Pacquiao is the new lineal weltereight champion!

[jrosales13]

That's why it's called lineal. Cotto beat Mosley!!!

Mosley is the #1 WW. Pac needs to beat Mosley. This whole thing about Cotto beating Mosley means nothing in the sense as a lineal claim. After Cotto beat Mosley Cotto was #1, then Floyd retired. Cotto was #1, Margarito beats Cotto, Margarito became #1. And, Mosley beat Margarito to become #1. Pac needs to beat Mosley to have a lineal claim.

[revs1227]

mosleys the man

[revs1227]

Pacquiao beat the man who got beat by the man who got beat by the real man mosley

[SkilledB]

That's why it's called lineal. Cotto beat Mosley!!!

and marg beat cotto, and mosely beat marg

mosely is the man at WW right now

[S H O B O X]

anyone who thinks pac is lineal champ is an idiot . Mosley has that claim

[El_Cholo]

Thats the only real thing wrong with boxing, its too many belts. I think there should be one belt in every weight class. I heard Floyd say that the WBC belt is the official belt. However, I always thought the WBA was the offical champion.

Froch said similar.

all I know if that the WBC & WBA are the two oldest organisations in boxing at the moment.

[Da7thsign]

Pac vs Mosley/Mayweather Jr is the fight to claim that title.

[madsweeney]

and marg beat cotto, and mosely beat marg

mosely is the man at WW right now

Mosely beat the busted marg. Cotto lost to the version of marg that is being proven to have had plaster in his gloves. Fact of the matter is Cotto beat Mosely.

[horge]

As Chups has pointed out, WW lineal is kind of vacant.
Whoever unifies the belts becomes lineal undisputedly.

If Pac can defeat the winner of Mosley/Berto, he's almost there.

[RimmyDelicious]

It's Mosley, but lineal titles and all those paper titles have lost their meaning and importance.