Lennox Lewis on the ridiculous claims that he is not English

[Randall_Hopkirk]

Lennox is a man of many nations. why people get their knickers in a twist over the issue is beyond me.

[mojack]

Lennox is a man of many nations. why people get their knickers in a twist over the issue is beyond me.

It's usually the fat hotdog eating yanks that always bring it up.

[Arka]

Based on the arguments I've just read people like Owen Hargreaves,John Barnes or Linford Christie could not really be called British...

"Having moved to England as a boy, Barnes was noticed by Watford whilst playing as a schoolboy for non-league Sudbury Court. "

"Christie was born in Saint Andrew, Jamaica and in Jamaica he was brought up by his grandmother. He followed his parents, who had emigrated five years before, to England at the age of seven"

"Hargreaves is the youngest of three children born to Margaret and Colin Hargreaves who had migrated to Canada at the start of the eighties from the United Kingdom.[citation needed] His father played football for the Bolton Wanderers youth side and also for the Calgary Kickers of the Canadian Soccer League. He has two brothers, Darren and Neil. His eldest brother, Darren, represented Canada at youth level."

Is Owen Hargreaves the greatest football(soccer) player to come out of Canada then?

[Dynamite Kid]

Based on the arguments I've just read people like Owen Hargreaves,John Barnes or Linford Christie could not really be called British...

"Having moved to England as a boy, Barnes was noticed by Watford whilst playing as a schoolboy for non-league Sudbury Court. "

"Christie was born in Saint Andrew, Jamaica and in Jamaica he was brought up by his grandmother. He followed his parents, who had emigrated five years before, to England at the age of seven"

"Hargreaves is the youngest of three children born to Margaret and Colin Hargreaves who had migrated to Canada at the start of the eighties from the United Kingdom.[citation needed] His father played football for the Bolton Wanderers youth side and also for the Calgary Kickers of the Canadian Soccer League. He has two brothers, Darren and Neil. His eldest brother, Darren, represented Canada at youth level."

Is Owen Hargreaves the greatest football(soccer) player to come out of Canada then?

Owen Hargreaves is NOT English


where you are born in where you from as far as im concerned there are special cases where you can make exceptions but on the whole where you are born is where you are from

[Enemy/Friend]

Lewis is British and the proof is on his birth certificate

BTW where are the "dosey" yanks in this thread that claim he is Canadian? The only people who seem to be arguing the OP are both Canadian.

[Arka]

Owen Hargreaves is NOT English


where you are born in where you from as far as im concerned there are special cases where you can make exceptions but on the whole where you are born is where you are from

Cool.

[alframsey]

With a username like "alframsey" you should be ashamed of yourself son.

Why is that then?????????

[BenL]

No, if you move to Canada when you are 7, live there for most of your life, move to Britain for a few years, get famous and move to America...then you are a Canadian.

The fact is he English. He was born in England, therefore he is English. End of story.

[Miburo]

He's not really anything, he's a mixture of a variety of influences and his accent reflects it.

[larryx]

so lennox was a english jamacian living in canada???????