My new Boxing History Quiz

[jas]

lineaR (undisputed)

lineaL (Universally recognised)

[jas]

Sugar Adam Ali
there is no lineaR,, its just undisputed,,, you have all the belts, you are undisputed

i think SAA is right.....i take it back what i said about linear

[Salardo]

Sugar Adam Ali
there is no lineaR,, its just undisputed,,, you have all the belts, you are undisputed

i think SAA is right.....i take it back what i said about linear

Why was Kostya Tszyu called the undisputed light welterweight champion even though he only had 3 belts?

[jas]

Why was Kostya Tszyu called the undisputed light welterweight champion even though he only had 3 belts?

looks like Wikipedia recognises every fighter who held the WBC and WBA belts as being undisputed.

[Salardo]

looks like Wikipedia recognises every fighter who held the WBC and WBA belts as being undisputed.

wikipedia?
Tszyu was recognised as the undisputed champ by the boxing world, not by wikipedia.

[jas]

wikipedia?
Tszyu was recognised as the undisputed champ by the boxing world, not by wikipedia.

When you have beat the number 1 guy. And you continue to fight whoever the number 1 guy is.

[Salardo]

Interesting side note: I posted 2 MMA Quiz's on Sherdog in the last days and the first one had over 500 Users on the scoreboard after 2 days and the 2nd one has almost 300 users after half a day. While the quiz I posted here had maybe 30 users after a few days.

[RINGG]

Lineal isnt holding all 4 belts,, Its the man who beat the man who beat the man

I agree that if there is no lineal, the guy with all the belts takes over, he is the man. Like Teddybear said.

[Humean]

Good quiz though make it harder next time. Last question had me confused, I was thinking that Briggs won the title from the guy Wilder recently knocked out. I only got it right because Foreman was the only one I remember Briggs definitely fought.

Lineage is grossly overrated, beating the man who beat the man is only important if the man who beat the man is the same version of the man. A lot of the time lineage passes when the man who beat the man has declined with age. If Cotto beats Martinez then Cotto will be the lineal middleweight champion but if that was to happen then for me the crown of 'real' or 'legitimate' middleweight champion would pass from Martinez to Golovkin and not Cotto. Lineage would add little significance to me in light of a Cotto win.

[ShoulderRoll]

If Cotto beats Martinez then Cotto will be the lineal middleweight champion but if that was to happen then for me the crown of 'real' or 'legitimate' middleweight champion would pass from Martinez to Golovkin and not Cotto. Lineage would add little significance to me in light of a Cotto win.

If that were to happen then Cotto would be the real middleweight champion. I don't see why Golovkin should magically get anointed with that title when his best win is Macklin.