Lineal championship For example, George Foreman was considered lineal champion from 1994 until 1997, when Shannon Briggs beat him. After the WBA and IBF stripped him of their titles in 1995, Foreman fought only two, low-ranked opponents before Briggs. The lineal champion is not necessarily the boxer viewed as the best. Cyber Boxing Zone and BoxingScene considered Zsolt Erdei the lineal light-heavyweight champion from his 2004 defeat of Julio César González until 2009, when he vacated his title and moved up to cruiserweight; as he had not fought the highest-ranked opponents in the interim, Cliff Rold conceded, "while the concept of a
Riddick Bowe vs. Evander Holyfield II Bowe would pick up the victory by 8th round technical knockout. Riddick Bowe vs. Evander Holyfield II Riddick Bowe vs. Evander Holyfield II, billed as "Repeat or Revenge", was a professional boxing match that took place on November 6, 1993 for the WBA, IBF and "Lineal" Heavyweight championships. The two fighters had previously met a little less than a year before on November 13, 1992. In what would become one of the greatest heavyweight fights of all time, Bowe would defeat Holyfield by unanimous decision to become the Undisputed Heavyweight Champion. Bowe's reign as Undisputed Champion would not last long,