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

[xhiddenx87]

We all should learn russian, english and spanish....that would be awesome xd

[Sake1]

No. ........

[M Bison]

Yes, they live in US the language is predominately English speaking why wouldn't you want to be able to communicate with the large amount of people who are watching you?
That's just lazy on their behalf, I wouldn't move to Poland and expect every Polish person to speak to me in English that's disrespectful.

[jcj0427]

Yes, they live in US the language is predominately English speaking why wouldn't you want to be able to communicate with the large amount of people who are watching you?
That's just lazy on their behalf, I wouldn't move to Poland and expect every Polish person to speak to me in English that's disrespectful.

yeah but theyre fighters not public speakers. it only helps you if you learn the language as far as marketing a fighter. but thats all up to the fighter if he chooses to learn or not. look at canelo, he doesnt need to learn english to increase his marketing because theres a **** load of mexicans in the US.

[Nubia]

Yeah, they should.

[HeThaTruth]

Most of these latinos have the same understanding of the spanish language as black americans have of the english language if you catch my drift. You expect them to learn another language

[Nubia]

Most of these latinos have the same understanding of the spanish language as black americans have of the english language if you catch my drift. You expect them to learn another language

Black Americans speak English.

Are you ******ed?

[Luilun]

Boxing is a World Wide Sport not a USA sport. Boxers do their talking in the ring. You theory is silly it's like saying a World Champ should speak every language because he's World Champ

[Scipio2009]

Yes, but not beyond being basically conversational

If you set up shop in the US and want to appeal to the broader US market, some English is going to be needed (Latin fighters, fighting in CA/NV/TX, have far more leeway in needing to learn the language).

No different then a fighter who bases his career in Mexico needing to speak some Spanish, a fighter based in Quebec needing to pick up some French, a fighter based in Japan needing to learn some Japanese, or a fighter based in Germany needing to learn some German.

[Weebler I]

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.

They're probably in the US about 14 days a year.

If you went to Russia to fight for a week twice a year, would you bother learning Russian?

It's different if the fighter lives in the US.