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The lineal title has never been the most important title in boxing. How would you qualify that statement? The most important title in boxing is being 'the best', and championships have never set out to establish who that is. In the case of a lineal system, the so-called 'man' isn't necessarily the 'best' and there are numerous examples of it (Stevenson, Cotto, Canelo, Jaro, Gonzales etc). It's a product of its own severely flawed rules..
Its just another championship, one of many. It only makes you 'the' champion if you look at it through a 'lineal' point of view, just like the IBF champion is looked at through the IBF's point of view. Look at Golovkin's situation. I believe its far more balanced to put more worth on his unified championship, than Canelo's lineal one, because I believe the fighter and his resume make a title, not the other way around.
Its just another championship, one of many. It only makes you 'the' champion if you look at it through a 'lineal' point of view, just like the IBF champion is looked at through the IBF's point of view. Look at Golovkin's situation. I believe its far more balanced to put more worth on his unified championship, than Canelo's lineal one, because I believe the fighter and his resume make a title, not the other way around.
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