Linear Heavyweight Champion

[ИATAS]

Roy gave up his titles when he went to HW to fight Ruiz. When he came back down, he never got a chance to win the linear title back.

I see. Well I only follow the Ring Belts anyways.

[TheGreatA]

wait, how is Zsolt Erdei the linear light heavyweight champ? Shouldn't it be Calzaghe since he "beat the man" Hopkins who beat the man Tarver who beat the man Roy Jones?

Zsolt Erdei>JC Gonzales>Dariusz Michalczewski>Virgil Hill

Roy picked up the vacant WBC belt and the WBA & IBF belts which were stripped off Michalczewski who had won them from Virgil Hill.

[mud19]

Does anyone know the answer?

[KnockoutTheFat]

Does anyone know the answer?

Nobody is the linear HW champion yet, but Wlad is close. If you are deemed by the public as the champion, then you are basically the linear champion; this only happens when the lineal champ before that retired. Wlad would start the new lineage; for example, if he had fought and beat either Chagaev or Peter, he will have unified 3 of the 4 belts and get the Ring Magazine belt; this would basically state to the public that we have one dominant HW that cleaned everybody out; this in affect would create a new linear champion.

[crold1]

Wlad beating Chagaev would put the lineage squarely with him; some say Peter and if that rematch happened, the argument would be made but Chagaeb is probably more realistic before, oh, 2010 and Wlad already womped Peter so the onus isn't on Wlad to win that again.