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Stinky gloves
09-18-2007, 08:46 PM
.... linear champion if he come back this year?
brooklyn1550
09-18-2007, 08:48 PM
No
boxfan99
09-18-2007, 09:22 PM
Yes.
Jennifer Love Hewitt
09-18-2007, 09:48 PM
I reckon so.
p4pboxing
09-18-2007, 09:54 PM
no way
thesandman
09-18-2007, 09:56 PM
Linear?
Yes.

The line ends with him right now.

It would take either someone to beat Lewis, or to unify for it to 'restart' or continue.
boxfan99
09-18-2007, 10:18 PM
Linear?
Yes.

The line ends with him right now.

It would take either someone to beat Lewis, or to unify for it to 'restart' or continue.

Exactly.
kg0208
09-18-2007, 10:22 PM
.... linear champion if he come back this year?

Unless someone else takes it, yes. Till then....he is lineal. You can lose the title by retiring as in, it's up for grabs. Much like PBF retired and came back and kept his lineal title.
Dempsey1238
09-18-2007, 11:00 PM
Just like the time Robinson may a come back and lost the lineal middleweight title to Ralf Tiger Jones.

Forget that Carman would latter beat Robinson. Jones was the real champ at the time.
Scar
09-18-2007, 11:01 PM
No, too old.
KO Boxing
09-18-2007, 11:09 PM
If so, it's an example of yet another flaw with any of the belts. Whether it's Linear, the Ring, or the ABC's - it's just a big mess.
LennoxGOAT
09-18-2007, 11:13 PM
He can beat everyone but Wlad now with minimal training.

Only Wlad would require him to be in prime shape at his age and that still would be a very tough order for this version of Lennox.
thesandman
09-18-2007, 11:26 PM
If so, it's an example of yet another flaw with any of the belts. Whether it's Linear, the Ring, or the ABC's - it's just a big mess.

Linear isn't a belt - and it's not a flaw at all.

Linear champ is just a made up thing, that's interesting to follow. If the current "man who beat the man" etc retires -the only way to get another is to have an undisputed champ.

Until that happens, it's all up for grabs.


It has NOTHING to do with who's the best at the time. just who can trace back beating the man etc in time.
Stinky gloves
09-19-2007, 03:42 AM
No, too old.

Is there an "age rule" for that?

BTW. Who decides if the fighter gain or lose the "linear title"?
rendog67
09-19-2007, 04:41 AM
Is there an "age rule" for that?

BTW. Who decides if the fighter gain or lose the "linear title"?

the public really decides it so if the public think someone is too old then it would be a general public opinion
Stinky gloves
09-19-2007, 04:59 AM
the public really decides it so if the public think someone is too old then it would be a general public opinion

So as always Scar pulls the strings :bart
DamonD
09-19-2007, 05:02 AM
Since when has the public ever decided who's linear champ?

If Lewis came back, yeah - he would be linear. Kinda nutty I know, but that's how it works.
Age and public recognition would have absolutely zero to do with it.
rendog67
09-19-2007, 05:19 AM
Since when has the public ever decided who's linear champ?

If Lewis came back, yeah - he would be linear. Kinda nutty I know, but that's how it works.
Age and public recognition would have absolutely zero to do with it.

sorry went of the subject of linear champ i just meant that it is generally the public that decides when a fighter is considered too old
barneyrub
09-19-2007, 07:45 AM
He is linear champ and always will be since he retired the lineage, the next champ is of a new line. Its academic anyway because he is NOT coming back.
DamonD
09-19-2007, 08:26 AM
sorry went of the subject of linear champ i just meant that it is generally the public that decides when a fighter is considered too old
Ah, my mistake :good
2smart4u
09-19-2007, 08:35 AM
:lol: That title ended with GENE TUNNEY !:tired
Zakman
09-19-2007, 08:43 AM
There would be substantial debate over whether Lewis was still the legitimate linear champ or not. Some would argue yes - as they do regarding Jeffries coming back - but the arguments, imo, are at best debatable.

If a fighter retires - particularly for a lengthy period - he has, in effect, abdicated his claim to the title. There is no linear champ at the present moment, nor would there be if Lewis came back. He would be, in effect, the last former linear champ, as he is now.
achillesthegreat
09-19-2007, 01:39 PM
Yes.

He left the game and that allows someone to pick up where he left off. They simply have to unify the WBC and WBA belt. As it is, no one did.

Had someone did it, then when Lewis came back, him being beat simply gives that fighter more legitimacy. Even if he is shot like Ali v Holmes or Jeffries v Johnson, beating the man has its worth.