Lenox Lewis is Canadian not British

[Tom Cruise]

You can't be serious? There is absolutely no way Lennox Lewis sounds Canadian, our accent is very similar to an American.

He has a British/Caribbean-English hybrid accent. Nowhere near Canadian.

And if you asked a Jamaican they would say he sounds British/Canadian.

Thats what I was saying earlier about it being easier to recognize the differences in an accent rather than the other way around.

A british/canadian accent to me would sound Canadian, to a Canadian it would sound British.

[MrRolltide91]

He's british

[Ray*]

I would call him a Brit, not just because he was born here but because he was also brought here until he was 12 years old, he came back when he was old enough but yes I also think he came back because his team thought it was best he represent the country of his birth than Canada a country he moved to. As a Londoner born and bred he does NOT sound like a Londoner, he sounds to me like a Jamaican londoner. He just speaks basic English whenever he wants but then sometimes mixes it up with some Jamaican slang.

[Box-Office]

he was born in uk, raised in canada as a teenager, represented canada in olympics, canada didnt embrace him so he switched to britain, now lives in america.

Not true at all.

If anything it was UK fans that preferred to support that glorified loser Frank Bruno (no not the poster) over a consistent World Heavyweight Champion in Lennox Lewis

[Box-Office]

He represented Canada as an Amateur and UK as a professional. Not exactly rocket science. Nationality wise he is a dual citizen so he is both British and Canadian. Ethnicity wise he is Jamaican.

[lefthook2daliva]

There is some argument?

The limeys just claim him because they are bitter due to their own omniscient racism and nostalgia for a crumbled empire.

Lennox is of the Western hemisphere. Tired old yurop needs something to be excited aboot.

That is all.

Carry on.

[ShoulderRoll]

The important thing is where he learned how to fight. Which "boxing school" does he represent?

[jas]

It's not that Canada didn't embrace him, there were just more opportunities in Britain with regards to boxing.

Boxing in Canada died in the 60s right after Ali beat Chuvalo at Maple Leaf Gardens in 1966.

At his peak, Lewis would have contended with other major sports attractions like hockey, baseball, football and basketball. In the 90s, more and more "polite" Canadians thought that boxing was too barbaric and inhumane, which is ironic, especially for a drop-your-gloves, hockey loving nation like Canada.

Boxing does not, and still doesn't, fill arenas in Canada and his Canadian fans wouldn't have followed him to Las Vegas on fight night, ala Ricky Hatton. Britain made financial and social sense for Lewis. He is still remembered today because of the choice he made to fight for GB.

Wikipedia: Lennox was disappointed when returning to Canada. Sean O'Sullivan, a white boxer, was more celebrated having only brought home a silver medal.[citation needed]

[king4oranges]

Wikipedia: Lennox was disappointed when returning to Canada. Sean O'Sullivan, a white boxer, was more celebrated having only brought home a silver medal.[citation needed]

lol wikipedia can be edited , Lenox received an award from the canadian government for his role in the olympics and he came all the way to canada to accept it. I am pretty sure he thought England was better business move for him.

[deliveryman]

Lennox Lewis is a product of the Canadian Boxing program. Who cares where an individual was born.