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 | |
| Cruiserweight | David Haye | . | Jean-Marc Mormeck |
| Light Heavyweight | Zsolt Erdei | Julio Gonzalez | |
| Super Middleweight | Joe Calzaghe | Bruno Girard | |
| Middleweight | Kelly Pavlik | Jermain Taylor | |
| Junior Middleweight | Vacant | Winky Wright | |
| Welterweight | Floyd Mayweather, Jr | Carlos Baldomir | |
| Junior Welterweight | Ricky Hatton | Kostya Tszyu | |
| Lightweight | Vacant | Pernell Whitaker | |
| Junior Lightweight | Vacant | Floyd Mayweather, Jr | |
| Featherweight | Vacant | | Manny Pacquiao |
| Junior Featherweight | Vacant | Wilfredo Gomez | |
| Bantamweight | Vacant | Bernardo Piñango | |
| Junior Bantamweight | Vacant | Masamori Tokuyama | |
| Flyweight | Daisuke Naito | | Pongsaklek Wonjongkam |
| Junior Flyweight | Vacant | Jorge Arce | |
| Strawweight | Vacant | | Ricardo Lopez |