Incorrect. There are two lineal titles. The NYSAC title and the NBA title. One became the WBC and the other became the WBA. Those two titles, more...
The lineal title you're referring to does not exist aside from the Ring magazine title, which isn't in any way, shape or form an official title....
The lineage was broken by Holmes himself when he vacated the WBC title. It created a split lineal title. As far as the WBC was concerned, there's...
Which is exactly the point I made a little while ago. Rather than get into the messy discussion on "lineal", just go by the four major bodies that...
Well, my argument is that a champion is anyone who wins one of the four major titles recognized by the IBHOF, which avoids the highly subjective...
Conversely, who's to say that if there were only one heavyweight championship that Tyson wouldn't have directly gone for it at 20? If it took him...
According to the IBHOF, which keeps and tracks records like the one we're currently debating, it's the WBC, IBF, WBA, and WBO. If we're going to...
In each division there are usually 3-4 "major" belts that can be won. IMO, as long as a boxer wins at least one of them, he's a champion (even if...
So it's official? Hopkins is on the Pacquiao and Khan PED bus? The good news about that is that eventually everybody who does something...
My guess is the latter. :)
I like how Arum says that by beating Berto, JMM would prove that he can fight "A Pacquiao". HUGE difference than saying if he beats Berto, he will...
hahaha. What I find odd is how he's letting cameras follow him around, and interview him, even film a documentary about his life and it never,...
I think the only time a 10-8 round should become a 10-9 round is if the fighter knocked down wins the rest of the round BIG. I mean, he dominates...
I have no sympathy for Marquez. It's not like Marquez was robbed or anything in those fights. They were legitimately close. If Marquez wants to...
To be fair, Marquez wasn't asking for $5 million. He was asking for $3.2 million, same as for Floyd. But the GBP fee for giving Top Rank exclusive...
