The ring recognised Wlad as their champion for beating Chagaev, as it was #1 vs. #3, and because #2 was his brother. TBRB didn’t exist at the...
That’s a very American view. The consensus of the American press crowning a World champion, ignoring the claims from Australia and the then...
I’m not sure the Ring belt is the only measure of being lineal. He’s still recognised as champion by CBZ and LinealBoxingChampion.com, and he was...
If Fury loses this fight, will Ngannou be the lineal champion?
I vote this, just for the irony of replacing one drug cheat with another.
Helenius is fighting a very low ranked fighter tonight - cancel that and put him against Joshua next week.
Mike Tyson was undisputed but not lineal until he beat Michael Spinks. Spinks won the lineal title from Larry Holmes and hadn’t lost since, but...
For 1896 then, @mattdonnellon and I agree on 8 names. We have the same top 4, albeit with the rival champions in a different order. I have Jim...
Tagging in @mattdonnellon for his opinion on 1896 and comparison of our year-end rankings.
Thanks Greg, appreciate the feedback. I’ve had some time off before doing 1896 so hoping to keep it going now. It’s certainly interesting and...
October 1896 10/10/1896 Peter Felix beat Edward Rollins on points over 15 rounds for the Australian Coloured Heavyweight Title. On 19th October...
June 1896 3/6/1896 Tom Sharkey beat Jim Williams, the heavyweight champion of Utah by 8th round TKO. James J Corbett (#2) was in attendance. In...
January 1896 20/1/1896 Joe Choynski (#3) beat Jim Hall (#6) by 13th round KO. Both of these men weighed in light, and this would not normally...
Helenius vs Kownacki 2 - This was a fair disqualification for repeated intentional low blows. For some reason it was later changed to a TKO.
Frank Slavin came very close to being the lineal champion. He essentially had a fight with Sullivan agreed but his backers let him down and he...
