And that is because the "linear champion" argument is logically flawed. Since Milton McCrory won the vacant WBC WW title after Leonard retired, there has never been a linear champion. And that is because even if you defeated the guy who was the champion, eventually you get to a point where the "line" has been broken. To top it off, the "line" was also broken by Trinidad vacating the title and now, by Mayweather "retiring".
Of course, logic-challenged journalists like Dan Rafael may say otherwise, because it sounds good on paper. "THE LINEAR CHAMPION". They have a new idea to write about. Makes their job easier. They can sell us a new idea. But to declare a linear champion after the line has been broken -three times to makes it worse- would be arbitrary BS, because logically, the WBC "linear champion" argument ended the day Leonard retired.
Example:
Guy 1: "Oh, Baldo was the linear champion"
Guy 2: "Really? Who did he defeat?"
Guy 1: "LAWL he defeated Judah you moron!"
Guy 2: "And who did Judah defeat to become champion"
Guy 1: "Plain and Basic Common Sense: Spinks, who defeated Mayorga, you biased 'rican"
Guy 2: "Yes, yes, I remember, Mayorga owned poor Vernon, who in turn owned poor Sugar Shane... you remember that Shane won a vacant belt right?"
Guy 1: "What the f@ck does it matter?"
Guy 2: "Well, I want to ask you, when does the linear championship magically re-appears, when Vernon really defeated a guy who was not the linear champion. I guess it then you are creating something -the linear championship- from nothing -a guy who was not the linear champion-. It's arbitrary."
Guy 1: "F@ck you. I believe in Dan Rafael."
Discuss.
Of course, logic-challenged journalists like Dan Rafael may say otherwise, because it sounds good on paper. "THE LINEAR CHAMPION". They have a new idea to write about. Makes their job easier. They can sell us a new idea. But to declare a linear champion after the line has been broken -three times to makes it worse- would be arbitrary BS, because logically, the WBC "linear champion" argument ended the day Leonard retired.
Example:
Guy 1: "Oh, Baldo was the linear champion"
Guy 2: "Really? Who did he defeat?"
Guy 1: "LAWL he defeated Judah you moron!"
Guy 2: "And who did Judah defeat to become champion"
Guy 1: "Plain and Basic Common Sense: Spinks, who defeated Mayorga, you biased 'rican"
Guy 2: "Yes, yes, I remember, Mayorga owned poor Vernon, who in turn owned poor Sugar Shane... you remember that Shane won a vacant belt right?"
Guy 1: "What the f@ck does it matter?"
Guy 2: "Well, I want to ask you, when does the linear championship magically re-appears, when Vernon really defeated a guy who was not the linear champion. I guess it then you are creating something -the linear championship- from nothing -a guy who was not the linear champion-. It's arbitrary."
Guy 1: "F@ck you. I believe in Dan Rafael."
Discuss.
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