I think we all know that there is no actual list. But the idea is, "The Man Who Beat The Man!" Thoughts. I have forced Mayweather to vacate his title! :good Emile Griffith 62 Dec 8 1963 Mar 21 Luis Manuel Rodriguez 63 Mar 21 1963 Jun 8 Emile Griffith 63 Jun 8 1966 Apr 25 V Curtis Cokes 66 Aug 24 D 1969 Apr 18 Jose Napoles 69 Apr 18 1970 Dec 3 Billy Backus 70 Dec 3 1971 Jun 4 Jose Napoles 71 Jun 4 1975 *S Angel Espada 75 Jun 28 D 1976 Jul 17 Pipino Cuevas 76 Jul 17 1980 Aug 2 Thomas Hearns 80 Aug 2 1981 Sep 16 Sugar Ray Leonard 81 Sep 16 1982 Nov 9 R Donald Curry 83 Nov 9 D 1986 Sep 27 Lloyd Honeyghan 86 Sep 27 1987 Oct 28 Jorge Vaca 87 Oct 28 1988 Mar 29 Lloyd Honeyghan*(2) 88 Mar 29 1989 Feb 4 Marlon Starling 89 Feb 4 1990 Aug 19 Maurice Blocker 90 Aug 19 1991 Mar 18 Simon Brown 91 Mar 18 1991 Nov 29 James (Buddy) McGirt 91 Nov 29 1993 Mar 6 Pernell Whitaker 93 Mar 6 1997 Apr 12 Oscar De La Hoya 97 Apr 12 1999 Sep 18 Felix Trinidad 99 Sep 18 2000 Mar 3 V Shane Mosley 00 Mar 3 D 2002 Jan 26 Vernon Forrest 02 Jan 26 2003 Jan 25 Ricardo Mayorga 03 Jan 25 2003 Dec 13 Cory Spinks 03 Dec 13 2005 Feb 5 Zab Judah 05 Feb 5 2006 Jan 7 Carlos Manuel Baldomir 06 Jan 7 2006 Nov 4 Floyd Mayweather Jr. 06 Nov 4 2008 Jun 6 V Paul Williams 08 Jun 6 D 2008 Nov 12 V Miguel Angel Cotto 08 Nov 12 D 2009 Nov 14 Manny Pacquiao 09 Nov 14 Present D = Deemed Champion V = Vacated R = Retired Sorry for the Jumble, anyone know how to format this?
Hwo the hell is Pacquiao the lineal champion? Would di he win it from? Cotto? Mosley was the man at wetlerweight when Pac fought Cotto
We lost the lineage when Floyd retired. Hasn't been established since. Although Pac is making the best case for it, since he's the only one beating other top WW's.
That's fine to have your own theory, but that doesn't make it legit. Not to mention, HOW is it Williams anyway? Seems random.
Floyd is still it. His retirement wasn't legit to begin with, there's no way in hell it's Manny because after the 3 way merry go round of Cotto-Marg-Mosley, Mosley became "the Man" while Floyd was still lineal. He came back still as lineal and re-established his spot without ever really losing lineage.
Its funny how pac has been beating all the top WW's but at the time all his WW opponents were coming off recent loses n shane was still the top WWW until he was beat by FMJ May of last year.....But I agree wit most its vacant
It's vacant, although there's a minority position that says after Mayweather retried, Cotto-Margarito established a new lineage. So some people believe Floyd regained the lineal title against Mosley.