The Lineal Championship

[THE REAL NINJA]

Champion Nickname Reign
John L. Sullivan The Boston Strong Boy 1885-1892
James J. Corbett Gentleman Jim 1892-1897
Bob Fitzsimmons Ruby Robert 1897-1899
James J. Jeffries The Boilermaker 1899-1905, retired
Marvin Hart The Fightin' Kentuckian 1905-1906
Tommy Burns The Little Giant of Hanover 1906-1908
Jack Johnson Lil' Arthur 1908-1915
Jess Willard The Pottawatomie Giant 1915-1919
Jack Dempsey The Manassa Mauler 1919-1926
Gene Tunney The Fighting Marine 1926-1928, retired
Max Schmeling The Black Uhlan of the Rhine 1930-1932
Jack Sharkey The Boston Gob 1932-1933
Primo Carnera The Ambling Alp 1933-1934
Max Baer The "Livermore Larruper" 1934-1935
James J. Braddock The Cinderella Man 1935-1937
Joe Louis The Brown Bomber 1937-1949, retired
Ezzard Charles The Cincinnatti Cobra 1949-1951
"Jersey" Joe Walcott Jersey Joe 1951-1952
Rocky Marciano The Brockton Blockbuster 1952-1956, retired
Floyd Patterson . 1956-1959
Ingemar Johansson Ingo 1959-1960
Floyd Patterson . 1960-1962
Charles "Sonny" Liston Sonny 1962-1964
Cassius Clay The Louisville Lip 1964-1970, retires
Joe Frazier Smokin Joe 1970-1973
George Foreman . 1973-1974
Muhammad Ali The Greatest 1974-1978
Leon Spinks Neon Leon 1978
Muhammad Ali The Greatest 1978-1979, retires 6/79
Larry Holmes The Easton Assasin 1980-1985
Michael Spinks The Spinks Jinx 1985-1988
Mike Tyson Iron Mike 1988-1990
James "Buster" Douglas Buster 1990
Evander Holyfield The Real Deal 1990-1992
Rid**** Bowe Big Daddy 1992-1993
Evander Holyfield The Real Deal 1993-1994
Michael Moorer Double M 1994
George Foreman Big George 1994-1997
Shannon Briggs The Cannon 1997-1998
Lennox Lewis The Lion 1998-2001
Hasim Rahman The Rock 2001
Lennox Lewis The Lion 2001-2004, Retires

[THE REAL NINJA]

Jack Root (1903)
George Gardner (1903)
Bob Fitzsimmons (1903-1905)
Philadelphia Jack O'Brien (1905, never defended)
Jack Dillon (1914-1916)
Battling Levinsky (1916-1920)
Georges Carpentier (1920-1922)
Battling Siki (1922-1923)
Mike McTigue (1923-1925)
Paul Berlenbach (1925-1926)
Jack Delaney (1926-1927, never defended)
Tommy Loughran (1927, vacated title 1929)
Maxie Rosenbloom (1932-1934)
Bob Olin (1934-1935)
John Henry Lewis (1935 to Jun 1939, retires)
Billy Conn (1939 vacates title May 1941)
Gus Lesnevich (1941-1948)
Freddie Mills (1948-1950)
Joey Maxim (1950-1952)
Archie Moore (1952-1962)
Moore is stripped by various organizations and ultimately gives up the title. Harold Johnson beat Doug Jones for the unndisputed title.
Harold Johnson (1962-1963)
Willie Pastrano (1963-1965)
Jose Torres (1965-1966)
**** Tiger (1966-1968)
Bob Foster (1968, retired September 16, 1974 Michael Spinks (1983-Sep. 1985, vacates title).
Virgil Hill (1996 - 1997)
Dariusz Michalczewski (1997-2003)
Julio Gonzalez (2003-2004)
Zsolt Erdei (2004-present)

[K-DOGG]

Very Impressive!

Damn shame about the holes in the Light Heavyweight Line between Foster and Spinks and Spinks and Hill.

[THE REAL NINJA]

Very Impressive!

Damn shame about the holes in the Light Heavyweight Line between Foster and Spinks and Spinks and Hill.

I didn't write it >>>>link Middle weight is outdated, still has Hop as champ.

Yeah same with HV and all the retirements. There should be some sort of relinquishing to the next man in line in these events.

[K-DOGG]

I didn't write it >>>>link Middle weight is outdated, still has Hop as champ.

Yeah same with HV and all the retirements. There should be some sort of relinquishing to the next man in line in these events.

Oh. Well, don't I feel silly.


Anyway, cool idea for posting them....and I'd go ahead and put up the middleweights and just "pencil-in" Jermain Taylor. Great idea for an education thread.

[THE REAL NINJA]

Oh. Well, don't I feel silly.


Anyway, cool idea for posting them....and I'd go ahead and put up the middleweights and just "pencil-in" Jermain Taylor. Great idea for an education thread.

I know you didn't mean that i had but I wanted to clear it up before someone makes a big deal out of it .

[Southpaw Stinger]

Champion Nickname Reign
John L. Sullivan The Boston Strong Boy 1885-1892
James J. Corbett Gentleman Jim 1892-1897
Bob Fitzsimmons Ruby Robert 1897-1899
James J. Jeffries The Boilermaker 1899-1905, retired
Marvin Hart The Fightin' Kentuckian 1905-1906
Tommy Burns The Little Giant of Hanover 1906-1908
Jack Johnson Lil' Arthur 1908-1915
Jess Willard The Pottawatomie Giant 1915-1919
Jack Dempsey The Manassa Mauler 1919-1926
Gene Tunney The Fighting Marine 1926-1928, retired
Max Schmeling The Black Uhlan of the Rhine 1930-1932
Jack Sharkey The Boston Gob 1932-1933
Primo Carnera The Ambling Alp 1933-1934
Max Baer The "Livermore Larruper" 1934-1935
James J. Braddock The Cinderella Man 1935-1937
Joe Louis The Brown Bomber 1937-1949, retired
Ezzard Charles The Cincinnatti Cobra 1949-1951
"Jersey" Joe Walcott Jersey Joe 1951-1952
Rocky Marciano The Brockton Blockbuster 1952-1956, retired
Floyd Patterson . 1956-1959
Ingemar Johansson Ingo 1959-1960
Floyd Patterson . 1960-1962
Charles "Sonny" Liston Sonny 1962-1964
Cassius Clay The Louisville Lip 1964-1970, retires
Joe Frazier Smokin Joe 1970-1973
George Foreman . 1973-1974
Muhammad Ali The Greatest 1974-1978
Leon Spinks Neon Leon 1978
Muhammad Ali The Greatest 1978-1979, retires 6/79
Larry Holmes The Easton Assasin 1980-1985
Michael Spinks The Spinks Jinx 1985-1988
Mike Tyson Iron Mike 1988-1990
James "Buster" Douglas Buster 1990
Evander Holyfield The Real Deal 1990-1992
Rid**** Bowe Big Daddy 1992-1993
Evander Holyfield The Real Deal 1993-1994
Michael Moorer Double M 1994
George Foreman Big George 1994-1997
Shannon Briggs The Cannon 1997-1998
Lennox Lewis The Lion 1998-2001
Hasim Rahman The Rock 2001
Lennox Lewis The Lion 2001-2004, Retires

yep thats all of em. who's next, Wlad or VK?

[THE REAL NINJA]

yep thats all of em. who's next, Wlad or VK?

Yeah that's what I was mostly getting at . I think Wlad should be but he needs to beat at least one of the other champs first . Also for LHV I think of Jones,Tarver,Johnson,Tarver,Hop. Even though it's not the legit list I feel that Jones was better then Michalczewski at the time and Jones did beat Hill just as Mich did .

[brownpimp88]

from 1890-1949, the title was being defended like once a year and there were time frames in which the champ didnt defend his belt within 4 years.

[THE REAL NINJA]

from 1890-1949, the title was being defended like once a year and there were time frames in which the champ didnt defend his belt within 4 years.

Yeah there was a lot of them that never defended the crown so it's not really as great of a list as everyone makes it out too be . I'll post up somthing I found on the topic later when i'm back on my own computer .