HERE, YOU'LL FIND HERE CORRECTIONS & OTHER IMPORTANT INFO ON MY BOOK: "LUBEK'S THREELOGY, THE SWEET SCIENCE II, CLASSIC BOXING, GEORGE REEVES: DEATH OR SUICIDE? HISTORY OF REPRODUCING PIANO ROLLS" I COULD NOT AFFORD PROOFREADING, BUT THE BOOK IS WELL WRITTEN & IF SOMETHING IS WRONG OR MISPELLED, IM SURE YOU CAN GET THE POINT, UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANS!!! MY BOOK HAS SOME SPELLING MISTAKES BECAUSE I DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH MONEY FOR PROOFREADING, SO FORGIVE ME. BUT YOU WILL FIND LOTS OF INTERESTING THINGS HERE! WHAT I FORGOT TO INCLUDE IN MY BOOK: Trivia: -There is a town in Italy with Rocky's llast name called Marciano Dela Chiana, Toskania region in Arezo Province, population 2800. -Rocky's father Pierino Marchegiano was a native of Ripa Teatina, province of Chietu & Rocky's mother Pasqualina Picciuto was from San Bartolomeo in Galdo, province of Benevento. 40 Lineal Heavyweight Boxing Champions and Title Changes Explanations 1882 - 2010 + IMPORTANT ROCKY ASSOCIATED LINX ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Lineal champion is the champion who beatS the chamPion, in other words the man who beat the man, who beat the man but that is not always the case nor correct assumption. The lineal champion may retire & when he does, the next in line becomes the man to beat or the man to beat will have to beat another man to beat. Lineal is a unbroken, straight line. Like lineal ancestors & descendants, passing DNA and tradition, knowledge directly from father to son, from son to his son, etc. There were exactly 40 lineal and true champions in the heavyweight boxing division since when gloves became mandatory. And lineal fashion means: 'The man who beat the man who beat the man who beat the man, who became the man, In descending order'. The lineal champ may not be the best at the time but it's the one that counts & makes most sense. Below is the list of all 40 lineal champions in heavyweight boxing history from 1882 when gloves were first used to present. Fighters who won the title more than once or reclaimed it later on retain their lineal championship number. Date Winner Loser Result Location 1882 Feb 7 John L. Sullivan - Paddy Ryan TKO-9 Mississippi City, MS - For the World bare knuckle title foughht under the London Prize Ring rules. 1. 1885 Aug 29 John L. Sullivan - Dominic McCaffrey W KO-6 Cincinnati, OH - For the vacant World title fought undeer the Marquees of Queensbury rules with boxing gloves. 2. 1892 Sep 7 James J. Corbett - John L. Sullivan KO-21 New Orleans, LA - Sullivan came out of semi-retirement tto fight Corbett for the title using the Marquees of Queensbury rules. Boxing from now on would be governed by these rules. 3. 1897 Mar 17 Bob Fitzsimmons - James J. Corbett KO-14 Carson City, NV 4. 1899 Jun 9 James J. Jeffries - Bob Fitzsimmons KO-11 Coney Island, NY - 1905 May 13 James Jeffries announcced his retirement. The title declared vacant. 5. 1905 Jul 3 Marvin Hart - Jack Root TKO-12 rsf Reno, NV - For the vacant title, James J. Jeffriees refereed the fight and presented the title belt to Hart. 6. 1906 Feb 23 Tommy Burns - Marvin Hart W-20 Los Angeles, CA 7. 1908 Dec 26 Jack Johnson - Tommy Burns TKO-14 rsf Sydney, Australia 1910 Jul 4 Jack Johnson - James J. Jeffries TKO-15 rsf Reno, NV - Jeffries came out of retirement to figght Johnson for the title, Even though Marvin Hart and Tommy Burns were the last two champions, this bout actually determined the lineal title. 8. 1915 Apr 5 Jess Willard - Jack Johnson KO-26 Havana, Cuba 9. 1919 Jul 4 Jack Dempsey - Jess Willard TKO-3 Toledo, OH 10. 1926 Sep 23 Gene Tunney - Jack Dempsey W-10 unanimous Philadelphia, PA - 1928 Jul 31 Gene Tunney announced his retirement, the title was declared vacant. 11. 1930 Jun 12 Max Schmeling - Jack Sharkey W-4 foul New York, NY - Since Gene Tunney never fought again, this bout was for the vacant title. 12. 1932 Jun 21 Jack Sharkey - Max Schmeling W-15 splt Long Island, NY 13. 1933 Jun 29 Primo Carnera - Jack Sharkey KO-6 Long Island, NY 14. 1934 Jun 14 Max Baer - Primo Carnera TKO-11 rsf Long Island, NY 15. 1935 Jun 13 James J. Braddock - Max Baer W-15 unanimous Long Island, NY 16. 1937 Jun 22 Joe Louis - James J. Braddock KO-8 Chicago, IL - 1949 Mar 1 Joe Louis announced hiis retirement, the title was declared vacant. 17. 1949 Jun 22 Ezzard Charles - Jersey Joe Walcott W-15 unanimous Chicago, IL For NBA title recognition only, the NYSAC did not sanction this bout as a title fight. - 1950 Sep 27 Ezzard Charles - Joe Louis W-15 unanimous New York, NY Joe Louis came out of retirement to fight Charles for the unified and undisputed title as well as the lineal title. 18. 1951 Jul 18 Jersey Joe Walcott - Ezzard Charles KO-7 Pittsburgh, PA 19. 1952 Sep 23 Rocky Marciano - Jersey Joe Walcott KO-13 Philadelphia, PA - 1956 Apr 27 Rocky Marciano retires as the only heavyweight undefeated champion ever, title declared vacant! - It's worthy to mention Joe Calzaghe whho retired in 2008 with perfect 46-0 record, 70% KO rate. 20. 1956 Nov 30 Floyd Patterson - Archie Moore KO-5 Chicago, IL - Since Rocky Marciano never fought agaiin, this bout was for the vacant title. Rocky held the title for 50 months, same number as his record 50-0. 21. 1959 Jun 26 Ingemar Johansson - Floyd Patterson TKO-3 rsf New York, NY 1960 Jun 20 Floyd Patterson - Ingemar Johansson KO-5 New York, NY 22. 1962 Sep 25 Sonny Liston - Floyd Patterson KO-1 Chicago, IL 23. 1964 Feb 25 Cassius Clay - Sonny Liston TKO Miami, FL - 1967 May 9 Muhammed Ali (Clay) wass stripped of the title by the WBA, NYSAC and every other boxing commission for using to be inducted into the US Army. Amid legal ramifications, Ali was banned from boxing by the WBA and NYSAC. He officially "retired" on 2/3/70 to assure that the winner of the Frazier-Ellis unification bout would be considered the undisputed champion. 24. 1970 Feb 16 Joe Frazier - Jimmy Ellis TKO-4 New York, NY 24. 1971 Mar 8 Joe Frazier - Muhammed Ali W-15 unanimous New York, NY (It's safe to say that Ali was champ 1964-1971) - Frazier received world-wide recognitioon by defeating Ali, "The People's Champion", who was still undefeated and trying to re-claim the title that was taken away from him in 1967. This bout actually determined the lineal title as well. 25. 1973 Jan 22 George Foreman - Joe Frazier TKO-2 rsf Kingston, Jamaica 23. 1974 Oct 30 Muhammed Ali - George Foreman KO-8 Kinshasa, Zaire 26. 1978 Feb 15 Leon Spinks - Muhammed Ali W-15 splt Las Vegas, NV 23. 1978 Sep 15 Muhammed Ali - Leon Spinks W-15 unanimous New Orleans, LA 23. 1979 Sep 6 Muhammed Ali announced his retirement, the WBA & lineal title was declared vacant. 27. 1980 Oct 2 Larry Holmes - Muhammed Ali TKO-10 Las Vegas, NV - Ali came out of retirement to attempt to become the first four-time champion, Holmes received world-wide recognition with the victory, albeit having only WBC championship recognition. This bout actually determined the lineal champion. 28. 1985 Sep 21 Michael Spinks - Larry Holmes W-15 unanimous Las Vegas, NV 29. 1988 Jun 27 Mike Tyson - Michael Spinks KO-1 Atlantic City, NJ - Spinks came out of retirement to get aa big purse, big mistake, that was his only KO and loss. 30. 1990 Feb 11 James Buster Douglas - Mike Tyson KO-100 Toyko, Japan 31. 1990 Oct 25 Evander Holyfield - James Buster Douglas KO-3 Las Vegas, NV 32. 1992 Nov 14 Riddick Bowe - Evander Holyfield W-12 unanimous Las Vegas, NV 32. 1993 Nov 6 Evander Holyfield - Riddick Bowe W-12 MD Las Vegas, NV 33. 1994 Apr 22 Michael Moorer - Evander Holyfield W-12 MD Las Vegas, NV 34. 1994 Nov 5 George Foreman - Michael Moorer KO-10 Las Vegas, NV 35. 1997 Nov 22 Shannon Briggs - George Foreman W-12 MD Atlantic City, NJ This bout actually determined the lineal champion with no other major fighters 36. 1998 Mar 28 Lennox Lewis - Shannon Briggs TKO-5 rsf Atlantic City, NJ 37. 2001 Apr 21 Hasim Rahman - Lennox Lewis KO-5 Carnival City, So. Africa 36. 2001 Nov 17 Lennox Lewis - Hasim Rahman KO-4 Las Vegas, NV - 2004 Feb 6 Lennox Lewis announced his retirement, the WBC & lineal title was declared vacant but not for long. 38. 2004 Apr 24 Vitali Klitschko - Corrie Sanders TKO-8 rsf Las Vegas, NV For the vacant WBC title that Lennox Lewis held prior to his retirement. - 2005 Nov 9 Vitali Klitschko announnced his retirement due to a knee injury. 39. 2005 Nov 10 Hasim Rahman has been awarded the WBC title and also the lineal title, which Vitali Klitschko held as the WBC champ, Klitschko was to fight Rahman before he announced retirement due to shoulder injury. - 2006 Mar 18 Hasim Rahman - James Toney 12/12 1/2-1/2 Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, NJ 40. 2006 Aug 12 Oleg Maskaev - Hasim Rahman TKO 12 Las Vegas, NV - 2006 Dec 10 Olek Maskaev - Peter Okhello UD 12/12 Moscow, Russia - 2008 Mar 8 Samuel Peter - Olek Maskaev TKO 6 Plaza De Toros, Cancun, Mexico 38. 2008 Oct 11 Vitaly Klitschko - Samuel Peter TKO 9 Germany So far Vitaly Klitschko remains lineal champion until he gets defeated or retires which he did in 2014 with 87.23% record, 2nd only to Rocky Marciano's 87.76%! Vitaly Klitschko remains WBC emeritus heavyweight champ. Vitaly Klitscko, because of his return remained lineal champ #38, thus replacing Ring magazine champ Wladimir. RIng has Wladimir as lineal champ. That's wrong. Even though on 6.20.09 Wladimir Klitscko beat Chagaev for Ring magazine title, Vitaly is not for the lineal championship. Chagaev should have waited at least one more week before taking on Vitaly, bad preparation, he could have at least boxed all 12 round like Arreola (vs Vitaly) wanted in September but his idiotic corner would not let him, that was a mistake, Arreola is tough as nails, he would have lasted 2 more rounds, why give Vitaly another KO to boast about & increase his KO% to 93? Now it's at 90, should have been less. At least Kevin Johnson went the distance with him. So, he was running away, big deal. He survived & there are not that many boxers who do on this level, Chambers said he had plan against Wladimir, but his plan flew out the window after first punch. If a fights ends in SD and it's the winner has only one extra point like 113-112, 113-112, 112-113 should be a draw, it's too close to call!!! There are many reasons Rocky quit so early: His family, his back, his loss of interest in boxing, bad competition but most importantly it was Al Weill who screwed him of his half on tickets sales from the Cockell fight, around 10 000$. THERE ARE 15 UNDEFEATED CHAMPIONS IN THE HISTORY OF GLOVED BOXING: RICARDO LOPEZ (51-0-1) (one technical draw, bout stopped after 8 rounds), ROCKY MARCIANO (should be 50-0), JOE GALZAGHE (46-0), FLOYD MAYWEATHER JR (50-0) JIMMY BARRY (59-0-9) (because he was undefeated, he was lucky to get all those draws), JI-WON KIM (16-0-2), MIHAI LEU (28-0), TERRY MARSH (26-0-1), JACK McAULIFFE (28-0-10) (because he was undefeated, he was lucky to get all those draws), SVEN OTTKE (34-0), HARRY SIMON (30-0), PICHIT SITBANGPRACHAN (24-0), EDWIN VALERO (27-0, 27KOs), DMITRY PIROG (20-0), LAILA ALI (24-0) ALSO CHECK OUT FOR UPDATED VERSION ON WHY BOB BAKER TRULY DESERVED THE RIGHT TO FIGHT RM: encyclopediasupreme.org/WhyBaker Why Bob Baker deserved to fight Marciano mywikibiz.com/2356 Baker vs Marciano on February 3 1956 BOOKMARK THESE GREAT SITES, GIVE THE TRUTH TO OTHERS; LOTS OF GOODIES! dncyclopediasupreme.org/fight LUBEK'S MANY IDEAS HOW TO IMPROVE BOXING, TITLE UNIFICATION, WEIGHT CATEGORIES (THERE SHOULD BE 10 WEIGHT CATEGORIES MAXIMUM), IMPORANCE OF DRAWS & MUCH MORE, ETC... encyclopediasupreme.org/boxmovie Boxing Movies encyclopediasupreme.org/Boxguide ROCKY IN BRASIL (working vacation) 3.5.1956-4.12.1956 encyclopediasupreme.org/rmbrazil Brazilian newspaper/magazine stories on Rocky's bout in Rio de Janeiro Rocky was also a guest referee & a sole judge in a drawn 10 rounds bout between Americo Angel Bonetti & Sebastiao Ladislao, in the book I wrote different opponent for Bonetti. encyclopediasupreme.org/rockyref.txt Rocky Marciano's record as referee encyclopediasupreme.org/Warpeace SANTA WANDA NIDA'S & LUBEK'S GOLDEN WORDS OF WISDOM!!! encyclopediasupreme.org/chessex What's better chess or sex? 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