2026 Leaf Metal Ring Kings: Bret Hart, Jon Jones and Two-Layer Shadow Boxing

Bret Hart stands between the ropes with his championship belt visible. Jon Jones receives the same red-and-silver frame around a different ring-side portrait. 2026 Leaf Metal Ring Kings brings wrestling and combat sports into one autograph product, using the pictured subjects and the ring itself to establish the connection.

The inaugural edition appears on Leaf's July 2026 calendar. Boxes contain three autographs, with ten boxes per case. Leaf builds the release around metal autograph cards, shaped inserts, multi-signer combinations and historical cut signatures.

The ring frames the autograph

Hart's preview uses red corner blocks around a metallic-looking border. His photograph remains large, and the autograph panel occupies a wide band beneath it. The Ring Kings logo sits low in the image, close to the belt rather than over the center of the portrait.

Jones's preview repeats that structure with a different photograph and signature. The shared layout lets the subject change while the two cards remain clearly related. On both, the blue ink is separated from the ring photograph by the pale lower panel.

Belts, acetate and historical names

Leaf identifies Shadow Boxing as a two-layer acetate autograph design. The layered construction is a different visual idea from the flat signing panel in the base previews, giving that insert a specific reason to be followed within the product.

Title Belt die-cuts feature subjects who have won title belts. Knockout Kings is another shaped-card group, focused on fighters associated with knockouts. Inscriptions, Illustrations and Fighting Machines supply additional named themes across the release.

The multi-signed program includes combinations built around feuds and significant fights. Historical cut signatures add another route, with Muhammad Ali and André the Giant among Leaf's advertised examples. Those formats connect different eras and kinds of ring careers through the specific subjects on the card.