Will AJ-Klit crown a new lineal Heavyweight champion?

[Tom Cruise]

How is Wlad #1 when he lost his last fight? WTF?

#1 Fury
#2 Wlad
#3 Wilder or Povetkin
#4 Joshua

#2 vs #4 does not make you lineal no matter how much you like AJ.

And rankings don't mean that AJ is worse than Wlad, Wilder or Povetkin. It just means those 3 fighters have done more in the division and deserve a higher ranking.

Yep agreed. Plus your list puts Joshua at no.5 rather than 4 assuming you would have both Wilder and Povetkin above Joshua in the rankings (I would)

[KillaCamNZ]

It's already for the IBF, IBO and WBA Super. It's going to be funny when some chump wins the regular WBA.

Klit was a dominant lineal champion for so long, and AJ is currently the top dog in the division. Who better to face off for the vacant lineal?

AJ isn't the top dog in the division. He has precisely 0 wins against someone with a pulse currently.

I absolutely despise the Birmingham Bumhunter, but even he's got a better track record than AJ. Hell, impressive or underwhelming - even Parker has 2 quality wins. I'd call Ortiz's win v Jennings above any win AJ has also. Povetkin is another with actual wins to claim merit from.

AJ right now, has no grounds to be fighting to be lineal, undisputed, or anything of the theme. Yet.

[Pigeons]

No.

Fury is the lineal champion. Even if you think he vacated it, Klitschko has been inactive for over a year so he's not ranked in the top 10. Povetkin and Wilder are also rated above Joshua.

[BitPlayer]

Fury is still the champ to me.

I think he'll come back.

[Earl-Hickey]

He'll naw mayne

Dey both stay ducking deontay

Dey don Mt want dat work

[MDPopescu]

It's already for the IBF, IBO and WBA Super. It's going to be funny when some chump wins the regular WBA.

Klit was a dominant lineal champion for so long, and AJ is currently the top dog in the division. Who better to face off for the vacant lineal?

Fury is the "lineal"...

[Scipio2009]

It's already for the IBF, IBO and WBA Super. It's going to be funny when some chump wins the regular WBA.

Klit was a dominant lineal champion for so long, and AJ is currently the top dog in the division. Who better to face off for the vacant lineal?

Klitschko was the long-reigning champion at heavyweight (though his brother also having a belt never offered the chance to establish a sole lineage, as Lennox Lewis was the last lineal champ and he retired on a win), and then got beat by Tyson Fury.

The new lineage will be established once all of the belts are unified again; Wilder has his WBC mandatory, the WBA needs to square away their title situation (Wilder/Klistchko for the top belt, Ortiz-Briggs for the regular belt, the Ortiz-Briggs winner versus Fres Oquendo, and then Ortiz/Briggs/Oquendo winner facing Klitschko/Joshua winner), the WBO arguably has one mandatory owed, and the IBF will likely have a mandatory defense come due in the near future.

A ton of moving parts, but doubt that a new lineage gets established until 2018

[Sadiqkingofko]

How is Wlad #1 when he lost his last fight? WTF?

#1 Fury
#2 Wlad
#3 Wilder or Povetkin
#4 Joshua

#2 vs #4 does not make you lineal no matter how much you like AJ.

And rankings don't mean that AJ is worse than Wlad, Wilder or Povetkin. It just means those 3 fighters have done more in the division and deserve a higher ranking.

fury retired didn't he lol

[khal-d]

fury retired didn't he lol

He'll be back. And even if Tyson Fury is never fighting again, you still have Wilder and Povetkin ranked higher than AJ who would be #4 in the division at best.

[Larry the boss]

No, Fury is not retired