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[Cortez]

I do know that the wba was the first of today's alphabet soup formerly nba

[WBC WBA IBF]

Nice knowledge! But the ring is the first actual belt right? I am happy to be schooled here

He won the NBA title in 1921. He won the NYSAC in 1922. He was awarded the Ring Magazine title at some point in 1922, but I don't have a way of knowing if it was before or after the NYSAC win, but it was definitely after the NBA.

[Cortez]

He won the NBA title in 1921. He won the NYSAC in 1922. He was awarded the Ring Magazine title at some point in 1922, but I don't have a way of knowing if it was before or after the NYSAC win, but it was definitely after the NBA.

Did the old titles have a belt?

[WBC WBA IBF]

Did the old titles have a belt?

I'm not sure. I know boxing belts started as a thing in the early 1800s, but I don't know which organizations started giving which belts when.

[Cortez]

I'm not sure. I know boxing belts started as a thing in the early 1800s, but I don't know which organizations started giving which belts when.

The British championship was the first ever belt and I guess the ring was first world belt