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An important Australian Colonial silver-gilt boxing belt…
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Melbourne
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3-Dec-2022
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An important Australian Colonial silver-gilt boxing belt (article published in the world of Antiques & Art, August 2006 - Feb.2007 edition; author Judith Heaven) a prize-fighter's belt with Australian associations was recently discovered in London. The imposing silver-gilt belt had been presented to the Englishman, James Mace (1831 – 1910), often called 'The father of boxing'. The Australian associations, as initially shown by the belt's inscriptions, were that the Englishman, 'Jem' Mace, the world champion, was presented with the belt 'By his Australian friends and admirers' in September 1881. Preliminary research showed that Mace had arrived in Sydney in 1877 after a distinguished international fighting career and left Australia from Melbourne in early 1882. During this time Mace gave numerous exhibition bouts, worked with the noted Australian fighter Larry Foley at his boxing academy in Sydney and mentored and trained Foley for his greatest achievement, Champion of Australia in 1870.
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