Should Mayweather vs Ortiz be for the lineal WW championship?

**Larry the boss** · 06-07-2011, 12:40 PM

floyd is the lineal ww champ..so yes it will be

**Larry the boss** · 06-07-2011, 12:41 PM

lineal..and ring champs are 2 differant things

floyds already the lineal champ......but the winner of this fight has to fight manny for the ring belt

**Franco2012** · 06-07-2011, 12:41 PM

No,Pacquiao vs Mosley was and Pacquiao is lineal WW champion of the world!

**-Kev-** · 06-07-2011, 12:42 PM

The last WW lineal champion was Shane Mosley in 2009, Floyd beat him, so Floyd is the lineal champ.

Now if you mean The Ring WW champion then that's vacant and it should be the #1 WW vs the #2 WW fighting for it. But on rare occasions it can be the #1 vs #3. Floyd is neither of those.

**$tate of Mind** · 06-07-2011, 12:42 PM

Originally posted by CUNG LE

No,Pacquiao vs Mosley was and Pacquiao is lineal WW champion of the world!

Why do you have me on ignore?

**B.U.R.N.E.R** · 06-07-2011, 12:44 PM

Ofcourse it is.

Mayweather IS the Lineal WW Champion.

**Anti~Jalandoni** · 06-07-2011, 12:44 PM

Originally posted by CUNG LE

No,Pacquiao vs Mosley was and Pacquiao is lineal WW champion of the world!

No. Never heard of Ortiz, Is he even a boxer?(not srs)

No.

**Jimbo16031992** · 06-07-2011, 12:46 PM

Mayweather has been the lineal Welterweight champion of the world since he beat Baldomir in 2006, so of course this is for the lineal championship.

**THe TRiNiTY** · 06-07-2011, 12:47 PM

Depends on how you look at it. Lineally, it might make some sense. However, Mayweather retired after beating Carlos Baldomir, so that technically vacates the championship.

However, he never lost it. Still, the line was broken when he retired. By definition, he is the link. However, he broke that link. Regardless of how absurd that retirement was.

As far as The Ring championship? No. Manny Pacquiao is rightfully number one in most people's minds. Not to mention that even if you don't believe he's number one, you couldn't knock him down below second ranking. Therefore, Ortiz, even as high as number three, wouldn't likely make it a championship match.

I wouldn't mind if they made it for the championship, however. Though, I think that Manny Pacquiao-Shane Mosley should have been for the championship in the first place.

Should Mayweather vs Ortiz be for the lineal WW championship?