Freddie Welsh
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Freddie Welsh was a Welsh World boxing champion. The lightweight boxer was born in Pontypridd, Wales, nicknamed the "Welsh Wizard". Brought up in a tough mining community, Welsh left a working-class b
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Young Erne, who faced Welsh twice, firstly in Philadelphia in 1906
Packey McFarland fought Welsh three times, twice in 1908
Freddie Welsh at docks, incorrectly labelled as 1910
Lonsdale Belt
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The Lord Lonsdale Challenge Belt, commonly known as the Lonsdale Belt, is the oldest championship belt in British professional boxing. The 5th Earl of Lonsdale introduced the prize on behalf of the Na
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…Jim Driscoll. Welsh finished off his tour of America with far more convincing displays over Jack Goodman and Phil Brock. With his sights now on the Lonsdale Belt, Welsh travelled back to Britain. On his arrival at Cardiff on 19 June he was greeted by a throng of admirers; one of the first to greet him was Jim…
The Lonsdale Belt
The original Challenge Belt design presented by the National Sporting Club 1909–1929
George Groves displays the Lonsdale belt presented by the BBBofC Picture is changed to a portrait of Lord Lonsdale, replacing the two boxers in the original version.
A statue of Jim Driscoll in Cardiff. Driscoll was the first boxer to win a Lonsdale Belt outright.