Who's the lineal champ at 175?

[CutMeMick]

Sorry Mick but can you tell why you think Hill/ Maske was for the linear title?

When a Lineal champion vacates/retires I belive that 2 fighters are determined to be the best.
If they happen to fight then then winner could be called the Lineal champ.
For example Diaz & Casamayor are the best in their div. if they happen to fight the winner would be the Lineal champ.

When Dariusz & Hill fought they were both considered to be the best in their division because A) Hill beat Maske.
Maske himself had been an established LHW since 1993 they fought in 1996. Hill himself had been and established LHW since 1987 (thats 87 not 97) when they in 1996. B) Dariusz had been an established LHW since 1994 he fought Hill in 1997.

When the fight was being made let's say RJJ was just moving into the LHW div. so how can he be considered top LHW was he was just coming in. Not ONLY that BUT he also ran into a little bump named Griffin.
And that my good man is why Hill vs Dariusz was for the Lineal title because while RJJ was esablishing himself the other 2 were already la creme de la creme.

What your saying there is once a fighter faces the best but Jones was there at the time to so how can the Hill/ Maske fight be for the linear title?

The Lineal title was vacant sooooo.
When Hill and Maske was made it was decided that they were 2 of the best the fight was made in 1996 RJJ in 1996 had just gotten his feet wet with McCallum why would he be considered the best in the Div. when Hill & Maske had been champions for years?

You use Whitaker but that is exactly my point he became recognized champion after unifying all three belts, just like Holyfield did!

Unifying the titles IS not a requirement although it will help as recognizing you as the best. Diaz has WBA/IBF/WBO I bet you if he were to beat Diaz for the WBC he still wouldn't become Lineal? Guess why?
Cause Casamayor is considered #1 in the Lighweight div. so Diaz would have to beat Casamayor to be considered Lineal.