The lightweight Alphabet titles

[fan johnny]

2 of those belts Diaz had collected had either been stripped or given up in place of the linear title.

Julio Diaz gave up one to face Castillo who was Ring champion & Corrales brought one from his win over Freitas into the Castillo fight (who held Suliamans one).

Corrales lost the championship to Casamayor lost it to Marquez... simple!

Now its true Campbell won those belts from Juan Diaz but they were meaningless because the lineal champion had already been established!

I know that Casamayor's fight with Santa Cruz was controversial (A clear as day robbery imo) but that is the official decision & we have to stand by that... when Pacquiao defeated Marquez I thought Marquez won (I'm not comparing the decision with the Casamayor fight) but I have to accept the offical decision!

JMM deserves credit & recognition as the true lightweight champion!

The very essence of what makes a fighter who he is is defined on who he faces and who he defeats and who he looses to. If winning a belt or defeating another fighter is meaningless then there is no need to even fight. You are a complete moron if you stand by those words.

I don't know what your problem is but nowhere did I say Campbell beating Juan Diaz was meaningless. It was a great win & as Lance has stated the win made him the #1 contender. But it didn't make him champion!

But the belts themselves were/ are meaningless & I'll stand by that statement! I'd prefer to see the best fight the best with no trinket attached than mis-matched mandatories.

You say that a fighter is defined by who he fights & I agree & the same goes for a champion. A champion wins the title in the ring by fighting & beating the champ not by collecting stripped or already discarded belts!

Ok, i take back the moron part, however

Here is the problem with your premise "Meaningless".

And I get the point! (A Linear Champion is the "Real Champion")

The problem is the premise "Meaningless" is servery flawed! You belittle and disregard a fighters achievements. A fighter faces every worthy contender in his weight class and wins belts abc. Those abc belts are a measurement of his achievements and carry both physical & symbolic value. Regardless of your opinion about who is the greater champion.

I'll post an analogy or example for you of the problem so it can be clearly seen.