Quote Originally Posted by ross
Briggs WAS a linear champ

He beat the man that beat the man for christ sakes

We are talking linearage, right back from O Sullivan to Lewis retireing

if Lewis makes a comeback and loses someone else takes the linear

Hold on I think it was broken by Marciano retireing undefeated anyway so......Oh I dont know
Also, Willard retired undefeated. Tunney retired undefeated. Louis retired undefeated. Ali was stripped. They all then saw two other guys fighting for the vacant title, so the lineage has become slightly corrupted over the years, although it's only recently in the scheme of things) that the line has been blurred through the profileration of alphabet belts