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Did you guys know that the actual Lineal Champion at Middleweight at the moment is Darren Barker?
When Lineal Champion Ray Leonard returned from his 6 year retirement in 1997 and a whole 10 years since he won his Lineage in 1987, he defended his MW Lineage against Hector Camacho.
Leonard was of course still the Lineal Champion in 1997, which is definitely a fact. After all, uttering the magic words of "retirement" doesn't mean anything, does it? You can only lose your Lineage in the ring, right?
So, the new Lineal MW Champion Camacho kept his MW Lineage all the way up until 2003 defending it 11 times! Almost breaking Monzon's record, just three away, until he finally lost it to the great Chris Walsh.
Chris Walsh then lost it in his next fight to Dirk Dzemski.
Who then lost it to Sebastian Sylvester in his next fight.
Who then lost it to Amin Asikainen in 2006 to then win it back of him in 2007 in an epic European Title/Lineal Title Unification fight!!! European Title AND Lineage on the line at the same time!
Slvester than valiantly held on to his Lineage until 2008 losing to Felix Sturm.
And then, after long last Felix Sturm lost his Lineage to Daniel Geale.
Then, in 2013, Barker defied the odds and won the LINEAL MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE OF THE WORLD!!!
Strums epic chance at Lineage redemption is next week. December 7th on a card billed as "Battle of the Lineage"
The epic rematch awaits just next week for the Middleweight Lineage!!
Fun facts learnt from this thread;
Bernard Hopkins held every belt at Middleweight but was never Lineal Champion.
Sebastian Slyvester, 2 time Lineal Champ at MW.
This is some how even more ******ed than saying Ward is currently the Lineal LHW Champion. You didn't think that was possible, did you?
When Lineal Champion Ray Leonard returned from his 6 year retirement in 1997 and a whole 10 years since he won his Lineage in 1987, he defended his MW Lineage against Hector Camacho.
Leonard was of course still the Lineal Champion in 1997, which is definitely a fact. After all, uttering the magic words of "retirement" doesn't mean anything, does it? You can only lose your Lineage in the ring, right?
So, the new Lineal MW Champion Camacho kept his MW Lineage all the way up until 2003 defending it 11 times! Almost breaking Monzon's record, just three away, until he finally lost it to the great Chris Walsh.
Chris Walsh then lost it in his next fight to Dirk Dzemski.
Who then lost it to Sebastian Sylvester in his next fight.
Who then lost it to Amin Asikainen in 2006 to then win it back of him in 2007 in an epic European Title/Lineal Title Unification fight!!! European Title AND Lineage on the line at the same time!
Slvester than valiantly held on to his Lineage until 2008 losing to Felix Sturm.
And then, after long last Felix Sturm lost his Lineage to Daniel Geale.
Then, in 2013, Barker defied the odds and won the LINEAL MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE OF THE WORLD!!!
Strums epic chance at Lineage redemption is next week. December 7th on a card billed as "Battle of the Lineage"
The epic rematch awaits just next week for the Middleweight Lineage!!
Fun facts learnt from this thread;
Bernard Hopkins held every belt at Middleweight but was never Lineal Champion.
Sebastian Slyvester, 2 time Lineal Champ at MW.
This is some how even more ******ed than saying Ward is currently the Lineal LHW Champion. You didn't think that was possible, did you?
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