America has big immigrant populations so it's not surprising they take fighters in from other countries and treat them as their own.
Loads of Mexican/Americans in the US, Spanish is basically the 2nd language of American, so Mexican fighters like Canelo, Chavez etc will always find a home in the US.
There are of course big Polish, Irish, Italian communities as well so fighters like Golota, McGregor and Gatti had a built in nationalistic fan base in the USA.
And as others have said Germany too which has a diverse and large population of migrants also welcomes fighters from other nations. DM was polish but was once one of the most popular fighters in Germany, the Klitschko's are Ukranian and were huge stars in Germany selling out big stadiums regularly.
Ireland took in Mike Perez for some reason. Australia had Tszyu who was Russian, Canada had Bute who was Romanian. New Zealand has taken in many fighters from the Polynesian Islands and made them their own. So the idea that America is the only country that does this is simply not true.
Loads of Mexican/Americans in the US, Spanish is basically the 2nd language of American, so Mexican fighters like Canelo, Chavez etc will always find a home in the US.
There are of course big Polish, Irish, Italian communities as well so fighters like Golota, McGregor and Gatti had a built in nationalistic fan base in the USA.
And as others have said Germany too which has a diverse and large population of migrants also welcomes fighters from other nations. DM was polish but was once one of the most popular fighters in Germany, the Klitschko's are Ukranian and were huge stars in Germany selling out big stadiums regularly.
Ireland took in Mike Perez for some reason. Australia had Tszyu who was Russian, Canada had Bute who was Romanian. New Zealand has taken in many fighters from the Polynesian Islands and made them their own. So the idea that America is the only country that does this is simply not true.
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