Lennox Lewis on the ridiculous claims that he is not English

[BetterCallSaul]

Lennox Lewis representing the French speaking nation of Great Britain.

Wooo.....Team GB....go.

[alframsey]

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

i think you got it.

[Kid McCoy]

Lennox Lewis representing the French speaking nation of Great Britain.

Wooo.....Team GB....go.

I don't remember many complaints about all the foreign-born athletes who competed for the US at the last Olympics.

[BetterCallSaul]

I don't remember many complaints about all the foreign-born athletes who competed for the US at the last Olympics.

Im fron England not the U.S.

[Kid McCoy]

Im fron England not the U.S.

I never said you were. My point is this is such a vague issue, with millions of examples like Lewis. Everyone is happy to look the other way when it suits. At this year's Olympics there was an athlete representing the States who had previously won medals for Kenya. France's winning goal at Euro 2000 was scored by a born and bred Argentine.

I don't count Bob Fitzsimmons as a Brit, seeing as he left at a young age and never returned, learned to box in New Zealand, and eventually became an American citizen. As for Lennox, he was born in England, lived here til his early teens, and regards himself as English, so I don't see the point of all for this fuss.

[fight_professor]

He really grew up in Canada. He's Canadian.

[Gojira]

He really grew up in Canada. He's Canadian.

If he was canadian why would he come to england and fight under the british flag even though he got booed at the bruno fight?

[BattlingNelson]

If he was canadian why would he come to england and fight under the british flag even though he got booed at the bruno fight?

Money honey.