Which heavyweight title lineage do you consider the most prestigious?

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Well I thought he was stripped because he refused to enlist in the war? He would have been stripped of every belt, that isn't a WBA thing is it? (please correct me if i'm wrong)

The WBA stripped Ali for giving Sonny Liston a rematch. The WBC didn't. The WBA stripped Ali *again* for not going to Vietnam and they stripped him very quickly. The WBC waited much longer to strip him and only stripped him because it was becoming clear he'd be unable to get a boxing license. They were far more fair to Ali in both instances than the WBA was.

In the first instance, WBC champion Ali dominated WBA champion Terrell to re-unify the title. Adding to the WBC's credibility. In the second instance, WBC champion Frazier dominated WBA champion Ellis to unify the title. Adding to the WBC's credibility. WBC heavyweight champions are undefeated in unification fights. Over and over, when given the chance, the WBC champion has proven superior to the others.

Ahhhh, I hope you edit this list if and when WBC make Wilder Franchise

Thus far, the boxing world has refused to recognize the Franchise title as a world championship. The "Franchise champion" can't lose the title in the ring. So how can it be a world title? If you beat the Franchise champion, you become the diamond champion, not the world champion, and the Franchise champion remains Franchise champion despite the loss.

[CodeBreaker]

Either that black belt or that green one

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The lineal title is the only one that matters and it is presently vacant.

For those that recognize the lineal title, most seem to consider Fury the champion. So it may be vacant in your opinion, but most seem to disagree. There were other lineal heavyweight champions with longer hiatuses than Fury had and they never had their lineal status taken away.

[famicommander]

For those that recognize the lineal title, most seem to consider Fury the champion. So it may be vacant in your opinion, but most seem to disagree. There were other lineal heavyweight champions with longer hiatuses than Fury had and they never had their lineal status taken away.

Fury publicly declared his retirement multiple times. That vacates the lineal title.

Just like how Pacquiao vacated the lineal welterweight title upon retirement, even though he returned to the ring mere months later.

Otherwise, Bud Crawford would be considered lineal welterweight champion and nobody considers him that. Because Horn beat Pacquiao, who won the vacant lineal welterweight title against Tim Bradley and then retired. But in the same calendar year he returned, beat Jesse Vargas, then lost (by robbery, but that's beside the point) to Horn. And then Crawford beat Horn.

But because Pacquiao retired, nobody considered him lineal champion when he lost to Horn. And thus Horn, and Crawford, were never lineal champion.

The TBRB and CBZ both consider the lineal heavyweight title to be vacant.

The only ones who still consider Fury lineal champion are people involved with the promotion of his fights.

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Fury publicly declared his retirement multiple times. That vacates the lineal title.

Hours after publicly declaring his retirement, he said it was a prank and he wasn't retiring. If that's your justification for stripping him, you might need a sense of humor.

[famicommander]

Hours after publicly declaring his retirement, he said it was a prank and he wasn't retiring. If that's your justification for stripping him, you might need a sense of humor.

He retired at least 3 times via social media and it took months to retract one of them.

[Tony Trick-Pony]

wba world heavyweight champions (1962-present)
floyd patterson
sonny liston
muhammad ali (stripped)
ernie terrell
muhammad ali (stripped)
jimmy ellis
joe frazier
george foreman
muhammad ali
leon spinks
muhammad ali (vacated)
john tate
mike weaver
michael dokes
gerrie coetzee
greg page
tony tubbs
tim witherspoon
bonecrusher smith
mike tyson
buster douglas
evander holyfield
rid**** bowe
evander holyfield
michael moorer
george foreman (stripped)
bruce seldon
mike tyson
evander holyfield
lennox lewis (stripped)
evander holyfield
john ruiz
roy jones jr. (vacated)
john ruiz
nikolai valuev
ruslan chagaev (stripped)
nikolai valuev
david haye (vacated)
alexander povetkin (vacated)
ruslan chagaev (stripped)
manuel charr


wbc world heavyweight champions (1963-present)
sonny liston
muhammad ali (stripped)
joe frazier
george foreman
muhammad ali
leon spinks (stripped)
ken norton
larry holmes (vacated)
tim witherspoon
pinklon thomas
trevor berbick
mike tyson
buster douglas
evander holyfield
rid**** bowe (stripped)
lennox lewis
oliver mccall
frank bruno
mike tyson (vacated)
lennox lewis
hasim rahman
lennox lewis (vacated)
vitali klitschko (vacated)
hasim rahman
oleg maskaev
samuel peter
vitali klitschko (vacated)
bermane stiverne
deontay wilder


ibf world heavyweight champions (1983-present)
larry holmes
michael spinks (stripped)
tony tucker
mike tyson
buster douglas
evander holyfield
rid**** bowe
evander holyfield
michael moorer
george foreman (vacated)
francois botha (stripped)
michael moorer
evander holyfield
lennos lewis
hasim rahman
lennox lewis (vacated)
chris byrd
wladimir klitschko
tyson fury (stripped)
charles martin
anthony joshua
andy ruiz jr.


wbo world heavyweight champions (1989-present)
francesco damiani
ray mercer (stripped)
michael moorer (vacated)
tommy morrison
michael bentt
herbie hide
rid**** bowe (vacated)
henry akinwande (vacated)
herbie hide
vitali klitschko
chris byrd
wladimir klitschko
corrie sanders (vacated)
lamon brewster
sergey liakhovich
shannon briggs
sultan ibragimov
wladimir klitschko
tyson fury (vacated)
joseph parker
anthony joshua
andy ruiz jr.


super wba world heavyweight champions (2011-present)
wladimir klitschko
tyson fury (vacated)
anthony joshua
andy ruiz jr.

I go for the IBO lineage.

Cause I Be Only watching the IBO titles fights!!

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He retired at least 3 times via social media and it took months to retract one of them.

Link please?

[famicommander]

Link please?

This was the second of at least three times, maybe more, and it includes a reference to the time you refer to:

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/jul/26/tyson-fury-retires-boxing-again

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This was the second of at least three times, maybe more, and it includes a reference to the time you refer to:
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/20...s-boxing-again

You linked to an article speculating that Fury was retiring. Fury didn't actually say he was retiring. He said:

"Thanks to all the fans that supported & believed in me along the way. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did. The end."

The end of what? The end of his tweet? The end of his life? The end of his career? Is he threatening retirement or is he threatening suicide? Or is he simply saying "the end" as in the end of his statement?

If that was your justification for stripping him, good for you, but most disagree with you and still recognize him as lineal champion. Ring Magazine didn't strip him until 7 months after the tweet you linked to. So clearly they didn't consider him retired based on that tweet.