Unified Champion or Multiple Beltholder?

[Willow The Wisp]

Which term do you prefer, generally?

[famicommander]

I try to be specific with my terminology.

To me a "champion" is the lineal champion (usually, but not always, lines up with the TBRB championship). There can only be one and the only ways you can win it are by beating the reigning champion or winning the vacant championship in a fight between the consensus top two fighters in a given division.

If you have the top belt of one of the WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, or Ring, to me that's a world titlist. It's a nice accomplishment but it doesn't make you the world champion. You can win as many world titles as you want but without the lineal championship you're just a titlist.

And finally there are the totally fake belts. IBO, WBA secondary belts, any interim beltis. To me, those guys are claimants and nothing more.

Inoue is an undisputed and lineal world champion. Usyk is a unified and lineal world champion. But despite having multiple belts, Janibek is not a champion. He's a unified world titlist. Dubois is a mere titlist. Kubrat Pulev is nothing more than a claimant.

[wilson3344]

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[Joseph]

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[Willow The Wisp]

I try to be specific with my terminology.

To me a "champion" is the lineal champion (usually, but not always, lines up with the TBRB championship). There can only be one and the only ways you can win it are by beating the reigning champion or winning the vacant championship in a fight between the consensus top two fighters in a given division.

If you have the top belt of one of the WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, or Ring, to me that's a world titlist. It's a nice accomplishment but it doesn't make you the world champion. You can win as many world titles as you want but without the lineal championship you're just a titlist.

And finally there are the totally fake belts. IBO, WBA secondary belts, any interim beltis. To me, those guys are claimants and nothing more.

Inoue is an undisputed and lineal world champion. Usyk is a unified and lineal world champion. But despite having multiple belts, Janibek is not a champion. He's a unified world titlist. Dubois is a mere titlist. Kubrat Pulev is nothing more than a claimant.

Well phrased. I agree.

[Marchegiano]

Unified Champion.

[The D3vil]

I prefer multiple champion because it's more accurate.

"Unified champion" makes too many think we're talking about somebody who has all of the belts or the "undisputed" champion.