Golovkin/Jacobs for the lineal title?

[Kigali]

No. Canelo still holds the lineage at 160 because he hasn't lost, retired or permanently left the division.

The "lineal" champion is a cool little history tidbit but it's meaningless in today's boxing landscape which is about cherry picking the biggest cash grab with the least amount of risk at the moment.

I still can't call him a MW champion by beating Cotto,who is not a MW himself...

.....but I see what you mean.

[icha]

Canelo beat the MW champion, he's the MW champion until he gets beaten. That's how it's always been, the rules don't change for Golovkin.

Many here dont know the difference between being the ring champion and lineal champion, i wouldnt waste too much time with them...

[asgarth]

Does the lineal, not the ring championship have rules by which the title is vacated? If not, they probably should introduce some.
Current boxing is to fragmented with x belts, catchweights and so on.
Lineal title shouldnt be won at a catchweight and subsequently defended at a catchweight. Makes no sense and just dilutes everything.

[GMAN SUPREME]

princess canelita is a puss and a joke.

[j0zef]

Whole point of the lineal is that it is passed down the line. Unless Canelo loses or retires, he's still gonna have it. Just because you don't like it (and believe me, I don't either) doesn't mean we should pick and choose what suits us.

[GMAN SUPREME]

Whole point of the lineal is that it is passed down the line. Unless Canelo loses or retires, he's still gonna have it. Just because you don't like it (and believe me, I don't either) doesn't mean we should pick and choose what suits us.

he will lose it if he continues to fight outside the weight class he has until the end of this year to defend it or he gets stripped.

[techliam]

Many here dont know the difference between being the ring champion and lineal champion, i wouldnt waste too much time with them...

I'm not talking about the RING

We will have to wait and see what TBRB and/or CBZ have to say on the matter.

According to some posts on this thread, Canelo will continue to be champion unless he 'permanently' retires the division, which is false. The title would become vacant if a fighter vacates the division, which Canelo appears to be doing

[Robbie Barrett]

he will lose it if he continues to fight outside the weight class he has until the end of this year to defend it or he gets stripped.

Who's going to strip him?

[Kigali]

Who's going to strip him?

We can at least hope somebody strips him....he's holding his trinket hostage.

[Robbie Barrett]

I'm not talking about the RING

We will have to wait and see what TBRB and/or CBZ have to say on the matter.

According to some posts on this thread, Canelo will continue to be champion unless he 'permanently' retires the division, which is false. The title would become vacant if a fighter vacates the division, which Canelo appears to be doing

You know full well Canelo is going to be fighting at 160, you just want Golovkin to be recognised as lineal without actually winning it. Seems Golovkin fans are used to him being given things without fighting for them.