Why Lewis was defo a Canadian boxer

[gorasikawannabe]

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?

The key term here is born and bred. he was born in the UK but bred in Canada! Fact! His formative years were spent in Canada, which is why his identity is more North American than Europe. He is not as confused as he looks, and knows very well why he came here (Maloney offered him and his mum a salary). After beating Bruno and ascending to the World Stage, he went back to where he came from.

What was wrong about your post is you used the term GB, which normally refers to Team GB at the Olympics. But he did not choose Team GB, his mum chose Team Canada. He has not spent the majority of his days in the UK, and you are hugely mistaken. Once he made it and rung that cash register, he has spent little time here but continued to run with the Union Jack story. He does NOT live here at the moment and has spent MOST of his life in North America and not the UK. Know your facts before posting! I don't think he liked it much here tbh, based on his accent! Life in America suits him better as it is closer to life in Canada. Stop telling me lies because I am well read and won't believe you.

If you spent most of your life in China/oz including your formative years and still lived there and preferred it, then yes you are more chinaman/ozzie and less British. Btw, he didn't go to Canada to learn how to box. he went to live there as a child and learnt how to box later. Also refer to Mascarenhas to see what I think of your rugby anaology. If you did it like that, then yes! It would make you an Oz. If you don't believe me then just listen to Dmitiri's accent.

I think you are missing out on a few facts mate, and would like to belive he is more British than he is because of convenience. The truth, however is alot less pretty. Unless of course Miami Beach (and Vegas before it) is a part of the UK. Based on your criteria, you proved my point just a little bit more. Thank You

[Mersey]

Why Lewis was defo a British boxer:

Because he is British.

[gorasikawannabe]

Why Lewis was defo a British boxer:

Because he is British.

So is Greg Rusedski, but something tells me you're not as proud of him as you are of Lewis! If he fluked Wimbledon the way Rod**** fluked the US Open, you'd be all up on his balls and defensive about him too. But he didn't and remains Canadian! Lewis is about a British boxer just like Manuel Almunia is an English goalkeeper.

Btw, I think the papers had a dig at Hargreaves too for having a German accent until he turned out to be the **** at the '06 World Cup. The same way they did with Lewis. When he was British Champion, y'all were probably down the pub readin' Daily Star saying the same thing.

My question for you is, how does a 'Brit' win a Gold medal at the Olympics & Commonwealth Games for Canada and get inducted in to Canada's Sports Hall of Fame?

[Mersey]

So is Greg Rusedski, but something tells me you're not as proud of him as you are of Lewis! If he fluked Wimbledon the way Rod**** fluked the US Open, you'd be all up on his balls and defensive about him too. But he didn't and remains Canadian! Lewis is about a British boxer just like Manuel Almunia is an English goalkeeper.

Btw, I think the papers had a dig at Hargreaves too for having a German accent until he turned out to be the **** at the '06 World Cup. The same way they did with Lewis. When he was British Champion, y'all were probably down the pub readin' Daily Star saying the same thing.

My question for you is, how does a 'Brit' win a Gold medal at the Olympics & Commonwealth Games for Canada and get inducted in to Canada's Sports Hall of Fame?

If you moved to another country when you was 10, you would keep your nationality.

Lennox Lewis was a British man with a Canadian citizenship. He claims he is British, he was born and raised for 10 years in Britain. Who are you to say he's not?

[gorasikawannabe]

If you moved to another country when you was 10, you would keep your nationality.

Lennox Lewis was a British man with a Canadian citizenship. He claims he is British, he was born and raised for 10 years in Britain. Who are you to say he's not?

I didn't say he wasn't. I said he is definitely Canadian too! He was raised there too, and in boxing terms he is a Canadian fighter. He obviously says he is British to appease the media and fans over here, but at the same time it is a touchy subject he doesn't like to get into too much. I know Brits are nationalistic and would claim a world champion all day long, but the truth is he is a Canadian with British citizenship.

Tbh, if I moved to another country at 10 I wouldn't look back. I'd keep my nationality as that is not a choice; it is a birth right. But I would probably change and adapt to that country, which is what Lewis clearly has done. And which is why he has lived in America since he made it back in the mid 90's. Most of his life has been utside the UK.

[Mersey]

I didn't say he wasn't. I said he is definitely Canadian too! He was raised there too, and in boxing terms he is a Canadian fighter. He obviously says he is British to appease the media and fans over here, but at the same time it is a touchy subject he doesn't like to get into too much. I know Brits are nationalistic and would claim a world champion all day long, but the truth is he is a Canadian with British citizenship.

Tbh, if I moved to another country at 10 I wouldn't look back. I'd keep my nationality as that is not a choice; it is a birth right. But I would probably change and adapt to that country, which is what Lewis clearly has done. And which is why he has lived in America since he made it back in the mid 90's. Most of his life has been utside the UK.

Yes but....

On world title records etc. he is one of the 7 British World Champions. He's not a Canadian world champion. So there's no argument.

He was a British boxer living in another country.

[CiganoBoxer]

Never mind who he fought as an armature for...Lewis was born and bred in London England !
Thats where he considers him self from...who are we to tell him any different !?
I met Lennox once in a boxing shop in london....Let me tell you hes a fcuking huge man...i am 6 ft 1" and he made me look like a little boy...he was signing autographs... a writing pen looks tiny in between his fingers ...his hands are fcuking huge.. like big bunches of bananas lol
On the way out my kid brother joked that he was gonna go back in and give Lennox a slap...lol ...i said you first bruv

[MOTHER DUCKER]

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:
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No im not wrong as i never said he represented GB at the Olympics, i said he has come out and said he is British since. I moved to America recently, my younger sister came also she is 5 atm, if she grows up in America and becomes a big sports star does that make her American?

Like i said though its up to the person

[sonnyboyx2]

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.

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.

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!

whats with that `One minute later` video? wiedo!

[sonnyboyx2]

Lewis has a home in Canada which he lives with wife & Kid.. he has never owned a home in Britain