The 1909 George de Relwyskow Sr World's Lightweight Championship Belt

After all this time Ruslan never fails to amaze. Okay, by the 1980s I had lost interest but I knew a heavyweight championship belt in the 1960s and it wasn't like this.

Then Ruslan shows us the photographic evidence of Tiger Dalibar Singh wearing the belt. Incredible Ruslan. Not being a romantic like Ruslan I think it more likely this was just a cheapskate way of avoiding buying a new belt.

I wonder if this belt was still owned by the Relwyskows and only used on their shows and publicity shots. Was a different belt used by Max Crabtree on the other Joint Promotions shows? That's a serious question, and would bring in to doubt use of the phrase "symbolic of the British heavyweight championship" as Relwyskow was a small part of Joint. And I'm certainly not questioning Ruslan's research.

Don't think your opinion about the pay won't be popular Ruslan. I would think most reading this forum know such figures must be fantasy. In 1960 a working man would be grateful to earn £10 a week, and many of us will remember queing up at the teachers desk once a week to hand over two half crowns for another week's school dinners.

Great stuff Ruslan.