How It's Made: Boxing Championship Belts

[@timothymccarthy7747]

The belt I wear is the Levi's.

[@zochhuanawmazote1658]

So beautiful than most of the Machine made product. There is some extra value cause of the hand made. All the collectors prefer hamd made..

[@sparky7504]

what paint is used to paint these belts

[@markvincent5241]

Enamel paint

[@zochhuanawmazote1658]

Are WBC, WBA, IBF, WBO belts are made from real Gold? And how many Karat Gold they used?

[@rodolfomurillo4989]

From what I know the metal part of the belt is mostly made of steel or aluminum, they coat the metal with whatever they were customly asked for, like if you asked for a diamond to eb added they ad a diamond, and if you wanted to add gold you pick what kind of gold. I think, I don't know for sure

[@saucedopro]

Gold plated

[@francissobotka8725]

Body is usually zamec or aluminum .Zamec is the metal hot wheels are made from.Then its plated.Tin does not cast as crisp as zamec.

[@mactheknife7049]

No. None of them are, actually. The WBA and WBC's are gold plated, while the IBF, IBO and WBO belts are essentially gold plated resin (and easily damaged).

[@markvincent5241]

Only one that was actually gold was the original Lonsdale belt and that became gold plated in the late 60s I believe.

[@589leash9]

Can we the public purchase replicas belts from these makers ? Is so please advice on acquiring them.

[@iorekby]

WBC you can buy official belts from. But they are not cheap, they are like $2500+ The belts themselves cost about $500 to make, so you really overpay. The only way it can be worth it is to get a famous boxer to sign your official belt, then they can be an okay investment. But there are companies that do cheaper replicas.

[@stampederealty]

I'm not sure about boxing belts but MMA and wrestling yes. I'm sure with boxing the wrestling replica makers can get close to the original but it might cost a bit. JB Toys makes mine and he does a great job.

[@BeastModeOfficial]

Wrestling belts look better

[@OnGod1007]

1997 and back. Garbage now.

[@BeastModeOfficial]

@@OnGod1007 i like them tbh

[@birdcityfootball]

@@OnGod1007 they’re way better now

[@saucedopro]

Boxing belts look beautiful but the wrestling ones are definitely put together better and look like they’re easier to put on.

[@stampederealty]

Way better but I think boxing belts sometimes holds a little more significance in one way but wrestling in another. I'll give it to MMA, they perfectly blend both.

[@omegagk1488]

Is it a rule for every boxing title to be so gross looking