title (flyweight) when he stopped Chatchai Sasakul in eight rounds in 1998 and his most-recent belt (welterweight) when he defeated Keith Thurman by a split decision this past July 20.

Here are Pacquiao’s major titles by decade:

1990s

WBC flyweight (1998) – KO 8 Chatchai Sasakul

2000s

IBF junior featherweight (2001) – TKO 6 Lehlo Ledwaba

*-Featherweight (2003) – TKO 11 Marco Antonio Barrera

WBC junior lightweight (2008) – SD 12 Juan Manuel Marquez

WBC lightweight (2008) – TKO 9 David Diaz

*-Junior welterweight (2009) – KO 2 Ricky Hatton

WBO welterweight (2009) – TKO 12 Miguel Cotto

2010s

WBC junior middleweight – UD 12 Antonio Margarito

WBO welterweight – UD Tim Bradley

WBO welterweight – UD Jessie Vargas

WBA welterweight – SD Keith Thurman

2020s

Holds WBA welterweight title

2030s?

Anything is possible when it comes to Pacquiao.

 

*-The Ring Magazine titles