Juan Diaz's Nationality is not Mexican

[Alabama_Man]

The fight finder here is screwed, the guy was born in Houston, Texas.

http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?hu ... &cat=boxer

[JCS]

The fight finder here is screwed, the guy was born in Houston, Texas.

http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?hu ... &cat=boxer

Diaz was born in this country, but to full-blooded Mexican parents.

Either way, the birthplace is wrong.

[John]

Mexican law states that people born to a Mexican father or mother are entitled to Mexican nationality. Also Mexicans by birth who renounced their citizenship and became citizens of another country can regain their Mexican citizenship by requesting it. This is another can of worms

[JCS]

Mexican law states that people born to a Mexican father or mother are entitled to Mexican nationality. Also Mexicans by birth who renounced their citizenship and became citizens of another country can regain their Mexican citizenship by requesting it. This is another can of worms

I believe he was born in Houston though, not Mexico like his record states.

[Jabby]

Mexican law states that people born to a Mexican father or mother are entitled to Mexican nationality. Also Mexicans by birth who renounced their citizenship and became citizens of another country can regain their Mexican citizenship by requesting it. This is another can of worms

Hey John! Does this sound somewhat familiar? LOL

[Alabama_Man]

Mexican law states that people born to a Mexican father or mother are entitled to Mexican nationality. Also Mexicans by birth who renounced their citizenship and became citizens of another country can regain their Mexican citizenship by requesting it. This is another can of worms

I believe he was born in Houston though, not Mexico like his record states.

Exactly. Juan Diaz is an American Citizen and even carries the American Flag into the ring sometimes.

It's like listing Lennox Lewis nationality as Jamaican.

[John]

Mexican law states that people born to a Mexican father or mother are entitled to Mexican nationality. Also Mexicans by birth who renounced their citizenship and became citizens of another country can regain their Mexican citizenship by requesting it. This is another can of worms

Hey John! Does this sound somewhat familiar? LOL

Yep, I expect as a Gringo Imperialist that I shall be getting hate mail from Mexico as well now :(

[slapbangwhallop]

Mexican law states that people born to a Mexican father or mother are entitled to Mexican nationality. Also Mexicans by birth who renounced their citizenship and became citizens of another country can regain their Mexican citizenship by requesting it. This is another can of worms

I thought that you adopt a different view on nationality!!! You cant have it both ways

[JCS]

I could be wrong, but I think he was born in Houston, not Mexico.

If so, the birthplace is incorrect.

[John]

Mexican law states that people born to a Mexican father or mother are entitled to Mexican nationality. Also Mexicans by birth who renounced their citizenship and became citizens of another country can regain their Mexican citizenship by requesting it. This is another can of worms

I thought that you adopt a different view on nationality!!! You cant have it both ways

I'm not, as far as I'm concerned if he was born and grew up in the USA then he's a yank.

[Matt]

Does anyone have a source that says he was born in the US other than hearsay? This amateur sleuth uncovered only evidence that he was born in Mexico.

[brett]

From Juan Diaz in an interview on Doghouse
http://www.doghouseboxing.com/Robinson/ ... 011106.htm

I was born and raised in Houston, Texas. I’d have to say I had a pretty good childhood because of my parents. They both worked hard. My Mom and my Dad had two jobs and I didn’t always get to see them but it helped me a lot because they were able to put me through school. They helped keep me out of trouble and because of them and their advice I was able to stay on the straight and narrow. They were always there for me.


And another interview:
http://www.doghouseboxing.com/chee/chee_1019b06.htm
Diaz: Yes, my story is not that emotional and not that hard. I have much respect for Mr. Angulo for surviving all of that and being where he is at now. I was born in the United States, went back to Mexico and then my parents came back here.

From saddoboxing
http://www.saddoboxing.com/547-diaz-box ... title.html
He made the Olympic Mexican team in 2000 - he has dual citizenship because his parents were born in Mexico -

He started boxing in Houston at age 8. I think he should be listed as American.

[slapbangwhallop]

Mexican law states that people born to a Mexican father or mother are entitled to Mexican nationality. Also Mexicans by birth who renounced their citizenship and became citizens of another country can regain their Mexican citizenship by requesting it. This is another can of worms

I thought that you adopt a different view on nationality!!! You cant have it both ways

I'm not, as far as I'm concerned if he was born and grew up in the USA then he's a yank.

So why is he listed as Mexican?

[John]

So why is he listed as Mexican?

I've given up

[slapbangwhallop]

So why is he listed as Mexican?

I've given up

just what I was hoping!

[Chuck1052]

If Juan Diaz was born in the United States and has Mexican
ancestry, one shouldn't call him a Mexican. He is a Chicano,
a Mexican American or a person of Mexican descent.

- Chuck Johnston

[slapbangwhallop]

If Juan Diaz was born in the United States and has Mexican
ancestry, one shouldn't call him a Mexican. He is a Chicano,
a Mexican American or a person of Mexican descent.

- Chuck Johnston

Well its just shown that JohnShep's method of "choosing" the nationality of boxers is not based on fact and is based on his personal POV - if the guy had the balls to just come out and admit that then people might have more respect for him

[Marina]

Residence field and nationality of this fighter were updated days ago, but you don't even bother checking. You just go on and on about the same old story.

[alarmakool]

If Juan Diaz was born in the United States and has Mexican
ancestry, one shouldn't call him a Mexican. He is a Chicano,
a Mexican American or a person of Mexican descent.

- Chuck Johnston

Well its just shown that JohnShep's method of "choosing" the nationality of boxers is not based on fact and is based on his personal POV - if the guy had the balls to just come out and admit that then people might have more respect for him

I have unconditional respect for John.

[slapbangwhallop]

If Juan Diaz was born in the United States and has Mexican
ancestry, one shouldn't call him a Mexican. He is a Chicano,
a Mexican American or a person of Mexican descent.

- Chuck Johnston

Well its just shown that JohnShep's method of "choosing" the nationality of boxers is not based on fact and is based on his personal POV - if the guy had the balls to just come out and admit that then people might have more respect for him

I have unconditional respect for John.

I dont doubt it