You can't just vacate a lineal championship, can you?

[Larry the boss]

He has to lose, move up or down and never return..or retire

[DoktorSleepless]

At any rate, I imagine Cotto is vacating the WBC belt.

That would take some luster away from a potential Cotto vs Canelo fight (though obviously, it'd still happen, and it'd still sell like hotcakes).

Sulaiman Jr has that covered.

"Miguel Cotto has an authorised major fight for May 2015, with the winner of that fighting against the winner of Golovkin versus Rubio," Sulaiman told Wold Boxing News without revealing who cotto will face in nine months time.

http://www.world boxingnews.net/news/2014/08/24/sulaiman-major-fight-for-cotto-in-may-2015-then-golovkin-v-rubio-winner.html

[Larry the boss]

Cotto can vacate the WBC title..but he will still be Ring/Lineal champ

[techliam]

be more specific: WBC awards the WBC champ belt, while The Ring Magazine awards the "lineal champion" belt... If WBC strips Cotto, he may still keep his lineal belt... And so on.

The RING title and lineal champions have no correlation anymore either. Just to make it a bit more confusing

[VG_Addict]

When the lineal champion vacates, the winner of a fight between the #1 and #2 fighters in the division becomes the new lineal champ.

For example, when Marciano retired, the championship was vacated. Then, Floyd Patterson and Archie Moore fought for the vacant title. Patterson won, thus establishing a new lineage.

[ChampBox@PR]

be more specific: WBC awards the WBC champ belt, while The Ring Magazine awards the "lineal champion" belt... If WBC strips Cotto, he may still keep his lineal belt... And so on.

You are wrong.

First the WBC has jack **** to do with the lineage of a division.

Second the ring magazine is not the lineal of a division even though most of the time the lineal champ is also the ring champ.

Third the lineal champ has no belt, its just a distinction(The man who beat the man)

So Cotto can drop his WBC and Ring belts and still be champ, if he schedules atleast one fight every 18 months at MW.

[ChampBox@PR]

Cotto can vacate the WBC title..but he will still be Ring/Lineal champ

Larryx the Ring title doesnt mean you are the lineal Champ! Most of the the time the lineal Champ also hold the ring belt but the 2 dont correlate!