darchinyan and St Clair are Aus citizens

THE LATIN SNAKE · Post by **THE LATIN SNAKE** » 05 Mar 2007, 23:44

Darchinyan became Aussie citizen in 2002
Gairy St Clair became Citizen same month Sakio Bika did
thanks

Petu v.d. Pajm · Post by **Petu v.d. Pajm** » 07 Mar 2007, 09:02

Whether they have received Australian passports or not has absolutely no relevance. Fighter's nationality is traditionally in record-keeping been binded to a country "where he has learned to box". As St. Clair became to professional prominence as a Guyanese fighter and Darchinyan & Bika represented their countries (Armenia & Cameroon, respectively) in Olympics. Thus they shall remain listed as Guyanese, Armenian and Cameroonian in BoxRec dependless of re-locating to Australia and acquiring the Australian citizenship.

Besides, Australia does belong to the list of countries which DO allow dual citizenships which means that trio above have not been forced to renounce their other citizenship.

THE LATIN SNAKE · Post by **THE LATIN SNAKE** » 07 Mar 2007, 11:24

Vic has lived in Aus since 2002 and has a citizenship and a wife in Aus, how the heck does he represent Armenia?????

Matt · Post by **Matt** » 07 Mar 2007, 12:57

Darchinyan represented Armenia at the 2000 Olympic games

AntonS · Post by **AntonS** » 07 Mar 2007, 15:15

I've spoken with his trainer Billy Hussein in regard to this.
Billy, after talking with Vic, told me to leave his nationality Armenian.
There are reasons, but I'm not prepared to tell you what they are.
End of story.

THE LATIN SNAKE · Post by **THE LATIN SNAKE** » 26 Mar 2007, 10:22

funny you should say that because i got an email reply from vic he said he's a pround australian, Arthur Abraham was Armenian why was he changed to German?

Petu v.d. Pajm · Post by **Petu v.d. Pajm** » 26 Mar 2007, 15:04

[quote="THE LATIN SNAKE"]funny you should say that because i got an email reply from vic he said he's a pround australian, Arthur Abraham was Armenian why was he changed to German?[/quote]

AA moved to Germany as a teenager (14?) and thus is a product of German boxing school. Otoh, Darchinyan did indeed represent Armenia in professional level.

And did you ever occur to your mind that a person can at the same time be BOTH a proud Armenian and a proud Australian. They do not exactly negate each other...

Just like becoming Australian citizen does not necessarily mean any change in one's position as an Armenian citizen.