Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction Winter 2022
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Founded in 1921 and originally known as the National Boxing Association, the World Boxing Association (WBA) is the oldest of the four major organizations which sanction professional boxing bouts. The WBA awards its world championship title at the professional level. This original WBA championship belt hails from the early-1990s according to our consignor and was purchased in Las Vegas over 20 years ago, with it’s provenance lost to time. At approx 47” in length, the high-quality leather belt with fur underside sports a mounted WBA medallion and crown motif with logo with inserted stones (a total of three stones are missing), with additional medallions at each side designed to hold boxer’s images (each is blank), with Gilberto Mendoza listed within the WBA medallion (Mendoza was President of the WBA from 1982 until 2016). The hardware components are also 18 KT gold plated – again, according to our consignor. We have compared this belt to a replica in our offices, with the quality and construction quite differing, with this belt appearing to be of much greater quality, including the well-designed crown, and the larger medallions at each side. The belt also weighs in at 7 lbs, and shows light wear throughout.
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