lineal title at HW right now

Can't have a linear title fight without Sugar Wladdy invloved, the universally #1 rated Heavyweight.

 

Ah yes, you are correct.

 

Ring rated Kessler #2 when Lacy fought Calzaghe. No one knows why the "special circumstances" clause was invoked.

BTW, as far as I know, and based on current lineal champions, the WBA and WBC unification doesn't equate to Lineal status. Otherwise Erdai wouldn't be Lineal at LHW.

 

Peter and Chagaev should fight, thats a fight would like to see. I give it a 50/50, Peter might do well considering Chagaev is nearly the same hieght at 6'1 and Peter being naturally bigger as well. Great fight that would help clear up the mess in the heavywieght division.

Sultan should not be considered as a better ranking than Peter, his last 2 fights were not only boring but against weak opposition like Holyfield and Briggs.

 

Ownage.

 

You're missing the point. I know you have to beat the champ to get the title. Erdai beat Gonzalez, who beat DM, who beat Hill to get it. But Hill got it whenit was vacated by unifying with Maske. Maske was the IBF champion, Hill was the WBA champion. The WBC was not in play. So if you need the WBC and the WBA, then Hill would never have been champ for the line to start again.

That is why I said the WBA and WBC according to who the Lineal champions are now is not needed to establish lineage. You need a clear #1 vs #2 which should be established by unification most of the time.

 

When the belts are unified, Wlad will be lineal

 

Ruslan Chagaev or Sultan Ibragimov.

 

Good post. :good

Also: KG, if you check the Ring mag ratings from November 1996, Hill was #2 and Maske was #1 at 175 lbs. This was the consensus among all boxing publications at the time. That info is actually still up in the boxrec encyclopedia section.

 

i meant all 4 belts. (or you could make a case for 3 of the 4 but honestly it should be all 4)