Would Pacquiao-Bradley III crown a Lineal Welterweight Champion?

[Pigeons]

I'm not interested in this fight, I'd much rather see Pacquiao-Crawford, but for discussion's sake, would Pacquiao-Bradley III crown a Lineal Welterweight Champion?

Mayweather vacated his lineal WW crown when he retired in September. Currently, Pacquiao and Bradley are rated as the #1 and #2 WWs according to the following rankings:
TBRB http://www.tbrb.org/all-rankings/
ESPN http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/id...s-welterweight
BoxingScene http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/vi...boxing-ratings
PBO (formerly IWBR): http://premierboxingorganisation.com/welterweight-147

Other rankings do not list them as the #1 and #2 WWs:
RING (Pacquiao #2, Bradley #4): ringtv.craveonline.com/ratings/welterweight
FightN*ws (Bradley #1, Pacquiao #3): fightnews.com/rankings-2
BoxRec (Pacquiao #1, Bradley #4): http://boxrec.com/records?sex=m&division=Welterweight

Fighters that would have an argument for top 2? Brook: Best win is Porter. Thurman: Best win is Guerrero. Khan: Best win is Alexander. Porter: Best win is Broner. I don't think these guys have the depth in their resumes to equal Pacquiao (Algieri, Bradley, Rios, Marquez, Mosley, Clottey, Cotto) or Bradley (Rios, Vargas, Chaves, Marquez, Provodnikov, Pacquiao).

What do you guys think?

[HanzGruber]

No and thankfully so

[285Kid]

No , no its won't

[Pigeons]

For anyone that doesn't think it would crown a Lineal Welterweight Champion, who do you rank higher than Pacquiao and/or Bradley at WW? Brook?

[Larry the boss]

Yea i think it would,these are clearly the 2 most accomplished ww's

[HanzGruber]

Ring lineal is the one that matters. If they're not 1 and 2 it's not for lineal

[kiaba360]

For a clear lineal champion to be crowned, I think Pac/Thurman/Brook/Bradley have to fight. We all know how likely that is to happen.

[Larry the boss]

Ring lineal is the one that matters. If they're not 1 and 2 it's not for lineal

I disagree..Ring is watered down now..hell the #1 can fight the #4 and get the Ring belt now

[Pigeons]

Ring lineal is the one that matters. If they're not 1 and 2 it's not for lineal

No it doesn't. The RING strips fighters for absurd reasons. That's not how lineal works. According to the RING, there is no LHW champion and Donnie Nietes is the RING JFW champion. In reality, Stevenson is the lineal LHW champion and there is no lineal JFW champion.

The RING is corrupt and is biased towards GBP and HBO fighters.

[HanzGruber]

I disagree..Ring is watered down now..hell the #1 can fight the #4 and get the Ring belt now

When did that happen?