Why did Andy ruiz pass as "mexican"?

[Boxingking1511]

Why did Andy ruiz pass as "mexican"? He was born in California which is part of the US. Shouldn't he be called american. When he won against Joshua everyone was calling him the first "mexican heavyweight champion". No one had a problem with Ruiz being called mexican.

But lets says Anthony Joshua is Nigerian. People would say hes not nigerian but british. Could be said for many other boxers. If I called Amir Khan for pakistani almost everybody would correct my saying hes British. The same could be said for Naseem Hamed as Yemeni and Lennox Lewis as Jamaican. Why is this?

[tjones1989]

He's a pillsbury dough boi mane

[Lenharvey]

It’s a political thing - deliberately pushing an ethnic group separately. To create division and also a positive immigration story by leftist press. Does andy even speak Spanish!?!?

[Thuglife Nelo]

Why did Andy ruiz pass as "mexican"? He was born in California which is part of the US. Shouldn't he be called american. When he won against Joshua everyone was calling him the first "mexican heavyweight champion". No one had a problem with Ruiz being called mexican.

But lets says Anthony Joshua is Nigerian. People would say hes not nigerian but british. Could be said for many other boxers. If I called Amir Khan for pakistani almost everybody would correct my saying hes British. The same could be said for Naseem Hamed as Yemeni and Lennox Lewis as Jamaican. Why is this?

Why does it bother you?

You need to think more maturely... If Andy Ruiz wanted dual citizenship and live in Mexico, he could, do protocol, and became a Mexican citizen. Therefore, he's ethnicity already (technically) looked the part, so would Mexican citizenship justify him being a ''Mexican?''

Just so you know, Joshua is already aiming for Nigerian citizenship. If he is granted one then by having dual-citizenship means any AJ fan can claim his as a Nigerian as well. yet, does it really fooking matter?

Anthony Joshua @anthonyfjoshua enrolls for the National Identification Number and issued his NIN slip. pic.twitter.com/GS1osa6Rea

— NIMC (@nimc_ng) February 18, 2020

[Ray*]

Because he claimed he is Mexican.

[Lenharvey]

Because he claimed he is Mexican.

Well Frans Botha claimed he was African American does that make it necessarily so? And joe Bugner has gone from Hungarian (where he was born) to British to Australian.... so can we just choose our own nationality / ethnic origin? If so it all becomes rather meaningless. Who was that idiotic US politician who claimed they were 1/100th ‘native american’ so that made her a minority? It’s all a BS political agenda and just slightly less ridiculous than men by cutting off their d ick, getting artificially pumped full of chemicals and hormones, stopping a gaping wound in their body from healing and claiming they’re a woman. It’s all NWO agenda BS.

[TonyGe]

Why did Andy ruiz pass as "mexican"? He was born in California which is part of the US. Shouldn't he be called american. When he won against Joshua everyone was calling him the first "mexican heavyweight champion". No one had a problem with Ruiz being called mexican.

But lets says Anthony Joshua is Nigerian. People would say hes not nigerian but british. Could be said for many other boxers. If I called Amir Khan for pakistani almost everybody would correct my saying hes British. The same could be said for Naseem Hamed as Yemeni and Lennox Lewis as Jamaican. Why is this?

Lennox Lewis holds dual citizenship. English and Canadian He was born in England but his parents moved to Canada where he learned how to box. His parents were born in Jamaica. Ruiz has dual American and Mexican citizenship and he fought as an amature for Mexico.

[HewJohnson]

Because his ethnicity is Mexican.
His nationality is American.

A chubby Mexican from the states is a bigger story than just a chubby American.

[Lenharvey]

Because his ethnicity is Mexican.
His nationality is American.

A chubby Mexican from the states is a bigger story than just a chubby American.

Lol 😂 how can ‘Mexican’ be an ethnicity!??? It’s a nationality, a country, a passport.... Mexicans are a mix of ethnicities (ethnicity being a largely bogus concept anyway). You are truly a moron 🤣🤣😂😂😂😂

[Ray*]

Well Frans Botha claimed he was African American does that make it necessarily so? And joe Bugner has gone from Hungarian (where he was born) to British to Australian.... so can we just choose our own nationality / ethnic origin? .

Botha is white and African. You comparison is a bit off there. Bugner holds triple nationality. So yes you can choose your nationality.... What you cannot choose is your ethnicity, Margarito was born in America and he is straight up Mexican, not only because of his ethnicity but because he lived and grew up in Mexico, but am sure he travels around with his American passport, work and pay taxes in America, Ruiz actually lived and school in Mexicali and fought for the Mexican olympic Team. So he can be American and Mexican if he wants.