Best Canadian Fighters of ALL time!

same here northend,we should all meet up sometime this summer man

bigjake

 

:-(

 

Bute is as much Canadian as my local kebab shop owner is English.

 

lennox lewis

 

Lennox Lewis, my ass. Born in London, raised in London until he was 12. Considers himself British. Fought proffesionaly out of Britain. He is not Canadian.

 

Lewis retained Canadian citizenship throughout his career. He counts.

 

Yeah, and Bute and Alcine and Pascal are really Canadians as well, and Floyd comes from Michigan, which is sorta near Canada, maybe you can claim him as well.

 

Lennox Lewis

 

Sam Langford is arguably the greatest Canadian fighter ever and probably top 5 p4p of all time.

 

-Learnt how to box in Canada
-Started amateur career and won amateur titles in Canada
-Fought in the 1984 olympics for Canada
-Won a gold medal in the 1988 olympics for Canada

 

Oh, please.

If a boxer represents a nation in the Olympics, and continues to retain citizenship for that nation throughout his professional career (which he's legally able to do as a member of the British Commonwealth), then we, as Canadians, have a right to consider him as one of our own.

It's not an either/or, situation...much as you might like to think it is. Just because Lewis retains Canadian citizenship doesn't mean that he's not British, either.:deal

 

Anyway, here's a rough Top 10 list.

Sam Langford
George Dixon
Lou Broullaird
Jack Delaney
Jimmy McLarnin
Lennox Lewis
Johnny Coulon
Tommy Burns
Arturo Gatti
Frenchy Belanger

 

What about Bute, and Alcine?

 

Why did he not fight proffesionaly for Canada then?

And why does the man himself not consider himself Canadian?

 

Alcine certainly is Canadian, since, even though he was born in Haiti, he emigrated to Canada at a young age, and has held Canadian citizenship for a long time. Also, his entire professional career is based out of Montreal.

Not certain if Bute is a Canadian citzen, or not.