Can someone provide me with a list of the current lineal champs? My question really is how does a new lineage develop?

Say, for the junior middleweight division, Winky retired, and since then there hasn't been a new lineal champ. Would Cotto have to face Dzinziruk or Angulo (assuming everyone agrees they are the next top two opponents) for a new lineal champ to emerge in that division?

Is Floyd the lineal champ at welterweight because he beat Shane? Is Pacquiao the new lineal champ because he's beat every top ten fighter at welter weight other than Ortiz and Floyd is essentially retired?

How about super middleweight? If Ward beats Abraham and Froch beats Johnson, is the winner of a Ward v. Froch fight the new lineal champ? Or does the winner have to face Bute to become the lineal champ?

Appreciate any help.

Thanks.

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