But why do people call fighters "lineal" just because they win the ring title?? Isn't that like Crawford @ 140 Ring is just another ABC.. You still have to win 3 or 4 belts first.. the standard being 4 now maybe.. the IBO might not mean that much yet..
Really Roy was the real WBC champion.. and IBO champion.. so Dariusz never really unified.. The WBC stripped Roy too.. didn't they? And Crawford is the lineal champion @ 140 just because he unified Ring/WBC/WBO?? That shouldn't be right..
I really hope Stevenson drops Williams hard in the first, because that usually means Williams will get up and KO him seconds later.
All these fighters might have been #1 in the division but lineal should mean WBA-WBC-IBF or WBA-WBC-IBF-WBO.. Is GGG the new lineal champion now? Or does he need to fight Canelo or Saunders??
I guess Canelo is only still active.. you can be lineal and run.. or lineal and be stripped.. I'd favour GGG because Canelo didn't pursue @ 160..