Lineal World Champions |
The following list gives credit to boxing's lineal champions -- "The Man Who Beat The Man." Alphabet titles are ignored. (So winnning two or three belts is not the end of the question. The lineage of each line is traced in our Past Champions section; other fighters and boxing figures are found in our On-line Encyclopedia. Send comments to the Research Editors. Ciao!
| Division | Current Champ | won title | Former champ |
| Heavyweight | Vacant | Lennox Lewis (ret.) | |
| Cruiserweight | Vacant | . | David Haye |
| Light Heavyweight | Zsolt Erdei | Julio Gonzalez | |
| Super Middleweight | Vacant | Joe Calzaghe (ret.) | |
| Middleweight | Kelly Pavlik | Jermain Taylor | |
| Junior Middleweight | Vacant | Winky Wright | |
| Welterweight | "Sugar" Shane Mosely | Floyd Mayweather, Jr (ret.) | |
| Junior Welterweight | Manny Pacquiao | Ricky Hatton | |
| Lightweight | Juan Manuel Marquez | Vacant | |
| Junior Lightweight | Vacant | Manny Pacquiao, moved up in weight | |
| Featherweight | Vacant | | Manny Pacquiao |
| Junior Featherweight | Israel Vazquez | Wilfredo Gomez (1977-1981, vacates title) | |
| Bantamweight | Vacant | Bernardo Piñango | |
| Junior Bantamweight | Vic Darchinyan | Masamori Tokuyama (ret.) | |
| Flyweight | Daisuke Naito | | Pongsaklek Wonjongkam |
| Junior Flyweight | Vacant | Jorge Arce | |
| Strawweight | Vacant | | Ricardo Lopez |