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The Nelson Mandela National Museum, aka Mandela House, photographed in July 2013. A World Boxing Council championship belt given to Mandela by American boxer Sugar Ray Leonard was stolen from the museum on or before July 1. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, photo credit A. Bailey. Shared under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.

Boxing champion belt given to Nelson Mandela stolen in South Africa

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The Nelson Mandela National Museum, aka Mandela House, photographed in July 2013. A World Boxing Council championship belt given to Mandela by American boxer Sugar Ray Leonard was stolen from the museum on or before July 1. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, photo credit A. Bailey. Shared under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.

The Nelson Mandela National Museum, aka Mandela House, photographed in July 2013. A World Boxing Council championship belt given to Mandela by American boxer Sugar Ray Leonard was stolen from the museum on or before July 1. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, photo credit A. Bailey. Shared under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.

JOHANNESBURG (AP) – A World Boxing Council championship belt belonging to former South African President Nelson Mandela has been stolen from a museum in Soweto, according to police. The belt was given to Mandela by American boxing legend Sugar Ray Leonard during one of his visits to South Africa. It was one of many artifacts inside the Nelson Mandela National Museum, a major tourist attraction for local and international travelers.

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