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Southwest States Junior Heavyweight Title
[W. Texas]

Al Getz1947-08-21Amarillo, TX
Defeats Tex Watkins in a tournament final to become the first champion.
Wayne Martin1948-02-19Amarillo, TX
Bill Weidner1948-09-09Amarillo, TX
Wayne Martin [2]1948-10-14Amarillo, TX
Dick Trout1948-12-09Amarillo, TX
Dory Funk 1948-12-23Amarillo, TX
Wayne Martin [3] 1949-01-13 Amarillo, TX
Wins by DQ.
Dory Funk [2] 1949-10-21<
Wayne Martin [4]1950-02-11Hereford, TX
Frank Murdoch1950-05-18Amarillo, TX
Ray Clements1950-07-26Lubbock, TX
Frank Murdoch [2]1950-08-03Amarillo, TX
Bob Cummings 1950-09-04 Abilene, TX
Dory Funk [3] 1950-10-19Amarillo, TX
Frank Murdoch [3]1951-06-13Lubbock, TX
Dizzy Davis 1951-11-01Amarillo, TX
Dory Funk [4] 1951-12-17 Abilene, TX
Tony Morelli 1952-04-03Amarillo, TX
Ace Abbott # 1952-06-16 Abilene, TX
State Commission orders a rematch because the referee's bias toward Abbott.
Tony Morelli # 1952-06-23 Abilene, TX
Defeats Abbott in rematch.
Cowboy Carlson1952-07-10Amarillo, TX
Gori Guerrero1952-09-02El Paso, TX
Ivan Kalmikoff1952-10-16Amarillo, TX
Dory Funk [5] 1953-02-17San Angelo, TX
Roger Mackay1953-07-09Amarillo, TX
Vacant or held up after the match against Dory Funk in Austin, TX sometime between 53-08-17 and 53-10-22 (fictitious?).
Dory Funk [6] 1953-10-29 Amarillo, TX
Also wins the claim to the United States champion in the same match.
Roy Shire 1954-05-06 Amarillo, TX
Dory Funk [7] 1954-05-13Amarillo, TX
Vacates voluntarily on 54-07-15 to move up to the heavyweight division.
Bob Geigel 1954-09-30Amarillo, TX
Defeats Pepper Gomez in a 24-man tournament final; vacant in 55-08 after Geigel leaves the territory.
Roy Heffernan1955-10-27Amarillo, TX
Defeats Art Nelson (Art Neilson) in tournament final, but the title is held up due to controversial ending.
Art Nelson 1955-11-03 Amarillo, TX
Defeats Heffernan in rematch.
Dizzy Davis [2] 1956-01-24 Odessa, TX
Sonny Myers1956-04-26Amarillo, TX
Bob Orton 1956-06-08 Borger, TX
Repeated on 56-06-13 in Lubbock, TX, 56-06-18 in Abilene, TX, and in most likely other towns; billed as Southwestern States Heavyweight Title during Orton's reign; Babe Zaharias substitutes for the injured Orton on 56-07-16 Abilene, TX and loses to Hans Schnabel; Orton is again billed as champion in Abilene as of 56-09-10.
Bob Geigel [2] 1956-09-19 Lubbock, TX
Dizzy Davis [3] 1956-10-25 Amarillo, TX
Dory Funk [8] 1956-11-15 Amarillo, TX
The Great Bolo (Al Lovelock) 1957-02-14 Amarillo, TX
Reigning North American Heavyweight champion, wins a double title match.
Dory Funk [9] 1957-02-28 Amarillo, TX
Wins both titles.

* Unified with NWA North American Heavyweight Title.

* Special thanks to Kriss Knights.