SugarJ's World Boxing Rankings

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Also the Light-heavy linage is pretty messy but you could make a case that it leads back to Ward.

Michalczewski-Gonzalez-Erdei-Grachev-Rodriguez-Ward.

I consider Ward the rightful Light-Heavyweight Champion.

That's not accurate. The linage was broken when Zsolt Erdei vacated to move up to Cruiserweight.