Lennox Lewis is more Canadian than British

[Dynamite Kid]

No it would have been rescinded, when he moved to Canada and was granted Canadian citizenship to fight for Canada in the Olympics. As both his parents were not born in Britain.

Get over it

division heavyweight
nationality United Kingdom
alias The Lion
residence London, United Kingdom
birth place West Ham, England
birth name Lennox Claudius Lewis

[lennon]

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You don't understand nationality is given based on the Law, if Lewis was born after 1983 he wouldn't be english, because as the the law states at least 1 of his parents need to be British and neither were. He could not fight as an english fighter if born after 1983. period.
This Law affects the hundreds of thousand of immigrants who have entered the UK since 1983. What you think mean zero. the Law is based on what is most important, Parents nationality.

obviously his parents lived in England for the 12 years that he did and longer lol so they were likely british citizens as all the caribean peoples coming to Britain were, or would you begrudge all the black players that played for England, what about john Barnes, he wasnt even born in England yet played for the national team!

[Dynamite Kid]

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obviously his parents lived in England for the 12 years that he did and longer lol so they were likely british citizens as all the caribean peoples coming to Britain were, or would you begrudge all the black players that played for England, what about john Barnes, he wasnt even born in England yet played for the national team!

its got nothing to do with Colour if u are not Born in this country you are not English as far as im concerned ,so no John Barnes is not English IMO

Fabrice Muamba is not English

[-Swizzy-]

Lennox Lewis wants more funding for Canadian boxing

Former heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis continues to follow Olympic boxing and is well aware of the medal drought Canada is currently enduring.

Lewis, who was named to the Canadian Sport Hall of Fame in May, won Olympic gold for Canada at the 1988 Seoul Games before moving on to have a highly successful pro career.

The former three-time world champion said Canadian amateur boxers need more funding in order to prosper at the Olympics.

"There are a lot of young, bright stars out there for boxing and they're not getting the opportunity," Lewis said during a recent conference call. "We have a lot of talent and lot of good prospects. We just need to feed them and nourish them."

Led by Lewis, Canadian boxing flourished in the 1980s, which included silver medals earned by Shawn O'Sullivan and Willie DeWit at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.

[them_apples]

yea Lewis went to my high school

[-Swizzy-]

Lennox Lewis wants more funding for Canadian boxing

Former heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis continues to follow Olympic boxing and is well aware of the medal drought Canada is currently enduring.

Lewis, who was named to the Canadian Sport Hall of Fame in May, won Olympic gold for Canada at the 1988 Seoul Games before moving on to have a highly successful pro career.

The former three-time world champion said Canadian amateur boxers need more funding in order to prosper at the Olympics.

"There are a lot of young, bright stars out there for boxing and they're not getting the opportunity," Lewis said during a recent conference call. "We have a lot of talent and lot of good prospects. We just need to feed them and nourish them."

Led by Lewis, Canadian boxing flourished in the 1980s, which included silver medals earned by Shawn O'Sullivan and Willie DeWit at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.

read the bolded part. he says "WE have a lot of talent" when talking about Canadian boxing prospects instead of saying Canada has a lot of talent. If that doesn't seal the deal on whether he is Canadian or not than I don't know what does. Unless you don't care what Lennox thinks he is and think you know better about who he is than he does.

[garryd]

Don't EVER forget that it was CANADIAN tax payers who paid for ALL the training travel etc maybe millions of dollars for him to go to TWO (2) olympics as a CANADIAN.

THEN when there are $$$$ on the line he goes to the British thing for the $$$

He's a f@g!!

remember that until he was in CANADA he NEVER boxed!!
Moved there at the age of 12!!


I think that its kind of ****ty and disrespectfull to the country that paid and paved the way for him.

P.S. Im canadian and never liked the guy..the brits can have him! I'll take Ken Lakusta any day!

but thats because he never classed himself as CANADIAN! thats why he behaved that way!
I gotta say it i met Lennox once in a boxing shop in london and i gotta say he is a realy nice fella! He is ****ing Huge though lol he has got hands like bunches of Bannas ! i mean i am 6"1 and about 95kg and he made me look like a middle weight !
But he is a true gent!

[-Swizzy-]

Actually he is MORE Jamaican than Canadian or British.
Whatever way you look at it Britain used to OWN both.
So essentially your thread is wank.

the only two places that can truly claim responsibility for all of Lennox's success are Canada and the continent of Africa where Lewis' ancestry originated. He has African blood running through his veins and he learned to love boxing and trained for boxing in Canada PERIOD. Britain and Jamaica didn't make Lewis what he was. Its kinda like a british buying a BMW and claiming its a british car just cuz its being driven and owned by a brit. the car might be enjoyed and owned by a british, but it will always be German.

[garryd]

the only two places that can truly claim responsibility for all of Lennox's success are Canada and the continent of Africa where Lewis' ancestry originated. He has African blood running through his veins and he learned to love boxing and trained for boxing in Canada PERIOD.

Thats funny,cause i always thought it was where your birth place is and where you class yourself as coming from!?
And if you ask Lennox he will tell you Hes a Londoner!?
So who are we to tell Lennox where hes from!??
He obviously knows !
And i wouldnt want to argue with him! hes ****ing Huge lol

[-Swizzy-]

Thats funny,cause i always thought it was where your birth place is and where you class yourself as coming from!?
And if you ask Lennox he will tell you Hes a Londoner!?
So who are we to tell Lennox where hes from!??
He obviously knows !
And i wouldnt want to argue with him! hes ****ing Huge lol

well you thought wrong. birthplace means absolutely nothing. and if you ask Lennox where he is from he'll say he's a Londoner? I doubt he will name his current place of residence as the place that he is from even if he lives there cuz ppl usually give their country of origin as the place they are from and I would think that he would probably say jamaica as the place that he is from. btw he also owns a home in Canada.