Editing Archie Moore (section)

===Honorary titles===
* World [[heavyweight]] champion of [[Nevada]]{{Efn|His fight against [[Niño Valdés]] on May 2, 1955 was billed as for the "World Heavyweight Championship of Nevada" by promoter [[Jack Kearns|Jack "Doc" Kearns]], but likely not even recognized by the [[Nevada State Athletic Commission]] itself.|name=a}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ellensburg Daily Record - Google News Archive Search |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=860&dat=19550405&id=jncKAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cEsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6523,251507 |access-date=2025-03-04 |website=news.google.com}}</ref>
* [[United States|American]] heavyweight champion{{Efn|His fight against [[Willi Besmanoff]] on May 25, 1960 was promoted as for the "American Heavyweight Title"; There are no records of it being an actual sanctioned title bout.|name=b}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Indianapolis Recorder 21 May 1960 — Hoosier State Chronicles: Indiana's Digital Historic Newspaper Program |url=https://newspapers.library.in.gov/?a=d&d=INR19600521-01.1.1& |access-date=2025-03-04 |website=newspapers.library.in.gov}}</ref>