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The Vince Lombardi Trophy is awarded to the champions of the National Football League's Super Bowl

· Heisman Trophy – Awarded to the NCAA's Most Valuable Player in College Football

· BCS Trophy – Awarded to College Football's National Champion

· Vanier Cup – Awarded to the Canadian Interuniversity Sport football champion

· Grey Cup – Awarded to the Canadian Football League's champion

· Calder Cup – Awarded to the American Hockey League's playoff champion

· Stanley Cup – Awarded to the National Hockey League's Stanley Cup Champion

· Commissioner's Trophy – Awarded to Major League Baseball's World Series Champion

· Vince Lombardi Trophy – Awarded to the National Football League's Super Bowl champion

· Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy – Awarded to the National Basketball Association's champion

· MLS Cup – Awarded to the Major League Soccer's champion

· Mann Cup – An Indoor Lacrosse trophy awarded to the senior men's lacrosse champions of Canada.

· Steinfeld Cup – Awarded to the Major League Lacrosse champion

· Champion's Cup – Awarded to the National Lacrosse League champion

Many combat sports, such as boxing, mixed martial arts, and professional wrestling use championship belts as trophies; however, unlike most of the trophies mentioned above, a new one is not created every time a new champion is crowned; rather, the new champion takes the belt from the old one.

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Championship belt

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Juan Manuel López with the WBO Latino Super Bantamweight championship belt

A championship belt is a large, extravagantly designed belt used primarily in combat sports such as boxing, mixed martial arts and professional wrestling to signify the champions of the promotion or company, much like a cup or trophy in other sports. There are several companies in the business of constructing championship belts.

Boxing

In boxing, the individual organizations such as the World Boxing Council, The World Boxing Association, the International Boxing Federation and the World Boxing Organization each have their own unique championship belt that are awarded to the champions of each weight class. Boxers, especially the World Champions, strive to win the belt of all 4 organizations to unify their weight divisions. The Ring also created a championship system that is "intended to reward fighters who, by satisfying rigid criteria, can justify a claim as the true and only world champion in a given weight class."

Champions maintain permanent possession of these belts even upon losing their title, with a new belt made when a new champion is crowned.

Weight divisions

There are numerous Boxing weight classes within the sport, with there being minor discrepancies amongst the different governing bodies. The weight classes are:

Weight

WBA

Over 200 lb Heavyweight

200 lb (90.7kg) Cruiserweight

175 lb (79.4 kg) Light heavyweight

168 lb (76.2 kg) Super middleweight

160 lb (72.6 kg) Middleweight

154 lb (69.9 kg) Super welterweight

147 lb (66.7 kg) Welterweight

140 lb (63.5 kg) Super lightweight

135 lb (61.2 kg) Lightweight

130 lb (59.0 kg) Super featherweight