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| Jem Carney and Randolph Turpin boxing belts auctioned | Jem Carney and Randolph Turpin boxing belts auctioned |
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| Belts that belonged to two former world champion boxers have been auctioned. | |
| A silver belt won by Birmingham-born boxer Jem Carney in a 74-round fight with Jack McAuliffe in 1887 was expected to go for £10,000, but failed to meet its reserve. | |
| Randolph Turpin's 1951 Boxing News belt, however, was sold for £2,400 at the sale by Fellows Auctioneers. | |
| Turpin was nicknamed "the Leamington Licker" after his hometown of Leamington Spa in Warwickshire. | Turpin was nicknamed "the Leamington Licker" after his hometown of Leamington Spa in Warwickshire. |
| Lightweight Jem Carney fought Jack McAuliffe for the American Holske International Challenge title in Revere in Massachusetts, USA. | Lightweight Jem Carney fought Jack McAuliffe for the American Holske International Challenge title in Revere in Massachusetts, USA. |
| The bout was stopped and declared a draw after more than four hours with both fighters being awarded a belt. | The bout was stopped and declared a draw after more than four hours with both fighters being awarded a belt. |
| Randolph Turpin won three British middleweight titles during the 1950s and defeated Sugar Ray Robinson at Earls Court in London to win the world middleweight title in 1951. | Randolph Turpin won three British middleweight titles during the 1950s and defeated Sugar Ray Robinson at Earls Court in London to win the world middleweight title in 1951. |
| The Boxing News trade paper awarded him a belt after he was voted the fighter to make the biggest contribution to British boxing that year. | The Boxing News trade paper awarded him a belt after he was voted the fighter to make the biggest contribution to British boxing that year. |
| A bronze statue of Turpin was put up in Warwick's Town Square in 2001. | |
| Both belts went on sale at Fellows auction house in Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter. |