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The lineal champion is not necessarily the boxer viewed as the best. [2] Cyber Boxing Zone and BoxingScene considered Zsolt Erdei the lineal light-heavyweight champion from his 2004 defeat of Julio César González until 2009 when he vacated his title and moved up to cruiserweight. As he had not fought the highest-ranked opponents in the ...
Following a 16-month layoff after returning to boxing in late 1984 following a 13-month layoff, Cooney was matched up against fringe contender Eddie Gregg on May 31, 1986, with the winner expected to challenge Spinks, who held the IBF heavyweight title and was recognized as the lineal heavyweight champion. [4]
World champions were initially recognized by wide public acclamation, with heavyweight champions winning and losing championship recognition solely in the ring. Retirements periodically resulted in no one, true champion being recognized, while in other cases new champions were proclaimed only to see a previously recognized champion come out of ...
The all-time lineal heavyweight champions boxing list started in 1885 and includes Jack Dempsey, Joe Louis, Muhammad Ali and Mike Tyson among others.
The lineal champion is also known as the true champion of the division. The Ring stopped awarding world titles in the 1990s but began again in 2002. In 2002, The Ring created a championship system that is "intended to reward fighters who, by satisfying rigid criteria, can justify a claim as the true and only world champion in a given weight class."
WBC/lineal heavyweight champion Tyson Fury dropped from seventh to 10th in the Yahoo Sports' boxing pound-for-pound rankings after a disappointing effort versus Francis Ngannou on Oct. 28 in ...
New ownership discontinued the championship policy during Tyson's reign. 25 Lennox Lewis (awarded title) Jun 2002 – 6 Feb 2004 2 Lewis retired as champion and chose not to accept a rematch with Vitali Klitschko before a WBC-mandated 1 March deadline to accept the bout. [8] 26 Vitali Klitschko (def. Corrie Sanders) 24 Apr 2004 – 9 Nov 2005 1
George Foreman vs. Axel Schulz, billed as Celebration, was a professional boxing match contest, held on April 22, 1995, for Foreman's IBF and lineal heavyweight championships, as well as the vacant WBU heavyweight championship.