Which is better? Being a paper champ or a lineal champ?

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  1. compukiller

    compukiller Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Our resident Mayweather hater Lance_Uppercunt made the bold statement that being a lineal champ is no better than being a paper champ in a thread about Mayweather's resume.

    http://www.eastsideboxing.com/forum/showthread.php?p=10640165#post10640165

    His full post is at the bottom of the page.

    So this brings up a question? Is being a lineal champ just as meaningful (or meaningless) as being a paper champ? Does it depend on who you fight? Or is Lance is ****ing idiot for even suggesting that lineal championships arent the most important titles there are?

    Vote and discuss. :good
     
    compukiller, Sep 7, 2011
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  2. KOTF

    KOTF Bingooo Full Member

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    A paper lineal champ
     
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  3. bballchump11

    bballchump11 2011 Poster of the Year Full Member

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    :lol: well what type of dumbass is this Lance guy. I never heard of him, but he just sounds like a bitter ****.

    and of course being the lineal champ and beating the best guy in your division for the blet is fighting and winning a vacant belt
     
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  4. evalistinho

    evalistinho Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Doesnt matter anyway. Belts are useless nowadays.

    We wouldnt be asking this question if there was a belt per weight class.
     
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  5. compukiller

    compukiller Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Yes, but if there is a true lineal champ, doesnt that make the other titles meaningless?
     
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  6. cesare-borgia

    cesare-borgia Übermensch in fieri Full Member

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    I was worried you were asking for real, lineal is the best to have.
     
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  7. evalistinho

    evalistinho Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I guess so.

    Isnt the ring magazine the closest thing to a lineal champ?
     
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  8. realdeal561

    realdeal561 Boxing Addict banned

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    Lance is a friggen idiot.
     
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  9. bballchump11

    bballchump11 2011 Poster of the Year Full Member

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    yeah the WBC, WBA...ect belts are useless, but if you are the lineal champ, that means you are the true champ.

    B Hop
    Martinez
    Donaire
    Wlad
    Marquez these are the true lineal champs today
     
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  10. Juv

    Juv Linsanity is the truth Full Member

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    Of course being lineal champion is better.

    You're recognized by most boxing fans as the best fighter in the division and you don't have to pay a percentage of your purse towards the sanctioning bodies.
     
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  11. Slickstar

    Slickstar Crisp This Full Member

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    YOur thread sucks without including his actual post by quote in the first post.
     
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  12. Thread Stealer

    Thread Stealer Loyal Member Full Member

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    In itself, lineal is better than paper.

    But it also matters whom you face.

    Look at Mike Tyson-Michael Spinks, and what they have done in the two years leading up to their fight.

    Or George Foreman's run as lineal champ from 1994-1997.
     
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  13. Goodhill

    Goodhill Iron Horse - born to lose Full Member

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    What a poll, prizeless!!
     
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  14. pahapoisu

    pahapoisu Superman! Full Member

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    Not really. Taking the title from a shot old champion might not be better then getting a paper one from the better fighter. I doubt it happens often.
    Lineal titles ftw.
     
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  15. Leonit

    Leonit Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    honest comment.
     
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