![]() In contrast to the Lineal Championship, Alphabet Soup organisations will often allow lower tier challengers to compete for their vacant titles. ![]() If he is beaten in a contest within his weight class. The typically absurd ratings and comical decisions of sanctioning bodies are ignored.Ī Lineal Champion may lose his title in the following ways: Impartial, independent ranking organisations are often referred to in order to determine who the top contenders are. Lineal Championship vacancies are filled via a box-off between the leading contenders (the #1 and #2 contenders, or in rare instances #1 Vs #3) in a weight division. The adjective “Lineal” is in reference to the manner in which titles in prize fighting traditionally passed from one champion to the next via contests in the ring – commonly described as, “the man who beat the man.” In modern boxing, sanctioning bodies (also known as “Alphabet Soup” due to their confusing assortment of letters: IBO, WBA, IBF, WBO etc) frequently ignore this core championship tradition, and “strip” champions of their titles, often for ludicrous reasons. It is a continuation of the period in boxing when it was easier to establish one world champion per division, a time before the creation of sanctioning bodies and the popularity of trophy belts. In professional boxing, the Lineal Championship is considered to be the true World Championship.
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