Who Were The Lineal Champions When You Were Born?

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  1. djanders

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    djanders, Mar 24, 2021
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    Heavyweight: Lennox Lewis
    Light-Heavyweight: Dariusz Michalczewski
    Middleweight: Vacated by James Toney, new lineage created by Hopkins at some point
    Welterweight: Oscar De La Hoya
    Lightweight: Vacated by Whitaker, new lineage created when Floyd beat Castillo
    Featherweight: Wilfredo Vasquez
    Bantamweight: Seems to have been vacant since the 80s
    Flyweight: Manny Pacquiao

    All info is from http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/pastchp.htm so may not be accurate, or reflective of the historical consensus.
     
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    HW: None
    LHW: Julio Cesar Gonzalez
    MW: Bernard Hopkins
    WW: Ricardo Mayorga
    LW: Joel Casamayor
    FW: Manny Pacquiao
    BW: None
    Fly: Wonjongham (?)

    2003 was really going good at some points, and God awful in others.
     
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    Heavy: Sonny Liston

    Light heavy: Willie Pastrano

    Middle: Joey Giardello

    Junior middle: Ralph Dupas

    Welter: Emile Griffith

    Junior welter: Eddie Perkins

    Lightweight: Carlos Ortiz

    Super feather: Flash Elorde

    Feather: Sugar Ramos

    Bantam: Eder Jofre

    Fly: Hiroyuki Ebihara

    All of these were unified, I presume they were lineal.
     
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    Heavyweight: Mike Tyson

    Light-Heavyweight: Title Vacant

    Middleweight: Sumbu Kalambay

    Welterweight: Marlon Starling

    Lightweight: Julio Cesar Chavez

    Featherweight: Antonio Esparragoza

    Bantamweight: Title Vacant

    Flyweight: Yong Kang Kim
     
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  6. Saintpat

    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Neither me nor @djanders are eligible for Rookie of the Year, haha.
     
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    djanders Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Gazelle Punch Boxing Addict Full Member

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    HW- Larry Holmes
    LHW- Dwight Braxton
    MW- Marvin Hagler
    WW- vacant
    JWW- Aaron Pryor
    LW- Alexis Arguello
     
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    HW Joe Frazier
    175 Bob Foster
    160 Nino Benvenutii
    154 Vacant
    147 Curtis Cokes
    140 Nicolino Locche
    135 Carlos Teo Cruz
    130 Hiroshi Kobayashi
    126 Johnny Famechon (I had never heard of him till just now)
    118 Lionel Rose
    112 Chartchai Chionoi

    I had too look up Cruz, Kobayashi, Famechon and Chionoi
     
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    Evander Holyfield
     
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    Heavy: Sonny Liston

    Light heavy: Willie Pastrano

    Middle: Joey Giardello

    Welter: Emile Griffith

    Junior welter: Eddie Perkins

    Lightweight: Carlos Ortiz

    Super feather: Flash Elorde

    Feather: Sugar Ramos

    Bantam: Eder Jofre

    Fly: Hiroyuki Ebihara
     
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    Not as fun
     
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    That would make for possibly the most gripping thread of the year.
     
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    Damn I pictured you much older
     
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