That's statistics. There are 5 other belts to 1 lineal belt. You can say, "how many guys have won the WBC belt in 3 divisions" and the list would be pretty impressive also.
Take a situation like Mosley/Cotto/Margarito. They did a triangle beat down, because their styles made the fights. Mosley just happened to be the last guy fighting in the chain. I don't believe he was the best fighter at 147 when he beat Margarito. There was still Clottey and Cotto again and Paul Williams and Mayweather. And then Shane still held that belt when Pac came up and beat Cotto and Clottey. You can't really blame Pac or any fighter who choose not to fight Shane because of his lack of draw. I don't call that ducking. Now when Pac/Floyd broke down, Mosley was still scheduled to fight Berto, so Pac fought Clottey.
So you can see there that some fighters lack the opportunity to ever get a shot with the lineal title holder (because of business reasons, time reasons, age reasons), and sometimes the lineal title holder isn't worthy, so that makes the concept flawed, and makes the title on the same level as the other belts.
Take a situation like Mosley/Cotto/Margarito. They did a triangle beat down, because their styles made the fights. Mosley just happened to be the last guy fighting in the chain. I don't believe he was the best fighter at 147 when he beat Margarito. There was still Clottey and Cotto again and Paul Williams and Mayweather. And then Shane still held that belt when Pac came up and beat Cotto and Clottey. You can't really blame Pac or any fighter who choose not to fight Shane because of his lack of draw. I don't call that ducking. Now when Pac/Floyd broke down, Mosley was still scheduled to fight Berto, so Pac fought Clottey.
So you can see there that some fighters lack the opportunity to ever get a shot with the lineal title holder (because of business reasons, time reasons, age reasons), and sometimes the lineal title holder isn't worthy, so that makes the concept flawed, and makes the title on the same level as the other belts.
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