Lets settle this today. Do you consider Lennox Lewis Canadian or British?

[_Rexy_]

u sure u talking about the same guy, says on wiki he was born in london

That was me talking about Razor Ruddock

[Inspired]

This thread is just gonna be full of Brits claiming him because he's the only "British Boxer" to not be constantly embarrassed on the global stage.

Same Brit fans whos parents claimed he was a fake brit

he was knocked out twice by average american hw's. single punch knock outs. if that was today what would be the reaction on here?
personally i view lennox lewis as british courtesy of the commonwealth ie jamaican and canadian.

[Cobra Curry]

He was over as hell with fans. A lot of his early pro fights were here. But there was no investment, and at the time the Canadian dollar was sixty cents American. Canada lost 2 pro hockey teams FFS. If they couldn’t turn a profit on hockey…

Ah, gotcha.

[TMLT87]

and sorry, being born in Jamaica, growing up in Canada, being educated in Canada, and learning to box in Canada, he’s Canadian.

He was born in the UK and lived the first 12 years of his life there. He didnt leave as a young kid, he was entering his teenage years, spent the vast majority of his childhood there, would have had a British accent and been clearly identifiable as a British immigrant (which he mentions in that interview someone posted a few pages back where he himself states that hes British). At the time of the 84 olympics he was representing Canada having only lived there for 7 years, 12 years after initially moving to Canada he was back fighting in the UK, barely ever fought in Canada.

Clearly hes British much more than he is Canadian. I dunno if you guys are just desperate to claim him for the glory or if being new worlders you have a much more lenient concept of what nationality means. Ive lived most of the last 15 years outside the UK, doesnt mean I somehow stop being British or that any skills I learn in another country can only be attributed to that country and not me.

[Smash]

can he not be both? & Jamaican too, id say hes more a jamaican brit having been born and raised in london with a canadian twist

[ShoulderRoll]

Clearly hes British much more than he is Canadian. I dunno if you guys are just desperate to claim him for the glory or if being new worlders you have a much more lenient concept of what nationality means. Ive lived most of the last 15 years outside the UK, doesnt mean I somehow stop being British or that any skills I learn in another country can only be attributed to that country and not me.

Any skills that you learn in another country can't be attributed to the UK, that's for sure.

[KingGilgamesh]

I'm not a fan of Bruno but he gave Lewis a bit of a boxing lesson until he caught with that left hook. I remember getting loads of stick for that as Lewis fan.

Bruno is also Jamaican.

Yep and that isn't really a shocker either. Bruno, like may British fighters, is very physically fit and well trained. But he had a questionable chin and folded during big time fights. Pretty certain he gave Tyson trouble too in their first bout.

[Boxing fan1981]

What does he have to say about this? There’s your answer.

[Zoffeler]

Lennox is a Canadian ****ney who only became a fake ass Brit for monetary reasons.

[ShoulderRoll]

He learned to box in Canada.

He was on two Canadian Olympic teams and won an Olympic gold medal for Canada.

Lennox Lewis obviously represents Canadian boxing.