Why Lewis was defo a Canadian boxer

[mrboxer]

if he had passports from all these nations then he can claim to be all,

[mickey malone]

QUOTE: Wtf has that gotta do with the price of fish? You're making no sense mate with your illogical post, lay off the guiness

Oh, and trust you to be an aspiring authority on the subject..
I was merely saying in 8 words, what it has just taken you a whole page to explain..

Yes, it's quite clear, Lewis is English, but would have probably fought for Canada or Jamaica if England were a third world country & redundant of boxing promoters..

And Guinness is spelt with 2 N's

[slapbangwhallop]

its funny how Lennox never mentioned anything about being British until Frank Maloney said to him "say you are British - we havent got any decent Heavyweights and we will make a ton of money"

Bingo-****o - he's all of a supdden British!

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1140307/index.htm

[Gorgeous George]

its funny how Lennox never mentioned anything about being British until Frank Maloney said to him "say you are British - we havent got any decent Heavyweights and we will make a ton of money"

Bingo-****o - he's all of a supdden British!

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vau...0307/index.htm

You"re in for it now sir....

[Gojira]

I stopped reading when you talked **** about the legend that is robbie earle.

And why are you trying to prove if lennox was or wasnt british? who gives a ****, he boxed professionally as an english person.

[Sick/]

How long did he live in Britain for again?

[AngloArab]

Canadian citizenship, especially at that time, was one of the easiest to get. I've got mates who went over there for uni and then came back as citizens without that even being their intention and they don't consider themselves Canadian. I lived in the US for about as long as Lewis lived in Canada, went to university there and trained as a wrestler there. That doesn't make me American.
As far as Lewis having a Canadian accent, where are you from? If you're from Canada, you're in the minority because Lewis himself said that in Canada, people tell him he sounds English and in England, he's told he sounds American. I personally just feel he has a fusion accent that can't be associated with any one particular country. Again, my situation is similar. In the US, people can tell I'm from England, but in England, a lot of people tell me I sound American. Again, that doesn't make me American.
As far as the 'British football team' comment goes, if he did say that, I've heard ******er comments from what you would consider 'real' Brits. I've heard people talk about 'English passports' and 'English citizenship', both of which don't exist.
Lewis definitely bigs up Jamaica and Canada and he has every reason to. He's naturally gonna feel some affiliation to the country his parents originate from and the country where he went to secondary school and first learned how to box. However, from most of his media appearances and interviews, he clearly considers himself British.
This really is quite a daft topic because there are several different ways to determine where someone's from: birthplace, parentage, citizenship, country where you lived the longest, etc.
To sum it all up, Lennox Lewis considers himself a West Indian Englishman who also has Canadian citizenship and nobody can logically say that's not what he is.

[Too Much 4U]

Easy answer, but you all said it.

[sureshot45]

Yes you two are right, he was British born, I presume of Jamaican Parents, then adopted Canada on his teens and earlier adulthood in this time Canadian trainers teached him how to box. The Canadian 0limpic boxing team sponsor him and represented Canada in the olimpics, to represent Canada he had to be a Canadian citizen, so he is also Canadian, and maybe because of his ancestry also a Jamaican citizen in the long run who gives a dam what he is.
My opinion, the reson he choose to be British was: The British promotors where the ones that offer the best money deal and I bet one of their conditions to promote him was that he will fight using his home land as England.
As gorasikawannawabe says he is british boxer, but a product of the Canadian Olimpic boxing program. he is not dis*****g that fact.
To end this. Who the heck gives a dam what in hell he is, he was a good boxer that has managed to retire with his title and so far has managed to stay retired unlike many others that hung to the sport for to long.