Here is a list of Tiger's best fights. For a list of Tiger's losses, refer to "Dick Tiger Losses".
On December 16, 1966 Dick Tiger fought José Torres in a light-heavyweight world-title fight for Torres' WBA, WBC and The Ring titles. Tiger was 37 years old and with a record of 54-17-3 (25), and Torres was 30 years old and with a record of 39-1-1 (27). Tiger won the fight via 15-round unanimous decision and is crowned the new light-heavyweight world champion.
On October 21, 1965 Dick Tiger fought Joey Giardello in a middleweight world-title fight for Giardello's WBA, WBC and The Ring titles. Tiger was 36 years old and with a record of 52-16-3 (24), and Giardello was 35 years old and with a record of 96-23-8 (31). Tiger won the fight via 15-round unanimous decision and is crowned the new middleweight world champion.
On September 30, 1959 Dick Tiger faced off against Joey Giardello at age 30. He was coming in with a record of 35-12-2 (17), and Giardello was 29 years old and with a record of 80-17-6 (29). Tiger won the fight via 10-round unanimous decision.
On October 23, 1962 Dick Tiger fought Gene Fullmer in a middleweight world-title fight for Fullmer's WBA title. Tiger was 33 years old and with a record of 46-14-2 (21), and Fullmer was 31 years old and with a record of 47-4-2 (15). Tiger won the fight via 15-round unanimous decision and is crowned the new middleweight world champion.
On May 16, 1967 Dick Tiger met José Torres in a light-heavyweight (WBA, WBC and The Ring) world-title defense fight. Tiger was 37 years old and with a record of 56-17-3 (26), and Torres was 31 years old and with a record of 39-2-1 (27). Tiger won the fight via 15-round split decision and successfully defended his titles.
On May 26, 1969 Dick Tiger faced off against Nino Benvenuti at age 39. He was coming in with a record of 59-18-3 (27), and Benvenuti was 31 years old and with a record of 78-2-1 (32). Tiger won the fight via 10-round unanimous decision.
On August 10, 1963 Dick Tiger, the WBA and The Ring champion, met Gene Fullmer, the WBC champion, in a middleweight world-title unification fight. Tiger was 33 years old and with a record of 47-14-3 (22), and Fullmer was 32 years old and with a record of 47-5-3 (15). Tiger stopped Gene Fullmer via 7th-round retirement and is crowned the unified WBA, The Ring and WBC champion.
