I got my RING MAG 2010 BOXING ALMANAC, in the back it has the lineage going back to the beginning for all weights, fun to follow for a minute but it just gets confusing after a while. Wouldn't it be nice to trace a all titles back to the beginning? One title. One weight.
I'd like to see what the heavyweight lineage looks like for the past 25 years or so... can you post the names?
Lennox Lewis > Shannon Briggs > George Foreman > Michael Moorer > Evander Holyfield > Riddick Bowe > Evander Holyfield > James Douglas > Mike Tyson > Michael Spinks
That's what I thought. Can someone refresh my memory with the whole Shannon Briggs scenario? Wasn't he the champ without having a major belt or something like that? :huh Sorry for my ignorance, I just wasn't a big fan back in those days.
Briggs "beat" Foreman when Foreman already vacated his WBC and IBF belts. Since he never lost in the ring, he was the de facto champion.
Ill do you all one better: James Figg 1719-1724 Ned Sutton 1724-1725 James Figg 1725-1730 Tom Pipes 1730-1735 George Taylor 1735-1738 Jack Broughton 1738-1750 Jack Slack 1750-1760 William Stevens 1760-1761 George Meggs 1761-1762 George Millsom 1762-1765 Tom Juchau 1765-1766 William Darts 1766-1769 Tom Lyons 1769-1769 VACANT 1769-1771 Peter Corcoran 1771-1776 Harry Sellers 1776-1780 Duggan Fearns 1780-1780 VACANT 1780-1784 Tom Johnson 1784-1791 Benjamin Brain 1791-1794 Daniel Mendoza 1794-1795 John Jackson 1795-1795 VACANT 1795-1796 Thomas Owen 1796-1797 Jack Bartholemew 1797-1800 Jem Belcher 1800-1805 Henry Pearce 1805-1807 John Gully 1807-1808 VACANT 1808-1809 Tom Cribb 1809-1822 VACANT 1822-1823 Tom Spring 1823-1824 Tom Cannon 1824-1825 Jem Ward 1825-1827 Peter Crawley 1827-1827 Jem Ward 1827-1832 VANCANT 1832-1833 James Burke 1833-1839 William Thompson 1839-1840 Ben Caunt 1840-1841 Nick Ward 1841-1841 Ben Caunt 1841-1845 William Thompson 1845-1850 VACANT 1850-1851 Harry Broome 1851-1856 Tom Paddock 1856-1858 Tom Sayers 1858-1860 Sam Hurst 1860-1861 Jem Mace 1861-1862 Tom King 1862-1862 VACANT 1862-1866 Jem Mace -1866-1873 Tom Allen 1873-1876 Joe Goss 1876-1880 Paddy Ryan 1880-1882 John L. Sullivan 1882-1892 James J. Corbett 1892-1897 Bob Fitzsimmons 1897-1899 James J. Jeffries 1899-1905 Marvin Hart 1905-1906 Tommy Burns 1906-1908 Jack Johnson 1908-1915 Jess Willard 1915-1919 Jack Dempsey 1919-1926 Gene Tunney 1926-1928 VACANT 1928-1930 Max Schmeling 1930-1932 Jack Sharkey 1932-1933 Primo Carnera 1933-1934 Max Baer 1934-1935 James J. Braddock 1935-1937 Joe Louis 1937-1949 Ezzard Charles 1949-1951 Jersey Joe Walcott 1951-1952 Rocky Marciano 1952-1956 Floyd Patterson 1956-1959 Ingemar Johannsen 1959-1960 Floyd Patterson 1960-1962 Sonny Liston 1962-1964 Muhammad Ali 1964-1971 Joe Frazier 1971-1973 George Foreman 1973-1974 Muhammad Ali 1974-1978 Leon Spinks 1978-1978 Muhammad Ali 1978-1978 Larry Holmes 1978-1985 Michael Spinks 1985-1988 Mike Tyson 1988-1990 Buster Douglas 1990-1990 Evander Holyfield 1990-1992 Riddick Bowe 1992-1993 Evander Holyfield 1993-1994 Michael Moorer 1994-1994 George Foreman 1994-1997 Shannon Briggs 1997-1998 Lennox Lewis 1998-2001 Hasim Rahman 2001-2001 Lennox Lewis 2001-2003 VACANT 2003-Present
so no way lennox comes back, how the hell does it stop there? Marciano also retired how did floyd patterson become the lineal champ? He did not beat Marciano?
