Originally posted by oc9979
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Is it fair if Virgil Hill gets voted into the HOF but not Michalczewski?
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Originally posted by Clegg View PostI've seen a few opinions on that. Some say Hill-Maske and/or Michalczewski-Hill was for the lineal title, meaning Erdei is the current champion. When Erdei went to CW for a fight some people considered it vacant and I think some now have Dawson as lineal champ.
Around the time Roy had most of the belts, The Ring decided that was enough to be the champion, and that's why some people considered Calzaghe the lineal champion (Jones-Tarver-Johnson-Tarver-Hopkins-Calzaghe).
I think Erdei should be considered the champion, but I can't recall the last time he beat a top 10 guy and I'm not sure if he ever beat a top 5 guy. Not much of a champion at all really but it's not for the media to strip someone. The media already give the alphabet belts too much attention, plus obsessing over stupid P4P rankings and awarding The Ring title, and they vote on who gets into the HOF.
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Originally posted by joseph5620 View PostWhen Hopkins beat Felix Trinidad he was recognized as the undisputed champion in 2001. DM retired in 2003. So how is that possible?
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Originally posted by Clegg View PostI've seen a few opinions on that. Some say Hill-Maske and/or Michalczewski-Hill was for the lineal title, meaning Erdei is the current champion. When Erdei went to CW for a fight some people considered it vacant and I think some now have Dawson as lineal champ.
Around the time Roy had most of the belts, The Ring decided that was enough to be the champion, and that's why some people considered Calzaghe the lineal champion (Jones-Tarver-Johnson-Tarver-Hopkins-Calzaghe).
I think Erdei should be considered the champion, but I can't recall the last time he beat a top 10 guy and I'm not sure if he ever beat a top 5 guy. Not much of a champion at all really but it's not for the media to strip someone. The media already give the alphabet belts too much attention, plus obsessing over stupid P4P rankings and awarding The Ring title, and they vote on who gets into the HOF.
The media didn't strip Erdei. He vacated the WBO belt (his only tangible link to the lineage absent the Ring belt) and moved up. That ended that lineage. Sure, he came back later, but so did Joe Gans and he had to beat Nelson to get his belt back at Lightweight.
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Originally posted by oc9979 View Postbut he only had WBC,WBA, and IBF.
Where is the WBO?
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