if dogboe is british does that mean lewis was canadian?

[jamamb]

?

i see a bunch of ppl calling for him in the brit top 30 thread, suddenly eager to claim him as british, but he was born in ghana, lived there till 7, boxed for ghana in olympics and has had 10 of 20 pro fights there (vs 1 in uk)

lenny moved to canada in his youth, learned to box there , and won gold for them in the olympics

and if dogboe is brit and ghanian, was lenny canadian and british?

[handsofstone]

Bit of a grey area but I personally believe your nationality is the country you were born regardless of how long you actually lived in your country of birth, ive not got strong opinions on it mind, nationality plays no part in your make up or psyche

[keithmoonhangover]

Bit of a grey area but I personally believe your nationality is the country you were born regardless of how long you actually lived in your country of birth, ive not got strong opinions on it mind, nationality plays no part in your make up or psyche

I've got joint nationality.

[banjo]

Depends, my wife was born and lived in Florida until she was 14(now 40) identifies more as British.

[keithmoonhangover]

Depends, my wife was born and lived in Florida until she was 14(now 40) identifies more as British.

Is she in Horse's top 30?

[banjo]

Depends, my wife was born and lived in Florida until she was 14(now 40) identifies more as British.

Is she in Horse's top 30?

Wouldn't surprise me

[leejonesjnr]

Really? 2018 and people can't cope with dual nationality and mixed race?

[jamamb]

what im particularly interested in is if anyone thinks dog counts as brit but then denies len counting as canadian, or vice versa

ya can be dual nationality in which case if dogs brit and ghanian len seems defo the pride of canadian as well as brit, but i wonder what others think

[mickey1975]

what im particularly interested in is if anyone thinks dog counts as brit but then denies len counting as canadian, or vice versa

ya can be dual nationality in which case if dogs brit and ghanian len seems defo the pride of canadian as well as brit, but i wonder what others think

Lennox identifies himself as Jamaican.

[skanksta]

Lennox was always a bit of a plastic Brit.
I was never completely comfortable claiming him. He's clearly an international guy - But he WAS born in London and lived there 'til he was 9, so I'll take him.

Dogboe isn't British end of.
Honorary South Londoner ? Yes
Qualifies for a British rating by residence ? Yes
But he doesn't consider himself British and neither should we.

[skanksta]

Really? 2018 and people can't cope with dual nationality and mixed race?

Race has nothing to do with this - at least not from me.

Mo Farah is a British hero and Johanna Konta is a plastic wearing our flag.

[keithmoonhangover]

Really? 2018 and people can't cope with dual nationality and mixed race?

It's a question about boxing rankings on an Internet forum, it's hardly an EDL meeting.

[skanksta]

what im particularly interested in is if anyone thinks dog counts as brit but then denies len counting as canadian, or vice versa

ya can be dual nationality in which case if dogs brit and ghanian len seems defo the pride of canadian as well as brit, but i wonder what others think

Lennox can be British if he wants, Dogboe can't.

[smiling assassin]

Really? 2018 and people can't cope with dual nationality and mixed race?

Lee you ain't part of the PC brigade are you mate

[leejonesjnr]

Dunno where the post I just wrote went?

Anyway, basically it said that it seems madness that such things merit discussion in this day and age.
The highest profile example I can think of is a man who was qualified to represent Canada through residency, qualified to base his pro career in England through birth and freely admits that it was an entirely commercial decision, and seems to identify as Jamaican through heritage.

[keithmoonhangover]

Dunno where the post I just wrote went?

Anyway, basically it said that it seems madness that such things merit discussion in this day and age.
The highest profile example I can think of is a man who was qualified to represent Canada through residency, qualified to base his pro career in England through birth and freely admits that it was an entirely commercial decision, and seems to identify as Jamaican through heritage.

When he was boxing I would rate him in British and Canadian rankings, no issue. As the old saying goes, 'if he wins, he's British'.

[Horse]

Anyway, basically it said that it seems madness that such things merit discussion in this day and age.

What a virtuous man you must be.

[gilgamesh]

I honestly didn't even realize Dogboe lived in England. I assumed he fought out of Ghana, and still lived there.

If he currently resides in England though I don't see any reason why he couldn't be ranked as a British Boxer, though he doesn't seem to identify himself as British.

[Londonirish]

I honestly didn't even realize Dogboe lived in England. I assumed he fought out of Ghana, and still lived there.

If he currently resides in England though I don't see any reason why he couldn't be ranked as a British Boxer, though he doesn't seem to identify himself as British.

I didn’t either, in 2011 Junior ABA’s he got to the finals and he won Sr ABA’s 2013. Boxed In the 2012 Olympics For Ghana. If he was British he would of boxed for Britain.. If he was NO good we wouldn’t even be discussing where he came from.

[jamamb]

well that was a funny thing, because for a while he got like no talk here, and i started some threads on him shortly before he won the belt and hardly anyone cared, but now that hes a champ a bunch of ppl are now much more vocal and eager to claim him as british, which raises an interesting question about nationality

[forcefraser]

HE’s more British than Christos and Whyte. He moved to London when he 7

I believe both chisora and whyte were a older than that

[Chinny banger]

He does identify as British,he didn’t fight for us in the ams as we didn’t pick him so he represented Ghana.