 Archer carried his cause to talk shows, even to the New York "Daily News", was photographed taunting an angry, caged tiger at the Bronx Zoo.Whether this bombast registered in any negative way, or even impacted Dick Tiger's pride, history never discovered after Emile Griffith won Tiger's middleweight belt from him, making Tiger a non-player in the drama.Joey Archer shifted his attentions and, from 1966, Tiger campaigned as a full light heavyweight.