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Why Support Lineal Boxing Champion?
LinealBoxingChampion.com (LBC) provides an impartial, reliable, up-to-date record of the Lineal Champions in boxing today.
We believe that champions should only lose their championship when defeated in the ring, in a fight – or to put it another way, “to be the man, you have to beat the man,” – a concept that is deep rooted in boxing history, stretching back almost 300 years, to the 1700s, when boxing’s first bareknuckle champions were crowned.
The four major international sanctioning bodies provide boxers with extra opportunities to win “world title” belts, raising their profiles, and allowing their promoters to sell events as "world title fights," helping generate more money for everyone involved. There are positives to be gained from this, but there needs to be a way for boxing fans to differentiate the Lineal Champion of a division from a sanctioning body belt holder. Otherwise, confusion clouds the truth, and the achievements of boxing's legendary figures will get minimized.
#1 and #2 Contenders
A Lineal Championship vacancy is filled when #1 fights #2 (or in rare circumstances, #1 Vs #3) to crown a new Lineal Champion. In order to limit bias, we will only identify boxers as #1, #2 and #3 contenders, when they meet the high quality criteria described in our Championship Policy. One aspect of our Policy involves referring to the ratings listed by these four impartial, leading boxing websites: Boxing News, The Ring, TBRB, and ESPN.
See our Lineal Championship Policy for more details.
Women’s Ratings
At the time we launched our inaugural ratings in April 2019, no other non-computerised, impartial rankings existed. We began producing these monthly ratings to provide clarity for female boxing fans amidst the ABC belt chaos. Using these ratings as a basis, we also track the Lineal Champions in female boxing - something that, to our knowledge, has never been done previously.
Reigning Lineal Champions
History
Click here for the full list of Lineal Heavyweight World Champions.
Ratings/Advisory Panel
David Avila
Member of the Women’s Boxing Hall of Fame. Journalist at The Sweet Science and ThePrizeFighters.com. Women’s Ratings Panelist. USA. @AvilaBoxing
Julian Haramboure
Journalist, including articles for: Argentina Amateur Deporte and ElRoundFinal.com. Women’s Ratings Panelist. Argentina. @JulianFunky
Blanca Gutierrez
Creator of Beautiful Brawlers. 2019 Inductee IWBHF. 2018 Inductee WCBHOF. Women’s Ratings Panelist. USA. @bbrawlersboxing
Inaky Arzate
Boxing journalist, including articles for TUDN.Women’s Ratings Panelist. Mexico. @inaky_arzate
Yuriko Miyata
Journalist, including articles for The Ring and ThePrizeFighters.com. Women’s Ratings Panelist. Japan. @YuriYuri0803
Anthony Cox
Championship Policy Contributor. United Kingdom.
Daniel Yanofsky
Journalist, including articles for: FIGHT SPORTS, DoubleGSport.com, TheSportDaily.com. Women’s Ratings Panelist. USA. @DanYanofskyMMA
GM Ross
Journalist at CanadianBoxianna.org. Host of Pugilistically Inclined boxing podcast. Women’s Ratings Panelist. Canada. @punchingprof
Jules Augus
Journalist, including articles for: HeavyBagBoxing.com, and The Grueling Truth. USA. @jules_augus
Ireneusz Fryszkowski
Journalist at RingBlog.pl. Women’s Ratings Panelist. Poland. @RingBlogpl
Benjamin Thomas Watt. BoxRec editor and boxing judge. Women’s Ratings Panelist. New Zealand. @Bennyaha
Adam McMeeking
Editor of Lineal Boxing Champion and member of the International Boxing Research Organization. United Kingdom. @LinealBoxChamp
Our Aim
LinealBoxingChampion.com is a not-for-profit organisation. Our aim is simple: to provide an honest, fair account of past and present Lineal Champions in professional boxing.
LinealBoxingChampion.com is the record keeper of boxing’s Lineal Champions.