Alvarez still ring mag's mw champ

[bigdunny1]

Yeah bigdunny, but it's a shame cuz NO ONE considers him the real champion. He won it by beating an outsided JMW and avoided a fight with his mandatory. GGG is the real champion, you don't fool anyone.

Yet no OTHER major publication has stripped Canelo of his lineal standing. It ain't about Ring magazine. By the rules he is the lineal champ you GGG fanboys can cry all you want but unless you break your own rules no reason he doesn't hold his lineal standing. Floyd held lineal status at 154 for years while he was fighting at 147 and 152 catchweights. Stevenson held lineal status for years without fighting Kovalev. There is no grounds to strip him which is why Ring, Boxingscene, ESPN ect all publications that care about lineal titles still have him number 1.

[Jsmooth9876]

Yet no OTHER major publication has stripped Canelo of his lineal standing. It ain't about Ring magazine. By the rules he is the lineal champ you GGG fanboys can cry all you want but unless you break your own rules no reason he doesn't hold his lineal standing. Floyd held lineal status at 154 for years while he was fighting at 147 and 152 catchweights. Stevenson held lineal status for years without fighting Kovalev. There is no grounds to strip him which is why Ring, Boxingscene, ESPN ect all publications that care about lineal titles still have him number 1.

So what you're saying is the lineal title don't mean Sheeeet...

[_Maxi]

Yet no OTHER major publication has stripped Canelo of his lineal standing. It ain't about Ring magazine. By the rules he is the lineal champ you GGG fanboys can cry all you want but unless you break your own rules no reason he doesn't hold his lineal standing. Floyd held lineal status at 154 for years while he was fighting at 147 and 152 catchweights. Stevenson held lineal status for years without fighting Kovalev. There is no grounds to strip him which is why Ring, Boxingscene, ESPN ect all publications that care about lineal titles still have him number 1.

So what you're saying is the lineal title don't mean Sheeeet...

Thanks Jsmooth.

[The Smash]

by the way the website you are on right now has him still as the Middleweight champ

http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/view.php?pg=boxing-ratings

Middleweight (155-160 lbs.)



Notable Recent Results

06/25: #9 Chris Eubank Jr. (23-1, 18 KO) TKO4 Tom Doran (17-1, 7 KO)



World Middleweight Champion: Saul Alvarez (47-1-1, 33 KO, Lineal/TBRB/Ring)

Lineage Descends From: Hopkins TKO12 Trinidad 09/29/2001



Top Ten Contenders

1. Gennady Golovkin (35-0, 32 KO, WBA Super, 16 Defenses; IBF, 1 Defenses; WBC, 4 Defenses)

2. Daniel Jacobs (31-1, 28 KO, WBA, 3 Defenses)

3. Billy Joe Saunders (23-0, 12 KO, WBO, 0 Defenses)

4. Miguel Cotto (40-5, 33 KO)

5. Andy Lee (34-3-1, 24 KO)

6. Peter Quillin (32-1-1, 23 KO)

7. David Lemieux (35-3, 32 KO)

8. Hassan N’Dam N’jikam (33-2, 19 KO)

9. Chris Eubank Jr. (23-1, 18 KO, interim WBA)

10. Jorge Sebastian Heiland (27-4-2, 14 KO)



Previous Champion: Miguel Cotto (2014-15)

Consecutive Title Defense Record, Lineal: Carlos Monzon - 14

Consecutive Title Defense Record, Other: Bernard Hopkins (IBF) – 20

Current Champion – Defenses: 1 – Lineal/TBRB/Ring

3 guys in that top 10 lost their last fight.

Middleweight might be the weakest division in boxing.

[Robbie Barrett]

Canelo is the MW champ, stay salty Lil Ginas.

[_Maxi]

Canelo is the MW champ, stay salty Lil Ginas.

How strange, you having the anti-GGG position.

[ruedboy]

So what you're saying is the lineal title don't mean Sheeeet...

Exactly. I wonder why people get hung up on BS boxing organization rules like they were handed down with the Ten Commandments??

[Robbie Barrett]

How strange, you having the anti-GGG position.

Canelo is recognised by every media rankings as the MW champ. That's just fact, deal with it. Canelo's win over Cotto is better than anything on Lil G's resume, deal with that too. It's impossible for Golovkin to be even in with a shout of lineal he's never beaten a 1 or 2 rated MW.

Just FACTS.

[_Maxi]

Canelo is recognised by every media rankings as the MW champ. That's just fact, deal with it. Canelo's win over Cotto is better than anything on Lil G's resume, deal with that too. It's impossible for Golovkin to be even in with a shout of lineal he's never beaten a 1 or 2 rated MW.

Just FACTS.

It's ok man, it's ok. Canelo is better than GGG, that's why he vacated to avoid the fight. Kisses.

[Eastcoast]

Doug Fischer said that if Canelo takes 2 fights at 154 in a row, he'll be removed from the 160 standings.

Though he did beat Angulo, Lara, and Khan all at 155, having Canelo as the top 160lber is sad considering he's never beaten a fighter who weighed over 155lbs.