Someone explain to me the difference between....?

Linear title is the classic man who beat the man who beat the man... Can be found here: http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/champ.htm Ring titles is just that. They crown a new champ when the first and second ranked contenders fight. Undisputed usually means that a fighter holds all the four major alphabet titles (WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO). :fing02::fing02:

If a boxer retires....how do you become the next lineal champ? How many of the major Alphabet belts do you need? What if a fighter jumps weight classes? Can you hold more than one lineal title? Also, who did Kotsya Tzyu beat for the lineal title? Was it Zab? If a fighters comes out of retirement, does he reclaim the lineal title? Or only if it is vacant? Thanks

K. Seriously one last question.... Can you be the Ring Mag champ, but not hold the linear title? Or do those two titles go hand in hand? Ring title and linear title are not the same. classic example is that Zsolt Erdei is the linear LHW champion while Calzaghe is the ring champ. If you believe that Virgil Hill was the rightful claimant to the linear title you must have Erdei as champ today. That issue has been thoroughly covered by Boxingscene's own Cliff Rold.

K. Seriously one last question.... Can you be the Ring Mag champ, but not hold the linear title? Or do those two titles go hand in hand? usually the ring mag champ will be the lineal champ, but not always. for instance if floyd returns to 147 and mosley (#1) beats cotto (#2)... floyd will still be the lineal champ because no one beat him, but mosley will be the ring mag champ.

K. Seriously one last question.... Can you be the Ring Mag champ, but not hold the linear title? Or do those two titles go hand in hand? While often the lineal champ=ring champ, they don't always go hand in hand. Also sometimes the lineal champ retires/changes weight, which means until one fighter is a legit champion (by unifying the titles), there is no more lineal champ in that division.

The Ring magazine and it's editors are all on some mind bending LSD trip.. Everything about this Mag is in a mucking fuddle.. Their ratings are an absolute joke... Boxing illustrated is by far a superior read..

K. Seriously one last question.... Can you be the Ring Mag champ, but not hold the linear title? Or do those two titles go hand in hand?

So Hatton is the Linear champ @ 140. He didnt lose it to Money? And will PacMan also hold the Ring title if he wins? Who exactly is "the guy"? Linear Champ? Ring Champ? or simply a holder of an alphabet belt? Thanks for patience.... He didn't lose it to Money because the Money fight was at 147 not 140 and yes if PacMan wins he'll hold the Ring title. And "the guy" is usually the Linear Champ.

So Hatton is the Linear champ @ 140. He didnt lose it to Money? And will PacMan also hold the Ring title if he wins? Who exactly is "the guy"? Linear Champ? Ring Champ? or simply a holder of an alphabet belt? Thanks for patience....

Thanks for the answers! Im still having trouble understanding Linear, Unified, and Undisputed titles. SMH @ my reading..... Question: I have read that if PacMan wins on May 2nd, he would win an unprecedented 4th linear title. How does Hatton hold the 140 linear title? His win on Paulie? Or does it go back to his victory over Castillo? Again, thanks! Hatton holds the linear title because he holds the Ring Magazine title because of his win over Kostya Tzyu who beat the guy who beat the guy.

Thanks for the answers! Im still having trouble understanding Linear, Unified, and Undisputed titles. SMH @ my reading..... Question: I have read that if PacMan wins on May 2nd, he would win an unprecedented 4th linear title. How does Hatton hold the 140 linear title? His win on Paulie? Or does it go back to his victory over Castillo? Again, thanks!

The Linear Title, The Ring Mag Title and being the Undisputed Champ? Sorry Newbee checking in? Or what i like to say "Fight Freak In Training" Thanks! lineal title = the man who beat the man who beat the man; example is jmm who beat casamayor who beat corrales who beat castillo ring title = the lineal champ or the winner of the #1 and #2; example the winner of mosley (#1) vs cotto (#2) is the new WW ring mag champ. unified champ = holds multiple alphabet belts and may or may not have lineal or ring title; example was nate campbell at 135 undisputed champ = combination of lineal, ring, and unified champ.

the ring mag title is for golden boy fighters undisputed champs are when they are able to afford all the sanctioning fees and are able to pay off all the organizations the linear title is when you beat an 80 kostya tszyu i hope i helped It will be hard to compete with that unbiased answer, but let's see if I can. The Ring is the boxing magazine. There are plenty boxing magazine's like KO, and Ringside, but the Ring is held valid above all others and is considered law. The Ring ranks fighters, in their division, their p4p ranking (the Ring's rankings are used by most), and the best fighter of the year/decade. They even created their own Belt, awarded to the fighter that they feel is the divisions true champion based on the ranking system they have. It helps because they don't have all the politics of the other organizations (the organizations can't rank fighters that have other titles from other organizations). Unforatently, as you have noticed, some fighters lately have been doubting the Ring's objectiveness, being that they were bought out by head of Golden Boy Promotions, Oscar De La Hoya. But still, most hold their rankings above the others. Undisputed Champion, means you have 3 world titles in a single weight class. This is not easy to do, because not only must you beat 3 world title belt holders, but you must also deal with the politics (the organizations that give out these belts don't want them being shared by their rival organizations). So the organizations (the WBA, IBF, WBC, and WBO) do everything within their power to prevent that, so when you hold a title you have to fight the fighters they force you to fight. They are the ones that are ranked #2 and are considered mandatory challengers. Also, for every fight that you hold the belt, you must pay the sanctioning fee, and if you are fighting for the belt, you have to pay their fee as well otherwise even if you win you are not awarded champion status. So there it is, Undisputed(Unified) Champion is not only a great fighter, but apparently a genius or a lucky bastard as well. Lineal Champion. The Lineal champion means the man who beat the man who beat the man who beat... Back in the good ole days when there was just one champion and one world title per division, you would have a clear cut champ, but now that there's 4 world titles per division you have to be undisputed to be considered real champ. When there's no undisputed, then it's the last man who beat the undisputed champion, and the man who beat that man, and the man who beat that man. So right now Joe Calzaghe is technically the lineal champ because he beat Bernard Hopkins, who beat Tarver, who beat Roy Jones, who had all the belts. Or maybe I missed one in that scenario, I'm still sleepy There you have it mother****er! I'M CHUCK NORRIS

Ring belt is the one that matters most. It usually represents the linear title, aside from some rare occasions nobody really acknowledges anyway. Undisputed is havin WBA, IBF, and WBC.

Linear title is the classic man who beat the man who beat the man... Can be found here: http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/champ.htm Ring titles is just that. They crown a new champ when the first and second ranked contenders fight. Undisputed usually means that a fighter holds all the four major alphabet titles (WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO).

The Linear Title, The Ring Mag Title and being the Undisputed Champ? Sorry Newbee checking in? Or what i like to say "Fight Freak In Training" Thanks! the ring mag title is for golden boy fighters undisputed champs are when they are able to afford all the sanctioning fees and are able to pay off all the organizations the linear title is when you beat an 80 kostya tszyu i hope i helped