There are only 7 legitimate champions in men's boxing right now.

[famicommander]

The legitimate lineal world champions of each division
Heavyweight: Usyk
Cruiserweight: Opetaia
Light Heavyweight: Bivol
Super Middleweight: Crawford
Middleweight: VACANT
Super Welterweight: VACANT
Welterweight: VACANT
Super Lightweight: Lopez
Lightweight: VACANT
Super Featherweight: VACANT
Featherweight: VACANT
Super Bantamweight: Inoue
Bantamweight: VACANT
Super Flyweight: Rodriguez
Flyweight: VACANT
Light Flyweight: VACANT
Strawweight: VACANT

What a sad state of affairs

[Smash]

not a bad bunch in the divisions that are clear

not so sure on teo tho, i mean take a look at his past opponents for many years, lacking a lot of names on there & he bailed on a haney fight & has looked poor in some of these fights as well v a certain style, which is why he avoided haney of course and turned down 11 mil turki cash WOW

[daggum]

dont think crawford can be considered a legit champion since canelo ducked benavidez so badly he forfeited his claim due to cowardice

[Smash]

whats going on with zurdo? im not following it that closely but when i see a jai opt interview hes getting ratty with zurdo saying hes asking for phone book money & has no clue when the fight will happen, bit sad

[famicommander]

not a bad bunch in the divisions that are clear

not so sure on teo tho, i mean take a look at his past opponents for many years, lacking a lot of names on there & he bailed on a haney fight & has looked poor in some of these fights as well v a certain style, which is why he avoided haney of course and turned down 11 mil turki cash WOW

Lopez's last fight was literally against the TBRB's #1 contender at 140.

And he's the lineal champ no matter what way you want to look at it.

Josh Taylor became lineal at 140 via the Prograis fight. Then his first official loss was to Lopez, so Lopez is lineal.

Of course, you could say that Catterall got robbed against Taylor (and he did) so the true lineage should run through him. Well, Catterall lost to Barboza and then Barboza lost to Lopez.

So either way, the lineage at 140 runs through Teofimo Lopez.

I don't like the guy, he's a racist moron, but he was the legitimate champion at 135 and now he's the legitimate champion at 140.

[famicommander]

whats going on with zurdo? im not following it that closely but when i see a jai opt interview hes getting ratty with zurdo saying hes asking for phone book money & has no clue when the fight will happen, bit sad

Zurdo just had a shoulder surgery.

But I straight up don't believe Jai when he says Zurdo is the one ducking. Look at Zurdo's last 5 opponents and compare them to Jai's. Zurdo is fighting killers back to back to back while Jai has only faced one good opponent in his entire career (twice): Briedis. The rest of Jai's opponents are literally the worst guys he can get away with fighting without the IBF stripping him (or, in one case, they did strip him).

[Spray_resistant]

5 years ago I don't think we had any clear cut legitimate champions so its an improvement.

[famicommander]

5 years ago I don't think we had any clear cut legitimate champions so its an improvement.

5 years ago today we had Usyk at cruiserweight, Stevenson at light heavyweight, Canelo at middleweight, Mikey Garcia at super lightweight, Rigondeaux at super bantam, and Sor Rungvisai at super fly.

[Spray_resistant]

5 years ago today we had Usyk at cruiserweight, Stevenson at light heavyweight, Canelo at middleweight, Mikey Garcia at super lightweight, Rigondeaux at super bantam, and Sor Rungvisai at super fly.

Stevenson was not the main man at 175, neither was Canelo after that "draw" against GGG and then being popped for PEDs, Garcia might have had a trinket, neither Rigo nor Rungvisai were clearly the man via running through their divisions either. Things are better now so the only sensible thing for you to do is convert to islam if you have not already and praise his excellency for saving fisticuffs.

[famicommander]

Stevenson was not the main man at 175, neither was Canelo after that "draw" against GGG and then being popped for PEDs, Garcia might have had a trinket, neither Rigo nor Rungvisai were clearly the man via running through their divisions either. Things are better now so the only sensible thing for you to do is convert to islam if you have not already and praise his excellency for saving fisticuffs.

Those were the lineal champions. Your opinions and nitpicks about them are irrelevant.