name your countries 10 best boxing stars.

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by rjko23, Aug 31, 2010.


  1. Jude

    Jude Just Journeying Man Full Member

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    I read the whole thread through and was pretty bent out of shape at the self righteousness of some. You summed it up nicely and if an individual has their feet in two country's he/she should follow their hearts (or wallets in the case of the fight game) and not listen to people who have no experience. :good
     
  2. Hozumi's Hook

    Hozumi's Hook WHO NECKS!?!? Full Member

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    British Isles?

    Everything here is open to interpretation so its subjective.
     
  3. rjko23

    rjko23 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    then im gonna have to say he is irish. if he considers himself irish. but he's officially representing the uk. so he should change it. surly if a fighter is claiming he is irish it means something to him so i cant understand why he wouldnt have an irish citizenship. if he's got both irish and uk citizenship then id say he represents ireland. boxrec is wrong.
     
  4. Hozumi's Hook

    Hozumi's Hook WHO NECKS!?!? Full Member

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    I know boxrec is wrong.

    Its a horrendous website only useful for finding out name and looking at records.

    The rankings are awful and loads of their information is false. I'm basically trying to tell you not to use it as any form of evidence as its **** and carries no weight for your argument.
     
  5. rjko23

    rjko23 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    ok but there not wrong about matthew macklin. the boy says hes irish but still he's a memeber of the united kingdom. in his eyes he represents both uk and ireland but officially he represents uk. its all buaracratic bull**** but the reason i say is im from the uk and i consider macklin to be a fellow country man, dont care if irish people do too but they cant stop me from doing.
     
  6. albeziel

    albeziel Multi Viral C13 Full Member

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    Juan Manuel Lopez
    Miguel Cotto
    Ivan Calderon
    Rocky Martinez
    McJoe Arroyo (great prospect)
    McWilliams Arroyo (great prospect)
    Luis 'El Artesano' Cruz (prospect on the rising, M Cotto is his promoter, wicked right hand)
    Wilfredo Vazquez Jr.
    Jayson Velez (another great prospect promoted by M Cotto)
     
  7. Kayo-Kid

    Kayo-Kid Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Well this is totally my opinion only...

    1. Nkosinathi Joyi
    2.Moruti Mtalane
    3. Simphiwe Nongqayi
    4. Tommy Oosthuizen
    5. Thabiso Mchunu
    6. Kaizer Mabuza
    7. Chris van Heerden
    8. Patrick Malinga
    9. Cassius Baloyi
    10. Sipho Taliwe
     
  8. Hozumi's Hook

    Hozumi's Hook WHO NECKS!?!? Full Member

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    No Fana, Funeka, Klassen?
     
  9. BigEars

    BigEars Boxing Addict Full Member

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    British Isles is a geographic term which was coined at a time when the whole of Ireland was under British rule.
    You will commonly hear nowdays people referring to the British and Irish isles instead, although some people use the old term.

    The United Kingdom's full name of The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland indicates in the title itself that Northern Ireland is not part of Britain.

    I'm not trying to be funny here but
    Britain= England, Wales and Scotland
    UK= England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland
    Is officially the way things are, there is no room to be subjective on the issue as seeing it in any other way would be seeing it incorrectly.
     
  10. Hozumi's Hook

    Hozumi's Hook WHO NECKS!?!? Full Member

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    You're the first person I've ever heard use the term 'Irish Isles'.
     
  11. RightCross

    RightCross Grandmaster of Boxing Full Member

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    Well half these guys from Mexico and Cuba...and all over the world live in the usa. Plus the fact that the puerto ricans are legally all citizens from the usa.

    Sam peter lives in the usa, Adamek lives in the usa. Martinez lives in the usa.

    It gets really difficult unless they were born here and even if they are born here they often consider themselves mexicans or puerto ricans.
     
  12. RightCross

    RightCross Grandmaster of Boxing Full Member

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    Its ridiculous that in this day and age northern ireland can be considered english. Its land locked to ireland, the people are irish.

    ****ing English slave masters. Why dont you stick to your country of England and stop claiming scotland, ireland and wales.
     
  13. BigEars

    BigEars Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I don't mean people use
    'British Isles' and also use
    'Irish isles'.

    I mean 'British and Irish Isles' which I've heard myself from the BBC, Sky etc at various points and the phrase is used commonly here by the Irish media(you'd very rarely hear British Isles in the Irish media anymore). Although the most common description used is simply 'Britain and Ireland'
     
  14. Hozumi's Hook

    Hozumi's Hook WHO NECKS!?!? Full Member

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    Never heard it. I think you may be deluding yourself and I'll think that until I hear it. I've never even heard it mentioned.

    'Britain and Ireland'

    Says to me: Britain = England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland.

    + Ireland.

    I consider the Irish as foreigners but not the Northern Irish.

    It is quite subjective however much you like it. Nationality is general is hugely subjective.
     
  15. Clinton

    Clinton Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Rugby players from both The Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland play for one team and it's called Ireland.