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Boxing Belts For Sale
Posted: 04 Aug 2017, 02:53
by Londonirish
Nicky Cook has 2 belts up for sale, Commonwealth and EBU, starting Bid 2,5k....
Nicky had a very Good career achived high highs was in some very good fights..
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Original-Euro ... SwR29ZCMUL
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Genuine-Commo ... SwrhBZCMB0
Re: Boxing Belts For Sale
Posted: 04 Aug 2017, 03:16
by mickey1975
Why is it in Skipton? I can't see Cook living there.
Re: Boxing Belts For Sale
Posted: 04 Aug 2017, 04:47
by EdwinValero
Very sad when fighters have to sell off their belts.
Re: Boxing Belts For Sale
Posted: 04 Aug 2017, 06:03
by Sklar
mickey1975 wrote:Why is it in Skipton? I can't see Cook living there.
Someone else owns them maybe?
£2500 sounds a lot. You'd have thought the sentimental value is all they've got.
Re: Boxing Belts For Sale
Posted: 04 Aug 2017, 06:19
by KiwiRider
Has anyone ever sold a Londsdale belt?
You would have to be on hard times to sell that beauty. Especially since you have to defend it to own it.
Re: Boxing Belts For Sale
Posted: 04 Aug 2017, 06:27
by Greg Houston
KiwiRider wrote:Has anyone ever sold a Londsdale belt?
You would have to be on hard times to sell that beauty. Especially since you have to defend it to own it.
Quite a few have come up over the years. I think possibly Bobby Vanzie's was on ebay a few years ago, but I could be wrong.
Re: Boxing Belts For Sale
Posted: 04 Aug 2017, 06:37
by pimp
Think Gomez sold his and I'm sure hatton bought it and give it him back but not 100%
Re: Boxing Belts For Sale
Posted: 04 Aug 2017, 06:39
by leejonesjnr
I posted Nicky Cooks belts for sale on here a while ago. Location and the eBay name 'Lee Cutler' do seem strange as the seller says "I won this belt against...'
There have been a few boxers forced to sell the Lonsdale belt including Bobby Vanzie, Henry Cooper and Ken Buchanan.
Re: Boxing Belts For Sale
Posted: 04 Aug 2017, 06:44
by Coco
Greg Houston wrote:KiwiRider wrote:Has anyone ever sold a Londsdale belt?
You would have to be on hard times to sell that beauty. Especially since you have to defend it to own it.
Quite a few have come up over the years. I think possibly Bobby Vanzie's was on ebay a few years ago, but I could be wrong.
Bobbie Vanzie sold his for religious rather than financial reasons, pretty sure he only got about 4k
Re: Boxing Belts For Sale
Posted: 04 Aug 2017, 06:45
by Nightmare Roy
KiwiRider wrote:Has anyone ever sold a Londsdale belt?
You would have to be on hard times to sell that beauty. Especially since you have to defend it to own it.
Kirkland Laing's was on ebay last week, it didn't sell though, starting bid was £16k.
Re: Boxing Belts For Sale
Posted: 04 Aug 2017, 07:35
by mickey1975
Coco wrote:Greg Houston wrote:KiwiRider wrote:Has anyone ever sold a Londsdale belt?
You would have to be on hard times to sell that beauty. Especially since you have to defend it to own it.
Quite a few have come up over the years. I think possibly Bobby Vanzie's was on ebay a few years ago, but I could be wrong.
Bobbie Vanzie sold his for religious rather than financial reasons, pretty sure he only got about 4k
And now does BKB! Not sure what happened to his religion.
Re: Boxing Belts For Sale
Posted: 04 Aug 2017, 07:37
by Greg Houston
leejonesjnr wrote:I posted Nicky Cooks belts for sale on here a while ago. Location and the eBay name 'Lee Cutler' do seem strange as the seller says "I won this belt against...'
There have been a few boxers forced to sell the Lonsdale belt including Bobby Vanzie, Henry Cooper and Ken Buchanan.
I take it that Buchanan's belt is the one on the wall in a bar on Rose Street in Edinburgh.
Re: Boxing Belts For Sale
Posted: 04 Aug 2017, 07:37
by tobyh5
I always think the EBU belt may stand for something pretty good but the belt itself is utter crap. A metal buckle on a basic strip of leather. I could get that made down the local shoe shop
Re: Boxing Belts For Sale
Posted: 04 Aug 2017, 09:24
by TheGoods
pimp wrote:Think Gomez sold his and I'm sure hatton bought it and give it him back but not 100%
Is this true? Great touch by Ricky if so but cant find any links to story to corroborate. Hatton was in his corner of course the night he blitzed Alex Arthur to win the Lonsdale Belt. Best British fight I ever did see.
Re: Boxing Belts For Sale
Posted: 04 Aug 2017, 11:37
by Londonirish
tobyh5 wrote:I always think the EBU belt may stand for something pretty good but the belt itself is utter crap. A metal buckle on a basic strip of leather. I could get that made down the local shoe shop
The commonwealth is a Tribble looking belt as well, both great achievement tho to win tho not knocking that at all........
Re: Boxing Belts For Sale
Posted: 04 Aug 2017, 13:44
by dalcumly
The belt on the wall in Rose Street Edinburgh was won by Brian Curvis.
Re: Boxing Belts For Sale
Posted: 04 Aug 2017, 13:52
by Asterix
leejonesjnr wrote:I posted Nicky Cooks belts for sale on here a while ago. Location and the eBay name 'Lee Cutler' do seem strange as the seller says "I won this belt against...'
There have been a few boxers forced to sell the Lonsdale belt including Bobby Vanzie, Henry Cooper and Ken Buchanan.
The Internet makes these kind of things very easy.
http://www.cravenherald.co.uk/news/4578 ... r_hospice/
Quite creepy, too, how much info is out there.
Re: Boxing Belts For Sale
Posted: 04 Aug 2017, 14:39
by Londonirish
Asterix wrote:leejonesjnr wrote:I posted Nicky Cooks belts for sale on here a while ago. Location and the eBay name 'Lee Cutler' do seem strange as the seller says "I won this belt against...'
There have been a few boxers forced to sell the Lonsdale belt including Bobby Vanzie, Henry Cooper and Ken Buchanan.
The Internet makes these kind of things very easy.
http://www.cravenherald.co.uk/news/4578 ... r_hospice/
Quite creepy, too, how much info is out there.
Re: Boxing Belts For Sale
Posted: 04 Aug 2017, 14:40
by crusader
tobyh5 wrote:I always think the EBU belt may stand for something pretty good but the belt itself is utter crap. A metal buckle on a basic strip of leather. I could get that made down the local shoe shop
Incidentally, I think the much lauded Lonsdale belt looks pretty bad. Like an old pant belt or some worn down bauble I'd find in my grandparents basement...
Re: Boxing Belts For Sale
Posted: 04 Aug 2017, 16:05
by AGM
TheGoods wrote:pimp wrote:Think Gomez sold his and I'm sure hatton bought it and give it him back but not 100%
Is this true? Great touch by Ricky if so but cant find any links to story to corroborate. Hatton was in his corner of course the night he blitzed Alex Arthur to win the Lonsdale Belt. Best British fight I ever did see.
Wrong
Re: Boxing Belts For Sale
Posted: 05 Aug 2017, 05:33
by pimp
AGM wrote:TheGoods wrote:pimp wrote:Think Gomez sold his and I'm sure hatton bought it and give it him back but not 100%
Is this true? Great touch by Ricky if so but cant find any links to story to corroborate. Hatton was in his corner of course the night he blitzed Alex Arthur to win the Lonsdale Belt. Best British fight I ever did see.
Wrong
Cheers Arnie
Re: Boxing Belts For Sale
Posted: 05 Aug 2017, 05:45
by paddy chavez
Londonirish wrote:Asterix wrote:leejonesjnr wrote:I posted Nicky Cooks belts for sale on here a while ago. Location and the eBay name 'Lee Cutler' do seem strange as the seller says "I won this belt against...'
There have been a few boxers forced to sell the Lonsdale belt including Bobby Vanzie, Henry Cooper and Ken Buchanan.
The Internet makes these kind of things very easy.
http://www.cravenherald.co.uk/news/4578 ... r_hospice/
Quite creepy, too, how much info is out there.
I went to something similar about 3 years ago with Witherspoon fighting a guy Danny who's daughter was I'll .....a good guy is Tim Witherspoon,
Re: Boxing Belts For Sale
Posted: 05 Aug 2017, 05:54
by mickey1975
Tim is always around the Leeds area.
Re: Boxing Belts For Sale
Posted: 05 Aug 2017, 06:00
by TheGman
KiwiRider wrote:Has anyone ever sold a Londsdale belt?
You would have to be on hard times to sell that beauty. Especially since you have to defend it to own it.
Henry cooper sold one or two of his belts for 70 grand back in the 1990's,i remember reading about it in a paper and didnt really understand what belt it was at that time
Re: Boxing Belts For Sale
Posted: 06 Aug 2017, 05:30
by Greg Houston
dalcumly wrote:The belt on the wall in Rose Street Edinburgh was won by Brian Curvis.
Thanks for clearing that up. I'd always wondered and when I read about Buchanan having sold his I just made the assumption.