Next Puertorrican World Champion

Something just to think of...

Wilfred Benitez was actually born in the Bronx and NOT in Puerto Rico as many people believe.

He is considered Puerto Rican because he became a citizen of Puerto Rico fighting there often and living there his entire life.

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Originally Posted by clintuk

Well done to Roman "Rocky" Martinez, obviously I was supporting Cook but when I saw him get knocked down and immediately after the count, star flying back in with punches I thought "why are you doing that to someone who obviously is hard enough to KO you when you've just been knocked down and not recovered!"

......silly move by Cook when he should've bought a few seconds to recover, but well done Rocky, I look forward to watching him in the future, maybe take on Humberto Soto if he successfully defends his title later in the month

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Yep,he should have definitly "run rabbit run" for a while to get the cobwebs out of his head,I dont know what he was thinking coming back in and trying to go toe to toe.I mean you ended up on the canvas for a reason,give yourself a chance to shake it off.Piss poor training really,he should have known to stay out of the killing field for a bit.

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Originally Posted by CutMeMick

Something just to think of...

Wilfred Benitez was actually born in the Bronx and NOT in Puerto Rico as many people believe.

He is considered Puerto Rican because he became a citizen of Puerto Rico fighting there often and living there his entire life.

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I always use it in trivia contests.

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Originally Posted by CutMeMick

Something just to think of...

Wilfred Benitez was actually born in the Bronx and NOT in Puerto Rico as many people believe.

He is considered Puerto Rican because he became a citizen of Puerto Rico fighting there often and living there his entire life.

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Hi CMM, what's up? Hey, let me throw my own 2 cents in there. Wilfred is 100% Puerto Rican, whether or not he was born in NY. I was born there too, but from Puerto Rican parents who happened to live in NY at the time. And there's no such thing as "Puerto Rican citizenship". Puerto Ricans, by law dating back to (I forget the year), are born with US citizenship automatically. So we're US citizens, but of Puerto Rican nationality. Sound confusing? It kind of is... many people misunderstand the exact relationship.

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The nickname of the next PR world champion is "Carita."

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Originally Posted by holmcall

The nickname of the next PR world champion is "Carita."

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Ha ha ;D "Carita" will be fighting a 40 year old (but tough) Thailander for the title... Anyway "Carita" is also very old...;D I'll give you this :p if "Carita" gets beat... (joke)
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Originally Posted by TitoFan

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Originally Posted by CutMeMick

Something just to think of...

Wilfred Benitez was actually born in the Bronx and NOT in Puerto Rico as many people believe.

He is considered Puerto Rican because he became a citizen of Puerto Rico fighting there often and living there his entire life.

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Hi CMM, what's up? Hey, let me throw my own 2 cents in there. Wilfred is 100% Puerto Rican, whether or not he was born in NY. I was born there too, but from Puerto Rican parents who happened to live in NY at the time. And there's no such thing as "Puerto Rican citizenship". Puerto Ricans, by law dating back to (I forget the year), are born with US citizenship automatically. So we're US citizens, but of Puerto Rican nationality. Sound confusing? It kind of is... many people misunderstand the exact relationship.

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we're all Us citizens but technically there is such thing as Puerto Rican citizenship, although it's more symbolic and used more for political reasons (mas los independentistas que nada) you can legally change your citizenship to Puerto Rican, but doesn't really change much

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Originally Posted by ElTerribleMorales

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Originally Posted by TitoFan

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Originally Posted by CutMeMick

Something just to think of...

Wilfred Benitez was actually born in the Bronx and NOT in Puerto Rico as many people believe.

He is considered Puerto Rican because he became a citizen of Puerto Rico fighting there often and living there his entire life.

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Hi CMM, what's up? Hey, let me throw my own 2 cents in there. Wilfred is 100% Puerto Rican, whether or not he was born in NY. I was born there too, but from Puerto Rican parents who happened to live in NY at the time. And there's no such thing as "Puerto Rican citizenship". Puerto Ricans, by law dating back to (I forget the year), are born with US citizenship automatically. So we're US citizens, but of Puerto Rican nationality. Sound confusing? It kind of is... many people misunderstand the exact relationship.

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we're all Us citizens but technically there is such thing as Puerto Rican citizenship, although it's more symbolic and used more for political reasons (mas los independentistas que nada) you can legally change your citizenship to Puerto Rican, but doesn't really change much

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I stand corrected on that one. Although it IS symbolic, and technically... what we have is U.S. citizenship. Which is why we can travel back and forth to and from the States without passports or anything like that.

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Originally Posted by SaddoBoxer

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Originally Posted by holmcall

The nickname of the next PR world champion is "Carita."

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Ha ha ;D "Carita" will be fighting a 40 year old (but tough) Thailander for the title... Anyway "Carita" is also very old...;D I'll give you this :p if "Carita" gets beat... (joke)
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No problemo. :appl: