How many fighters have held more than 1 lineal title at the same time?

Nigel Collins admitted that if The Ring policy had been in place during the mid 1990s (they had stopped awarding belts in the early 90s), that Darius Michalczewski would have had The Ring belt. DM----> Gonzalez ------> Erdei In 2001, The Ring started awarding belts again, and one of the ways you could get a vacant title was to unify the WBA/IBF/WBC belts. Roy Jones was awarded the LHW title for unifying those 3 titles. The Ring has since eliminated that way of filling a vacancy.

meaning what exactly????? lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So how do you get from Michael Spinks in the mid 80's to Virgil Hill in the mid 90's? Are you saying it was vacant all that time? I am sure you could argue for the official and unofficial lineal champions in every weight class. The whole point is to get it down to 1 fighter. I am happy to go with the RING magazine rankings and I think it is laughable to cut Roy Jones Jr. out of the picture completely with this theoretical stuff. It was vacant yes. To establish lineage after a champion has left or retired it's common to recognize the winner of a fight between the 2 top rated contenders as new linear champion. That didn't happen before Hill fought Maske. And it was yourself who asked about the lineage. Talking about Ring Magazine champions is a different story. They made Jones the champion strictly for commercial reasons, as Hill's claim was much greater. I think boxingscene's Cliff Rold has written an article about it.

So how do you get from Michael Spinks in the mid 80's to Virgil Hill in the mid 90's? Are you saying it was vacant all that time? I am sure you could argue for the official and unofficial lineal champions in every weight class. The whole point is to get it down to 1 fighter. I am happy to go with the RING magazine rankings and I think it is laughable to cut Roy Jones Jr. out of the picture completely with this theoretical stuff.

Please explain how you get to Virgil Hill being lineal champion? I already did. Read your homework again.

Please explain how you get to Virgil Hill being lineal champion?

That is all theoretical. I am talking reality. Meaning what exactly?????

That is all theoretical. I am talking reality.

Joe Calzaghe defeated Bernard Hopkins to capture the RING Light Heavyweight championship. A title widely regarded as the modern day lineal title at any specific weight class. Do your homework. A little lesson for you. Call it your homework: Erdei was linear champion in a lineage going back to Virgil Hill. The lineage was broken when Michael Spinks went to HW. Hill claimed it when he as the no.1 ranked beat the no. 2 ranked (who was Henry Maske). Calzaghe was Ring magazine champion, but don't confuse that distinction with lineage.

Calzaghe was never linear champ at 175 so the thread title is a little confusing. Most famous for holding lineal titles at the same time at different weights is Homicide Hank who held FW, LW and WW. He was arguably robbed of a fourth title when drawing Garcia for the MW crown. Is this under the logic that Zsolt Erdei is the lineal LHW champ?

Joe Calzaghe defeated Bernard Hopkins to capture the RING Light Heavyweight championship. A title widely regarded as the modern day lineal title at any specific weight class. Do your homework. he's right, im sure he'll explain it to u, i cant be bothered

Calzaghe was never linear champ at 175 so the thread title is a little confusing. Most famous for holding lineal titles at the same time at different weights is Homicide Hank who held FW, LW and WW. He was arguably robbed of a fourth title when drawing Garcia for the MW crown. Joe Calzaghe defeated Bernard Hopkins to capture the RING Light Heavyweight championship. A title widely regarded as the modern day lineal title at any specific weight class. Do your homework.

Calzaghe was never linear champ at 175 so the thread title is a little confusing. Most famous for holding lineal titles at the same time at different weights is Homicide Hank who held FW, LW and WW. He was arguably robbed of a fourth title when drawing Garcia for the MW crown.

Ray Leonard at 154 and 147 in 1981.