Jack Beaumont Belt Pic

I can only think a holder is a holder. He has defended his title. My interpretation is that the title had maybe no belt and he was presented with one by Wryton as a reward. Of course in reality he probably never took the belt home. The picture of a holder with a belt in many cases was pure marketing.

Having never been an insider though , that is only my best guess. But I do think some of the old pro's have filtered this down that they just had a picture took with a belt for publicity often without even asking why.

fair enough Ron, thanks. Belts/Cups were promotion's properties since the earliest titles (1860s) and yes I do doubt that pro wrestlers became actual owners of those costly items despite newspapers claiming otherwise. Though I do think that sometimes wrestlers purchased dear to their hearts trophies from the actual owners (promoters) later in their careers and kept their beloved symbols of their victories from the past. It does look like in 1952-53 Wryton used their belt for middleweight division champs, different titles of course. In case with Belshaw it was British Empire and with Fernando Bawin it was not less but the world's championship. Anyways this photo of Belshaw is the only (!!!) known to me pic which shows THE ELUSIVE WRYTON BELT. I hope that the collectors, I mean our dear collectors on this site can help us with somewhat a better quality of this image of Belshaw.

Some of the belts were not that costly. In the 1980s I can recall sceptics shouting "did you get that belt from Woolworths?"

Thanks Ron. Is 1952 Hanley new? I've noticed some more years of papers available on BNA.

Yes new.

Ron, thank you, you are the man. I think you put the end to an eternal attempt of unearthing a wryton belt pic. yes middleweight. early 50s would make perfect sense. martin conroy was the holder in 1947 (reportedly). now my concern is how long was that mwt British Empire eliminator...few weeks? any info would be highly appreciated. The Ost...congrats my friend!

Thanks so much for this info Hack, appreciate.

The Ost, thanks so much for sharing, much appreciated. New Brighton Tower was Wryton land in fact. I wonder in 1951 who were world champs of the other weight divisions/classes recognized by Wryton Promotions (at least). Light-weight, welter-weight, light-heavyweight...? And another important question which organization's British Champions did Wryton recognize around this time?

Thanks for sharing Ron, appreciate. I see A. Belshaw is called British light-heavy champ. And J. Belshaw world mwt champ. Definitely not Oakeley's. Which promotion was Dundee, Relwyskow? My concern is was Arthur Belshaw an official JP/Mount Evans Style light-heavy champ? Or this bill means something else.

Grant Promotions did Premierland in Dundee to rival Relwyskow at Caird Hall. I think Joint Promotions tried to freeze him out. Even after their formation there were still plenty of other players such as Dick Rogers at Belle Vue and Sam Cowen was at Ardwick until 1950.

Garethjjones82@gmail.com I have many questions but a huge amount of info and memorabilia of my grandad.

Kind regards Gareth

Thanks Peter, do you know which promotion was it? Relwyskows?

@ruslan-pashayev British Wrestling Association

@Peter thanks, to the best of my knowledge Atholl Oakeley never had any trophies for his champs. No cups, no belts. Then this belt might be something else. I was thinking about Dale Martin. In the early 1950s they were still "independent" and had championships of their own and yes they did have belts. But of course I am just guessing.