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Counter-puncher wrote:

lillywhite14 wrote:Didnt Frankie say on here that he sees himself as English? Think I read he doesn't have much to do with his old man, that he sees himself as Brummie born and bred..

Frankie is a Cousin of mine I am a Irish Traveller which was born in England so I class my self British.. My sister was born in the same hospital in Whitechaple London but she Classes her self Irish
We have a Choice of what Nationality we went to me coz of are Parents simple as that...

True Dean, the same with St Patrick's day for the Irish, I was brought up in your area, it was not always like that, more muslims have moved into the area over the last 20 years and agree you should always remember where your family originates from, but in sport you should represent the country where you are born and bred, whilst showing your origin and religion. that makes up for who you are, Naseem Hamed did, he promoted british boxing, his Yemeni origin, his religion and even Sheffield where he was born and bred, Frankie has done the same thing, he won the world Amatuer title for England, has an Irish title in the pros, This country is multi cultural, but we are also privileged to be born and bred here.

Identity is a personal choice and one of the few things we truly own. Some people have
more than one. If somebody born in the UK sees themselves as Irish then the least we
can do is respect that wish - or would some of the posters on here been the type to keep
calling Muhammad Ali 'Clay'?

It's up to the individual. Frankie has cleared this up on here before. He has had no contact with his father so considers himself neither Irish or a traveller. The Irish title was a thing of convenience. Macklin, on the other hand, considers himself as an Irishman brought up in Brum.