Is the best british boxer ever a Canadian?

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  1. Slyk

    Slyk Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Is Lennox "Maple Leaf" Lewis truly a Canuck?

    Let's look at the facts:

    -His parents are Jamaican
    -He started boxing in Canada
    -He learned the sweet science in Canada
    -He has said in numerous interviews that he loves consuming maple syrup
    -He won the gold for his home country and brought glory to Canada

    Lennox then, like many boxers, went to a country where the pro game was more lucrative. Many boxers do this to make more money. The Klitschko bros did it with Germany, Pacquiao did it with the US. Though the Klitschko's and Pac may be citizens of their adopted country, that country can't truly claim them. So I ask you, ESB, is the best British boxer ever a Canadian?
     
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  2. james!

    james! CounterPuncher Full Member

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    considering in his victories hes flying the union jack, no. He at least, seems to think hes brittish.
     
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  3. Drew101

    Drew101 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Best British boxer might well be Jimmy Wilde, who was Welsh.

    Lewis retains Canadian citizenship, as well as holding British citizenship. So both nations can claim him as their own, without either country being wrong in the matter. :deal
     
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  4. Boxing Fanatic

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    he says ali funeka, oli funegga, so, he must be british
     
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  5. Slyk

    Slyk Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    The poll is strongly suggesting that the best british boxer is in fact a Canadian.
     
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  6. gr33nfather

    gr33nfather Well-Known Member Full Member

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    He's a Jamaican born in Canada, lived in Canada since he won the gold medal I believe he quit Canada because he's a jerk with no loyalty... $$ talk
     
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  7. DrMo

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  8. Slyk

    Slyk Boxing Junkie Full Member

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  9. PolishPummler

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    He wasnt always a "true Brit"

    They waited to see how he would turn out before they adopted him as there own!Before then he was BOO'ed in England
     
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  10. JASPER

    JASPER Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Drew, Its all black and white for these guys. If ain't Klitschko related he is lost, so please do not confuse him with facts. :deal
     
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  11. Earl-hickey

    Earl-hickey Boxing Junkie banned

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    Is he the best fighter "to fight IN Britain"

    probably not, since Ali fought Cooper in Britain you moron
     
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  12. Big Red

    Big Red Boxing Addict Full Member

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    He did not fight for Canada he fought for England so he is not a Canadian boxer. And no Canadians talk of Lewis being a Canadian boxer, he is considered a English boxer. He was not a British boxer when he fought in the Olympics for the same reasons.

    No British likely think that Lewis won them a gold medal in the Olympics. And all Canadians know that Lewis did not fight for Canada as a pro, just as a amateur.
     
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  13. Threetime no1

    Threetime no1 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    :lol:
     
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  14. BoxingFanNo1

    BoxingFanNo1 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Yes he's Canadian.

    Happy? I hope so. You may now start your next troll thread.
     
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  15. the cobra

    the cobra Awesomeizationism! Full Member

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    Canadian or British, Lennox isn't the best fighter either country has ever produced. Great as he is, of course.
     
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