Middleweight Championship, winning a split decision over Matthew Podgorski.

Tom Watson was originally set to defend his Middleweight Championship against Frank Trigg.

Santo successfully turned back the challenger, keeping the Middleweight Championship.

One year later he would regain the Middleweight Championship scoring a fifteen round decision over Downes in their third and final meeting on April 7, 1962.

Hopkins defended the Middleweight Championship a record 20 times losing via split decision to Jermain Taylor.

A month later he also lost the Middleweight Championship to Black Dragon.

His win over Booker earned him the California Middleweight Championship.

The title was later renamed the Strikeforce Women's Middleweight Championship.

This time, Silva's Middleweight Championship was on the line.

These fights caused the rivalry to "cool down," because Jackson was no longer promoted as a contender for Silva's Middleweight Championship.