Heavyweight boxer Tyson Fury has offered to pay £25,000 for the 'UK's biggest gold cross and chain' which a Nottinghamshire man has saved from being scrapped. Andreo Montanino, 33, purchased the item in Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter after spotting it in the window of a bullion dealer.
Mr Montanino, from Trowell, believed that the item was to be melted down but said that he had to stop this happening in memory of his nan who was deeply religious, with the chain bearing a likeness of Jesus Christ on the crucifix. The item will be auctioned in September but Mr Montanino has already called out some potential customers.
He said: "I hope bringing it to auction will help me find someone who will treasure it. Because it's so special, a showpiece, it would work well if it was worn around the neck of a famous boxer on the walkout to the ring, someone like Tyson Fury or Anthony Joshua."
