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Tyson Fury has accomplished a staggering amount during his 35 pro-fight career, enough to cement himself among the all-time greats. The heavyweight championship division Fury rules over today is part of perhaps the most-storied lineage in all of sports, one that dates back to 1885.

That's when John L. Sullivan, once the bare-knuckle champion, became boxing's first-ever heavyweight champion under the Marquess of Queensberry rules. He held that distinction until his landmark fight with James "Gentleman Jim" Corbett in 1892. Following Corbett's 21st-round KO victory in New Orleans, the championship lineage that extends to today was established. As pro-wrestling legend Ric Flair says, "To be the man, you have to beat the man."

Now more than ever, with four titles in each weight class, the lineal championship helps to identify who is "the man." This Saturday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Fury defends the lineal championship against Oleksandr Usyk in boxing's first undisputed heavyweight championship fight since Lennox Lewis-Evander Holyfield in 1999 (11 a.m. ET, ESPN+ PPV).

Throughout 139 years of heavyweight boxing history, just 38 men have had the honor of calling themselves the lineal champion in the sport's glamor division, the title that bestows each individual "baddest-man-on-the-planet" status. Four of those fighters were two-time lineal champions -- Floyd Patterson, George Foreman, Holyfield and Lewis -- and only one won the title three times: Muhammad Ali.

Even former cruiserweight lineal champ Usyk (21-0, 14 KOs), 37, of Ukraine, who defeated Anthony Joshua twice and currently holds three of the four heavyweight titles, nor Joshua, despite his lengthy run as unified champion, have ever possessed the heavyweight lineal championship. Though lineages can always be debated.

After Fury upset Wladimir Klitschko in 2015 to win the lineal heavyweight championship, he didn't fight for another two-and-a-half years as he battled substance abuse and depression. During that time, Anthony Joshua collected the three belts Fury vacated and produced a string of impressive defenses. His second reign was ended by Usyk, who defeated Joshua twice.

Fury, 35, ESPN's No. 10 pound-for-pound fighter, knows all of this, of course. His historical knowledge of the division gives much-needed context toward exactly what he's looking to accomplish, and how this monumental fight with No. 3 ranked Usyk might impact his legacy.

"You gotta understand the game you're in, the division you're in," Fury told ESPN, "the people who came before you so you can understand who you are and where you've come from and what journey you're on. I believe that.

"You're just talking about elite, elite, elite men. That's why not all of these champions can be on that list as lineal champions. Only the best of the best of the best can be lineal champions. That's why this fight, it means a lot to me, because if Usyk can beat me, puts his name on that list. If he can't beat me, he's not even gonna be on the list of lineal champions ever."

Fury will look to gatekeep Usyk from that hollowed list of great fighting big men in a bout that's nearly deadlocked per ESPN BET (Usyk at -105, Fury at -115). Turki Alalshikh, the chairman of Saudi Arabia's General Entertainment Authority, told ESPN last month that the rematch is planned for Oct. 12 or 13 in Riyadh. Fury's goal across these two upcoming fights with Usyk: "Keep 'em off that list."

"Only way that they get on that list is if I retire before them and then they get a chance to do it," Fury said. "While I am the gatekeeper, no one shall pass."

"Do you know who has a lot of knowledge like this though? Mike Tyson," Fury added. "Mike is the historian. I trust myself as I know a lot about heavyweight boxing. But Mike can go back to like 1845. Mike is incredible."

Ahead of the summit meeting to crown boxing's first undisputed heavyweight champion in the four-belt era, "The Gypsy King" showed off his immense knowledge of the heavyweight division with his thoughts on many of those 37 other lineal champions who came before him.

TYSON FURY VS. OLEKSANDR USYK PRESS CONFERENCE LIVESTREAM (RIYADH SEASON)

Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk Final Press Conference LIVE: UNDISPUTED heavyweight crown #RiyadhSeason

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Usyk
215 vs. Witherspoon
217¼ vs. Chisora
221¼ vs. Joshua
221½ vs. Joshua II
220.9 vs. Dubois

Fury
273 vs. Wilder II
277 vs. Wilder III
265½ vs. Whyte
268¾ vs. Chisora
277.7 vs. Ngannou

Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk Weigh-In LIVE | UNDISPUTED heavyweight championship 👑 #RiyadhSeason

TYSON FURY VS. OLEKSANDR USYK WEIGH IN LIVESTREAM (RIYADH SEASON)

TYSON FURY VS. OLEKSANDR USYK PRELIMS LIVESTREAM

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