Quote Originally Posted by El Gamo
Quote Originally Posted by Taeth
He latter became the undisputed linear LHW champ when he beat Gonzalez and had virtually every belt.
So who's the lineal champ now? I'm confused because wasn't Hopkins v Tarver for the lineal title? Yet I read in lots of places that Erdei is the lineal champ.
It's Erdei.

Quote Originally Posted by El Gamo
Quote Originally Posted by The Rookie Fan
If I remember correctly, Vergil Hill became the lineal champ by beating Henry Maske. Darius beat him before Jones did. So, what that means is that one of the greatest Light Heavyweight fighters to have ever lived was never the Lineal Champion , Darius was. Gonzalez beat him, then Erdei beat Gonzalez.
Are you 100% certain? That does make sense I guess.
Yes.

We might not agree with it but we also cannot make up our own rules when we don't agree with something. Dariusz was the Linear champion not Jones. Dariusz was also a unified champion (WBA, IBF and WBO I think) but was stripped of two titles because of bogus reasons that Jones later won.

Was Jones THE MAN at 175lb? No doubt.

Was he the Linear Champion? Nope.