In combat sports where champions are decided by a challenge, the lineal championship in a weight class represents an intangible world title initially...

fighter and kept winning afterward. It was a lineal championship. The only way to win the championship was to beat the current champion. Retirements...

awarded the title, the championship could usually be taken only by beating the reigning holder, establishing a lineal championship. The New York State Athletic...

descent Lineal primogeniture or "Absolute primogeniture" Lineal succession (Latter Day Saints), right of inheritance of church offices Lineal championship, in...

junior bantamweight title from 2014 to 2018. Inoue has also held the lineal championship at bantamweight and super bantamweight, and won the 2018–2019 World...

champions that did not win The Ring championship/lineal championship (August 29, 1885–July 2, 1921)/undisputed championship (July 2, 1921–present) The list...

lightweight titles between 2019 and 2021. Lopez has also held the lineal championship at lightweight and light welterweight. As an amateur, he represented...

include winning 11 world titles in six weight classes, including the lineal championship in three weight classes. De La Hoya was nicknamed "The Golden Boy...

the interim championship. However, on the November 23 episode of Dynamite, it was announced that Rosa had relinquished the lineal championship, thus Hayter...

weight divisions. He is also the first boxer in history to win the lineal championship in five different weight divisions, as well as being the first boxer...