Why Are Boxing Belts So Ugly?

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  1. manilavanilla

    manilavanilla New Member Full Member

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    Compared to MMA or especially older wrestling belts(the winged eagle, the Big Gold belt etc), I find boxing belts to look uninspired, generic, and toy like. Is this down to stubborn tradition, cheapness, or what? I really wish Reggie Parks had been given the chance to redesign some of these belts, may he rest in peace.
     
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  2. JOKER

    JOKER Froat rike butterfry, sting rike MFER! banned Full Member

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    I love the WBC's Power Rangers belt.
     
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  3. One more round

    One more round Member Full Member

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    I quite like the majority of the belts tbf. I have a problem with how many there are though.
     
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  4. CooperKupp

    CooperKupp “B.. but they all playin NBA basketball again!” Full Member

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    Nah man. I actually think boxing has the nicest belts. Especially Fury’s Union Jack version of the WBC. THAT thing is cool looking
     
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  5. Brighton bomber

    Brighton bomber Loyal Member Full Member

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    Not all of them are ugly, the Lonsdale belt looks great in my opinion, especially the older ones made of real gold.

    But yeah the major titles do look cheap and tacky. I guess it's a cost thing, these sanctioning bodies are all about money, why pay a real designer good money to design a belt and why make a belt that costs a lot when it just cuts into profits.
     
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  6. DoubleJab666

    DoubleJab666 Dot, dot, dot... Full Member

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    And they have so many belts to make these days :lol:
     
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  7. Murderers' Row

    Murderers' Row Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Ring belt and Lonsdale belt look gorgeous.
     
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  8. ashishwarrior

    ashishwarrior I'm vital ! Full Member

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    The Blackpool tower boxing championship belt
    Is the belt above all belts
     
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  9. Ex Army Jim 39

    Ex Army Jim 39 couldnt believe the price of chairs banned Full Member

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    you have to be joking the mma belts look like they are out of the argos catalogue for wee boys they are cheap rubbish looking things
     
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  10. Pimp C

    Pimp C Too Much Motion Full Member

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    The WBC belt looks great especially since it has the pictures of former champs on it.
     
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  11. 007 373 5963

    007 373 5963 Active Member Full Member

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    The UFC belt is painfully generic. It looks like something He-Man or the ThunderCats would have worn.

    I honestly like all the flags on the WBC belt, but i don't like the buttons with the boxers' faces on them. That looks silly.
     
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  12. Toney F*** U

    Toney F*** U Boxing junkie Full Member

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    I always thought the ibf belt looked the coolest. WBC looks good too since it’s different from all the others. If there was a belt with the wbc’s shape with ibf colors I’d go pro right now and take it.
     
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  13. drenlou

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    My personal favorite is the IBF! The Golden Eagle is dope af.
     
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  14. Toney F*** U

    Toney F*** U Boxing junkie Full Member

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    :deal:
     
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  15. Ph33rknot

    Ph33rknot Live as if you were to die tomorrow Full Member

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    I know you're joking but I have liked a few of them and if I had one it would be the preciousis
     
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