Does anybody know how the belts are exchanged?

I believe the new titlist gives the old champion back his belt and then receives his own engraved belt at a future date

 

I was wondering the same thing

 

New one is made for the new champ.
If not, the same belt would have been passed around for years and years and get all trashed.

 

i think you have to defend the belt a certain number of times before you can keep it

 

Really?

My understanding is that once you win any title, that "copy" of it is yours forever (unless you hawk it on Ebay).

 

I remember Martinez had a meeting to get his very own belt after beating Pavlik.

 

i takes weeks after you won the title.

 

Maybe there's the REAL belt that you have to put up on the line for every fight, and it's the one that gets passed around? They don't start a fight until THE belt is in "their" hands.

Every champ gets a personal copy of their own belt though. I know Money had a belt display case that he showed in his UStream.

 

Obviously every fighter gets their own personal belt once they've won it. Haven't you seen boxers carry multiple belts they no longer hold when they come into the ring?

 

Good thread ....I was wondering too....But the belt is like a superbowl ring....a trophy of your accomplishment for you to keep.......or hawk on ebay.....or sell on Pawn Stars!! I saw a WBC belt and some Pats SB rings on that show...WTF???

 

With the ABCs, each titlist gets a new belt, but it doesn't get made until after he wins the fight. Thus, it's customary for the new champ to walk around with the old champ's belt at the end of the fight, but they give it right back to the old champ, and then a few weeks later they get their own belt.

As for defending a certain number of times, the Lonsdale Belt (Commonwealth title) is the only belt I know of that works that way.

 

so Martinez had to UPS the Lineal Middleweight Belt back to Pavlik?