name your countries 10 best boxing stars.

birth place isnt that important. where did he train, get brought up, go to school at and whats on his passport.

 

id give you all of them fighters apart from matthew macklin. he's lived and trained in england most of his life and has a british passport so although he's irish descent were having him. or maybe we can have duel ownership. its wierd because on wikipedia he's irish and on boxrec he's british.
by the way andy lee's your best fighter. he'll be world champ soon.

 

i wouldnt claim arteta because he's lived here for 5 years. not nearly he's hole professional life like macklin. the thing is it happens in avery sport. lagat one of the greatest distant runners of all time conveniantly race for america now. theres countless football players, boxers, athletes representing countries they probably dont belong to. where do you draw the line? surly amir khan should fight for india by you estimation????

 

you make a good point. but what im saying is if that person spends a significant amount of time living training and learning the trade in there adopted country. and they become a citizen of that country then yes i believe they should represent them. ajose olusegun has lived nearly all his professional life in uk an now is a uk citizen there for he should fight for uk.
the cubans you mention have only recently moved and dont posses real irish citizenship.

 

i personally dont think it should depend on race. because were allk a blend of different races you just cant desifer. especially in the uk were complety mixed. the only way you can do it is by looking athow long theyve lived in the country and what it says on there passport. thats the official stance in my eyes. but if people want to claim a fighter be my gest. as long as you dont mind africans claiming jack johnson, floyed mayweather and muhammed ali.

 

if they hold an irish passport and there an irish citizen then yes they should officially be called irish. that means if they win a world title it should be oficially ireland who claim it.