British fighters? Most of em of different decent ?

Discussion in 'British Boxing Forum' started by Johnny Coyle, Jun 15, 2011.


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  1. Threetime no1

    Threetime no1 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I thought there was an angle to the thread. You Irish super-being. :rasta
     
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  2. supremo

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    What a **** thread
     
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  3. SouthpawSlayer

    SouthpawSlayer Im coming for you Full Member

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    im half man half amazing
     
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  4. ImElvis666

    ImElvis666 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Agree with Andy Townsend, and many of the "irish" football players. But it's disrespectful of you to say Macklin isn't in any way Irish. Both his parents are Irish. He played hurling with Tipperary ffs. The nationality you identify with isn't black and white. If you happened to grow up in Scotland, of English parents and was interested in distinctly English culture, would you honestly be able to say you were a Scot with no affinity to England?
     
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  5. ImElvis666

    ImElvis666 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    If you go back far enough you'll find descent from all parts. No person is 100% English/Irish/Scottish etc etc. It's a bit of a moot point.
     
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  6. eggboxer

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    I agreee with this my Grandad always claimed to have a grandfather from Hungary and My mas maidan name is Shelley which to my knowledge isnt Irish .
     
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  7. ratboy

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    England the greatest warriors ever
     
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  8. Matt Ldn

    Matt Ldn Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Nationality is one of the most confusing things to deal with, it all depends on individuals i have 1st generation immigrant friends who are very english and lost all their previous culture but i have 3rd/4th generation mates who when you walk into their house its like being transported to another country. My dads Australian my mum comes from Irish/Scottish descent but i would call myself English always.

    Agree with the whole its fashionable to be Irish thing, on st. Paddys day everyone whos an 1/8th irish gets on board.
     
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  9. Dan684

    Dan684 Dave's Stepdad Full Member

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  10. Larryboys

    Larryboys Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Alot of Irish descend from the English who settled there in the 16th and 17th century. So alot of those Irish-English were infact English-Irish is you go back far enough.
     
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  11. avidlemon

    avidlemon Boxing Addict banned

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    Fair point if I had grown up in Scotland, but I didn't. Didn't know that about macklin either. It just winds me up the way people claim heritage. ****ing bunny jones playing for Wales, English boxers fighting for Irish titles etc. All ****ed up ino
     
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  12. miguel2010

    miguel2010 His hands are his weapons Full Member

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    wheres the english option......

    im english not ****ing british!!!!
     
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  13. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Yes, it does not get more English than Miguel, eh Senor?
     
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