Talk:List of world middleweight boxing champions

There seems to be a discrepancy on who was the world champion from 1959-62. The Sugar Ray Robinson page says he lost his title to Gene Fullmer in March 1961, but Fullmer's page says he was champion from 1959 until he lost it to Dick Tiger. This page has some British champions in that interval. Are we talking about different weight classes? If so, the list on this page needs to be revised to show that. Ksnow (talk) 11:13, 11 December 2020 (UTC)Ksnow
 * It's complicated. There were 3 recognized organizations who gave out world titles. The NBA (who turned into the WBA), the New York State Athletic Commission and the EBU (both of whom eventually became members of the WBC).

At the start of 1959 Robinson held all 3 titles but sometime in 1959 the NBA stripped him of his title because he didn't fight for over a year. Gene Fullmer won the vacant NBA in August 1959 and kept the title until he lost to Dick Tiger in 1962. Meanwhile Robinson, who was still NYSAC and EBU world champion lost those titles in 1960 to Paul Pender. Pender lost then regained his title in fights with Terry Downes. Pender was then stripped of his titles in 1962 for inactivity so the they recognized a fight between Dick Tiger and ex-champion Gene Fullmer in 1963 as being for their vacant titles. Told you it was complicated... Topcardi (talk) 01:34, 12 December 2020 (UTC)