Comments Thread For: Lineage Matters Most at Heavyweight

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Everyone aside from the WBC ranks Joshua as number one.

Being ranked #1 and being champion are two different things. I have Joshua ranked #1, but Fury is still the champion.

As for Fury's "lineage" why was Fury not "stripped" of that for failing a drugs test?

Why would he be stripped for failing a test from a different fight before he became champion?

[Slowhand]

[Boksfan]

WTF is this article? Lineage is just a fairytale, means absolutely nothing in boxing. Smh. They try to push this fight really desperately paying for articles like this.

[Robbie Barrett]

He said he was joking about being retired, plenty of lineal champions went longer than 2 years without fighting, and the PED test was for a fight before he became champion, and therefore, completely irrelevant.

Even Ring Magazine, which stripped Fury of their title, continues to refer to him as lineal champion. All of the media is still referring to him as lineal champion. The world has spoken. He is still lineal champion whether you like it or not. You're a punk kid crying on the internet. You have no say in anything.

Non of the major rankings recognise Fury as lineal. They print that crap because that's how they're promoting the fight. Wilder is going to have to fight Joshua to be viewed as the best/lineal.

[Robbie Barrett]

WTF is this article? Lineage is just a fairytale, means absolutely nothing in boxing. Smh. They try to push this fight really desperately paying for articles like this.

Casuals don't give a **** about lineal, only who is the best. Boxing fans know Fury isn't lineal anymore, there's only Wilder and Fury fans desperately trying to hang on to it.

[Robbie Barrett]

Being ranked #1 and being champion are two different things. I have Joshua ranked #1, but Fury is still the champion.




Why would he be stripped for failing a test from a different fight before he became champion?

Because he got a two year ban.

[Boksfan]

Casuals don't give a **** about lineal, only who is the best. Boxing fans know Fury isn't lineal anymore, there's only Wilder and Fury fans desperately trying to hang on to it.

Fury fans? They exist? Lmao

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Non of the major rankings recognise Fury as lineal.

I know you're a teenager and started watching boxing yesterday, but the "major rankings" have absolutely nothing to do with lineal. It's the man who beat the man. Period. Nobody is dis*****g that Fury is lineal except for obsessive Joshua fans.

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Because he got a two year ban.

Plenty of lineal champions have gone longer than two years between fights. If you weren't a teenager who started watching boxing yesterday, you'd know that.

He accepted a backdated "ban" once he was ready to come back. None of which had anything to do with the fight he won the lineal title in, nor any fight where the lineal title was defended.

[Liondw]

Joshua may or may not be able to beat Wilder and Fury, but the winner of this fight will be proclaimed THE heavyweight champion of the world. Lineage does matter, the man who beat the man.