Why Lewis was defo a Canadian boxer

[gorasikawannabe]

People can talk all day about his confusions, and where he was born etc. The fatc that he thought there was a British football team or that he now listens to reggae and thinks he's Jamaican born and bred is irrelevant. He is a confused individual indeed when it comes to nationality but in a discussion about boxing it is best to stick to boxing. In boxing terms he is defo a product of the Canadian grass-roots boxing system and represented them in 2 Olympic games. Where he plied his trade afterwards is about as relevant as Deschamps playing for Juventus, Chelsea and Valencia! He was Made in Canada as a boxer. The same principle applies in any other sport IMO:

-Former England captain Kevin Peterson is a South African cricketer.

-England cricketer Dimitri Mascarenhas is Australian.

- Jamaican International footballer Robbie Earle was an England reject

- Portugal playmaker Deco is Brazilian born and bred

- Croatian international Eduardo is another Brazilian footballer

-English midfielder Owen Hargreaves is also Canadian

- Italian international Camoranesi is definitely Argentinian

-Former British top seed Rusedski is Canadian

- Adopted Aussie Kostya Tszyu is defintiely a Russian boxer

-Ghana born Desailly was a product of Clairfontaine football academy in France

-Turbanator Monty Panesar is an English cricketer


Where a sportsman goes to seize opportunities or where he was born is not relevant. Where he learnt how to ply his trade is the most important factor. Discuss!

[MOTHER DUCKER]

A mix of all 3? out of the 3 he choose Britain so?

Ryan Giggs chose to play for Wales rather then England

Its down to the sportsman's personal choice and from what i have read/seen he chose GB.

[Hyde]

His nationality is British. If I move to China and learn to play table tennis does that make me a Chinese table tennis player? According to your logic I would right? gtfoh.

Lennox Lewis was born in Britain and spent his childhood in Britain, he then moved to Canada for a few years and then moved back to his HOME country of England. True story.

[Oasis_Lad]

Born in Britain. Owns a British passport. Describes himself as British.

Yep, he's British.

[gorasikawannabe]

A mix of all 3? out of the 3 he choose Britain so?

Ryan Giggs chose to play for Wales rather then England

Its down to the sportsman's personal choice and from what i have read/seen he chose GB.

You will find you are very mistaken and not very well researched. he did NOT choose team GB and did NOT represent them at the Olympics. He chose Canada and represented them twice at the Olympics. What you have read and seen is wrong! He learnt how to box after he migrated as a child and represented his country up until the age of 23:





Yes it is their personal choice. Camoranesi chose Italy even though Argentina are solid too. He is an Italian for sure, but is a product of the Argentine football factory. That is all I am saying, and not that Lennox is not British (which he obviosuly is). Giggs chose to play for Wales because he was born and bred there, plus he felt Lee Sharpe would be playing for England for a while! Sierra Leone are not very good so he didn't bother calling on the grandpa rule. But from my analogy, Ryan Giggs is an English footballer so I kinda missed your point mate. From my point of view he seized on opportunity in a way similar to what Lewis did. The only difference is that Lewis benefitted from it, whereas Giggs missed out on International glory and playing at The World Cup.

His nationality is British. If I move to China and learn to play table tennis does that make me a Chinese table tennis player? According to your logic I would right? gtfoh.

Lennox Lewis was born in Britain and spent his childhood in Britain, he then moved to Canada for a few years and then moved back to his HOME country of England. True story.

WRONG. He also has Canadian nationality and spent part of his childhood there too. If you moved ot China in in your pre-teen years (and then moved back in your mid 20's to ring the infamous UK cash register) and had an accent from when you learnt ping pong, then yes you would be a product of the Chinese table tennis association. Btw, 'a few years' stretched right in to his mid 20's me thinks.

Born in Britain. Owns a British passport. Describes himself as British.

Yep, he's British.

So does Rusedski and 1000's of assylum seekers. I think Lewis owns a Canadian one too, maybe Jamaica as well! I am not saying he isn't any of them three things, I am saying he is a Canadian boxer and spent all his formative boxing years there, just like Rusedski and Hargreaves.

It should be noted that most of the British tabloid press use to also keep blasting Lennox as not British but a Canadian taking advantage, until he knocked out Bruno and won the world title. Then he became British!

[BritishBoxing92]

lennox is british and born in london.....can call himself whatever he wants tbh he will always be an english man

[KenBuchanan]

He was born in West Ham, London and didn't move to Canada untill he was about 12 years old. So of course he's British you idiot.

[gorasikawannabe]

lennox is british and born in london.....can call himself whatever he wants tbh he will always be an english man

Is that why he says big up the British football team!!! After a jounro asked him what he thought of the 'great' weekend of British sport after they managed to beat the Argie's 1-0.

He is about as British as Rusedski. If he flopped like Rusedski, you'd disown him just as quick. It seems to me you ignoring the fact that he represented Canada at the Olympics as a grown man is a matter of convenience. He went there as a child.

Also, some British fans do not seem to realise that a professional boxer is not representing team GB, but himself. Pro boxing does not happen in teams, with nation V nation. The fighters represetn themselves, and American Vargas chose to come out in mexican colours and with a mexican flag.Lennox chose Britain for the benjamins, as Maloney even boxed off a salary for his dear mum. There are no such promoters is Canada (the only nation he has represented in the sport).

[gorasikawannabe]

He was born in West Ham, London and didn't move to Canada untill he was about 12 years old. So of course he's British you idiot.

Stop getting so defensive just because the only other option is Frank bruno. You got Hayemaker on the way!

I didn't say he wasn't British! He is British, but was a Canadian boxer at the Olympics and learnt how to box in Canada. He is a product of the Canadian boxing system, and he has a Canuck accent to boot. 12 is very young, and he was just a child and a pre-teen. All his teen years were spent in Canada and some of his adult years too including the day he won his Olympic Gold medal.He may have been born in West Ham but he doesn't sound anything like a ****ney, you idiot!

[Hyde]

WRONG. He also has Canadian nationality and spent part of his childhood there too. If you moved ot China in in your pre-teen years (and then moved back in your mid 20's to ring the infamous UK cash register) and had an accent from when you learnt ping pong, then yes you would be a product of the Chinese table tennis association. Btw, 'a few years' stretched right in to his mid 20's me thinks.

Wrong? What was wrong about my post, Lennox Lewis has a British nationality maybe he also has a Canadian nationality but that still doesn't make what I said wrong. Otherwise explain to me what parts about my post was factually wrong.

Lennox Lewis have spent the MAJORITY of his life IN ENGLAND. Yes I know he spent around 10 years in Canada but he has still lived in England for more years than in Canada.

Lennox Lewis considers himself British, who are you to dispute that? Who are you to tell him that he is not British when it was there he was born and grew up?

"then yes you would be a product of the Chinese table tennis association"

Yes offcourse I would, but would I be an actual Chinese man just for that? Hell no... I'm not dis*****g the fact that Lennox Lewis is a product of Canadian boxing but does that make him an actual Canadian? I dont think so. So youre basicly saying that if I go to any country and learn a sport there then I'm a man of that country? So If I move to Austalia and learn Rugby does that make me australian? If I move to America and learn baseball does that make me american? If I move to Mexico and learn wrestling does that make me Mexican? No, no and no. What if I first go to China and learn Table tennis and then I move to Germany and learn baskeball, what am I then? A Chinese-German?