British fighters? Most of em of different decent ?

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  1. Johnny Coyle

    Johnny Coyle . Full Member

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    Name some fighters that are actually of true British decent?

    Henry Cooper, Ted Kid Lewis, Ricky hatton?

    Most our British fighters have different descent, mostly Irish or mixed carribean ??

    Frankie Gavin - Irish d
    David Price - Irish d
    Tyson Fury - pikeyirish d
    John Murray - irish d
    Kevin Mitchell - Irish d
    James Degale - Jamaican d
    David Haye - Jamaican d
    Witter - jamaican d
    Chisora - African
    Froch - Polish
    Calzaghe - Italian
    Amir Khan - ****stan
    Darren Barker - irish
    Jamie moore - irish
    Mathew Macklin - Irish

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    Wheres the fighters with a strong BRITISH family history??
     
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    TFFP The Eskimo

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    A strong Norse family history?
     
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  3. FrochFan7

    FrochFan7 Expert In Stucco Full Member

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    Yeah all of them are/were pretty decent boxers :good
     
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  4. LP_1985

    LP_1985 JMM beat Pac-Man 3 Times Full Member

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    wonder wat Slap will say bout Darren Barker being Irish
     
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  5. Johnny Coyle

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    whats that Norwegein?
     
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    Irish descent, im sure he is aint he??
     
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    TFFP The Eskimo

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    Whats 'British decent'...? Define that.
     
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  8. Johnny Coyle

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    slip&counter Gimme some X's and O's Full Member

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    Mixed.
     
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    How far back are we going?
     
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    Claypole Boxing Addict banned

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    I'm assuming we mean British descent as opposed to British decent...
     
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  12. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Are not we all probably of Ethopian descent?

    It depends how far you go back.

    I would consider myself British, but I have a Great Granny who was Maltese, and one of my Great, Great Grandmothers was apparently Egyptian...

    I am guessing thus I am at best 13/16ths British. But I have a Scottish side to my family, (My Dad's dad) which being Catholic, probably leads to Irish blood...
     
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  13. Johnny Coyle

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    Most white British fighters are Celts...

    [ame]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtic_nations[/ame]
     
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    Ted Kid Lewis' real name is Gershon Mendeloff

    Historically Britain is celtic, french, german, nordic & roman so take your pick
     
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    Chisora's from Zimbabwe, if you want to be more specific.
     
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