Lonsdale Belt

The Lonsdale Belt was a boxing prize introduced by Hugh Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale, to be awarded to British boxing champions. It is still awarded to British champions today.

Read more about Lonsdale Belt:  National Sporting Club, British Boxing Board of Control, List of Outright Winners (partial), Bibliography, Sources

Famous quotes containing the word belt:

    The watchers in their leopard suits
    Waited till it was time,
    And aimed between the belt and boot
    And let the barrel climb.
    Louis Simpson (b. 1923)