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The Lonsdale Belt is 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. ==National Sporting Club== Lord Lonsdale organised boxing matches and was the first president of the National Sporting Club. In 1909, he introduced the Lonsdale Belt as a new trophy for the British champion at each weight division. The belts were crafted from porcelain and twenty-two carat gold, supported by red, white and blue fabric backing,〔''Antiques Trade Gazette'', 1 October 2011, page 22〕 and were only to be held by a fighter as long as he was British champion. However, a British champion was allowed to keep his Lonsdale Belt if he defended his title successfully twice. Later belts were made from nine carat gold rather than the original twenty-two carat. A total of 22 Lonsdale belts were issued by the National Sporting Club, and of these 20 were won outright. Image ()|Caption1 The holders of the first Lonsdale belts were:- * Flyweight — Sid Smith, 1911 * Bantamweight — Digger Stanley, 1910 (retained). Jim Higgins (retained), Johnny Brown (1923-1925) won the same Lonsdale belt outright. The NSC bought it back from Digger Stanley's widow after his death. Bugler Lake got one notch on it before losing to Johnny Brown in 1923. Brown went on to win it outright and retain it. His son, Edward Brown, donated this original belt to the Museum of London in 2010. It can be seen at their Docklands museum. * Featherweight — Jim Driscoll, 1910 (retained) * Lightweight — Freddie Welsh, 1909 (retained) * Welterweight — Young Joseph, 1910 * Middleweight — Tom Thomas, 1909 * Light-heavyweight — Dennis Haugh, 1913 (retained) * Heavyweight — Bombardier Billy Wells, 1911 (retained) The three above belts that were not retained by the holders were eventually held and retained by Jimmy Wilde (flyweight), Johnny Basham (welterweight) and Pat O'Keefe (middleweight). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lonsdale Belt」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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