Crowning And Recognizing A Lineal Champion – Part III

[BIGPOPPAPUMP]

By Jake Donovan - On tap in this edition are looks into four more weight classes: lightweight, junior lightweight, featherweight and junior featherweight. Two of the four divisions currently boast lineage, with the other two suffering notoriety at the top, both as a result of Manny Pacquiao’s defection, first from featherweight in early 2005, then junior lightweight last year. [details]

[Dave Rado]

By Jake Donovan - For those who want to track who ranks where on this website, please click the following for the Boxingscene.com rankings, which are maintained by site co-manager Cliff Rold and updated quarterly. [details]

You appear to have missed out the link to those rankings, unless it's just my misty glasses.

[JakeNDaBox]

Fixed, the hyperlink apparently was broken when transferring from Word to publish. The link is included in the display text that reads "Boxingscene.com Rankings"

[DuttyAlacrity]

These are great articles! I'm definitely for restoring lineal champs. Too bad Nate Campbell got the shaft

[warp1432]

Who are the next two that are lead to believe? Daisuke Naito (Not to sure why though) and Hozumi Hasegawa??

[JakeNDaBox]

you'll have to wait until Friday for an explanation. But you are correct on Naito.

[rizkybizness]

you'll have to wait until Friday for an explanation. But you are correct on Naito.

hey man, can you please inform your colleague, Ronnie, that he is embarassing himself?****, i feel embarassed just reading those pathetic words grouped together being passed as articles.

[Chups]

These are the true World champs. Fuck the alphabelts.

[giacomino]

The fact that Naito is the linear flyweight champion has as much relevance as Erdei being the linear light heavy champion. That would be none. The linear title is meaningless in an era when champions like Naito/Erdei stay home and don't ever have to face the best opposition in their division. Pong was the "linear flyweight champion" for years and avoided any contact with the best in the division.

[PlasticFlamingo]

Restoring lineals would be good for the sport, best beating best. But vacancies and retirements will just continue breaking the lines.