has any english speaking fighter ever fought out of mexico?

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  1. chrisbonnie

    chrisbonnie Active Member Full Member

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    as i was watching the latest edition of 24/7 Pacquaio vs Marquez, i was wondering if there was any British or american fighters, not of mexican decent that have ever located to Mexico to train.

    as we all know its an absolute hot-bed of talent, and has been since boxing began.

    i can only imagine it must be difficult to learn another language and all, but surely somebody has done it?
     
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  2. sportofkings

    sportofkings Boxing Junkie banned

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    Erik Morales can speak some English. In fact im sure plenty can, but choose not to, like puerto rican boxers. A lot of Mexican fighters can understand whats being said to them in English anyways, even if they cant speak it.
     
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    1971791 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Really? I have never heard him speak English, except for perhaps a quiet 'thank you' in an interview after a fight.

    Then again, I didn't know that Márquez spoke English at all until I stumbled upon some random video with an interview taking place a while before the Katsidis fight.

    I don't know why a standard pro would relocate to México just to fight, although if they were 15 and wanted to turn pro at that age then I could understand that, even if it may be better to continue at amateur level.
     
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  4. iron_chin

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    ive heard marquez, Mab, morales speak engish fluenty, jcc jr aswel, sr spoke broken engish in the tyzu post fight interview and canelo broken....
     
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  5. Brickhaus

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    I can't think of any English-first Americans or Brits who relocated to Mexico for their careers, but Tomoki Kameda has for the most part made his living in Mexico, which is double-odd considering the popularity of his brothers in Japan.
     
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  6. sportofkings

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    Sorry misunderstood your question.
     
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  7. chrisbonnie

    chrisbonnie Active Member Full Member

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    Not to worry

    Would it not be favourable for smaller fighters to have a stint over though,

    Because pound for pound, no other country produces as many great "smaller weight" boxers as the Mexicans. Sure Nacho Beristien alone has trained numerous champions, a lot more than say Freddie Roach for example
     
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  8. GazOC

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    Sam Langford fought out of Mexico and held the Mexican heavyweight title towrds the end of his career.
     
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    JCC jr was educated in a private school and can speak, understand and read english pretty well.
     
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  10. jdempsey85

    jdempsey85 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    carlos palomino
     
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  11. LP_1985

    LP_1985 JMM beat Pac-Man 3 Times Full Member

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    Jose Napolese was a Cuben based in Mexico
     
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  12. Will

    Will Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    If Canelo learns English well I think he will become a massive massive star!!!
     
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  13. WalletInspector

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    Canelo speaks great English...

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXJCDH_F5Dc[/ame]
     
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  14. Will

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    Lol, I think that may be the definition of pidgeon english!!!

    He'll get there I'm sure, and its definately better than my Mexican.

    After Nando's i'm pretty much done,.
     
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  15. chrisbonnie

    chrisbonnie Active Member Full Member

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    i seem to be misunderstood here

    i meant has there been any english speaking fighters, as in irish, british, american boxers that have located to Mexico to box.

    just like what say Khan is doing
     
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