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Should boxers who don't speak English learn English if they fight in the U.S.?

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  • Should boxers who don't speak English learn English if they fight in the U.S.?

    Guys like Felix Trinidad, Marcos Maidana, Ricardo Mayorga, Ruslan Provodnikov, Lucas Matthysse, etc. refused to learn English even though they all had extensive careers in the United States.

    Let me clarify, these boxers get rich in America. A boxer is not busy when a fight isn't scheduled; meaning there is an abundant amount of downtime to learn English.

    Learning English is not difficult. These guys simply refuse to learn. It's arrogance. I have been learning Spanish for less than a month and I have learned a considerable amount in, like, two weeks.

    Soy serio. Ingles es mi primero idioma y soy un hombre de Estados Unidos pero soy un principiante de Espanol -- mi segundo idioma. Lo intento. Mi gusto boxeo. Boxeo es una grande parte de mi vida. Boxedors hablando Ingles a pelear en America.

    My Spanish is pretty garbage but it just goes to show learning a new language is not an insurmountable undertaking! Dueces.

    Lmao, this is how much English Chino Maidana knows.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uIyPyTOrRw

    47
    YES
    42.55%
    20
    NO
    57.45%
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    Last edited by punchr; 02-07-2016, 08:29 PM.

  • #2
    It wouldn't be fair, Most of Americas black fighters can't speak English either...


    I kid, I kid....

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    • #3
      It definitely helps market you to a wider audience. Whatever it does end up doing, one thing for sure is, it definitely would not hurt.

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      • #4
        Well, English IS the language of business and boxing IS a business after all...

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        • #5
          Originally posted by -Kev- View Post
          It definitely helps market you to a wider audience. Whatever it does end up doing, one thing for sure is, it definitely would not hurt.
          Agreed, even Gennady Golovkin's garbage English is better than the 0.001% English that the guys listed above speak. Lol it's not that hard.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by AddiX View Post
            It wouldn't be fair, Most of Americas black fighters can't speak English either...


            I kid, I kid....
            oh ****

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            • #7
              Originally posted by SlySlickSmooth View Post
              Well, English IS the language of business and boxing IS a business after all...
              And I am not saying these boxers have to be fluent. Kovalev lives in the US and his English is passable. I understand him. He makes errors and, at times, I don't know what the f**k he is trying to say but it's the fact that he tries that matters. I appreciate the honest effort.

              Miguel Cotto learned English, Manny Pacquiao also did. Who else... Leo Santa Cruz... The point is just learn the barbones amount. Cotto's English is not bad IMO. I like how he takes his time, you understand him.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by AddiX View Post
                It wouldn't be fair, Most of Americas black fighters can't speak English either...


                I kid, I kid....
                Originally posted by punchr View Post
                Guys like Felix Trinidad, Marcos Maidana, Ricardo Mayorga, Ruslan Provodnikov, Lucas Matthysse, etc. refused to learn English even though they all had extensive careers in the United States.

                Let me clarify, these boxers get rich in America. A boxer is not busy when a fight isn't scheduled; meaning there is an abundant amount of downtime to learn English.

                Learning English is not difficult. These guys simply refuse to learn. It's arrogance. I have been learning Spanish for less than a month and I have learned a considerable amount in, like, two weeks.

                Soy serio. Ingles es mi primero idioma y soy un hombre de Estados Unidos pero soy un principiante de Espanol -- mi segundo idioma. Lo intento. Mi gusto boxeo. Boxeo es una grande parte de mi vida. Boxedors hablando Ingles a pelear en America.

                My Spanish is pretty garbage but it just goes to show learning a new language is not an insurmountable undertaking! Dueces.

                Lmao, this is how much English Chino Maidana knows.

                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uIyPyTOrRw

                im sure those fighter are happy with the $$ they're making without learnng English so why would they?

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by AddiX View Post
                  It wouldn't be fair, Most of Americas black fighters can't speak English either...


                  I kid, I kid....
                  Lol I remember watching 24/7 Mayweather-Marquez and I swear to you that I had a much easier time understanding Marquez than I did the Mayweathers.

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by kilojay505 View Post
                    im sure those fighter are happy with the $$ they're making without learnng English so why would they?
                    This is a matter of etiquette. It's not a necessity.

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