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Originally Posted by Conrad
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Originally Posted by Mikkel_K
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Originally Posted by Fire
who is concidered british just english, or english/scottish could someone explain that situation to me...
As I have lived in England and generally tend to follow English media a fair bit, I declare myself fit to answer this question. A Brit, according to the English press, is someone from Wales or Scotland who happens to be winning at the moment. Joe Calzaghe therefore is a British champion and Andy Murray a British tennis player. Ricky Hatton on the other hand is English, Scott Harrison Scottish and the Welsh rugby team most definitely Welsh.
Whilst this is true, in a take the piss type of way - because us English do tend to be Bristish when it's a Welshman or Scotsman winning at a sport. ;D
But officially; England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland form Britain (now United Kingdom). Although we all fight side by side for the British military, have the same currency and have the same governement (well kind of - aside from Scotland??) - we are actually seperate countries.
20 or so years ago if you asked most people from the UK what their nationality was they'd say British - not so much anymore.
One thing you should never do is mistake a Welshman or Scotsman as an Englishman - they hate this (and the English) with a passion. ;D
Never understood that really, I certainly don't feel that way about them... ???
Dude....I can't speak for every Welshman and Scot currently living in our fair land, but it isn't really hatred, it's just a sort of rivalry that gets hyped up because you lot (the English), and I'm generalising, can be a little arrogant when it comes to sport. So a bit of taunting when you lose, even a desire for you to lose, is natural.
I got a bunch of English mates, and they're just as good lads as my Welsh mates, but we still like a bit of banter. ;)
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Half Scot, Half English , Born In England
I love my Hispanic fighters, They are Warriors
I love alot of fighters from or fighting out of the Ny area, Just the range of great styles in fighters that come out of that area is amazing
When it comes to fighters my taste in they're style of fighting comes long before where they are from and i pick a great pugilist from america before an English fighter any day
Favourite fighters are
All time :
Felix Trinidad
James Toney
Marco Antonio Barrera
Bernard Hopkins
Rjj
In that order
Current favourites and fighters i follow are
Paulie Malignaggi
Zab Judah
Luis Collazo
Israel Vasquez
Andre Berto
Ivan Calderon
Gary Stark Jr
Frankie Figueroa
Curtis Stevens
Jaidon Codrington
Sechew Powell
Joe Green
Re: Show us your colours!
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Originally Posted by Mike_Tha_Man
Born in the beautiful Island of Puerto Ricoooo
Raised in Brooklyn, New York
And noe live on Luke Air Force Base in Arizona USA
Military Man :army:
Cool click.... bro.
I too, am Puerto Rican... but born in NY and raised and currently live in PR.
Proud of my island and its proud, great boxing heritage. Have posted related stats on more than a few occasions.
Totally unbiased (well-l-l-l-l-l-l-l...... maybe a wee bit, heh-heh).
Favorite PR fighters of all time (in no particular order):
Trinidad
Gomez
Benitez
Cotto
Esteban De Jesus
Least favorite:
Ruiz
Camacho
Santos
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South Australian - born in the middle of nowhere on a farm outside Minippa which is so damn small you won't find it on most maps, lived in a few country towns, now residing in Adelaide.
Going for Hatton - don't have any sort of educated opinion on the topic - like to participate in boxing but am a slack spectator - just noticed so many people say he's going to get bashed and I like it when the underdog wins :)
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Oh, I posted in here twice but forgot my colours.
I was born and raised in Melbourne Australia. Have lived in the same town all my life but moving out on my own finally at the start of next year!! ;D
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CENTRAL COAST AUSTRALIA. BORN AND BRED.....caps lock fixed :P
ohh yeah , hence my baised favourtism towards anthony mundine ;D
Re: Show us your colours!
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Originally Posted by superheavyrhun
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Originally Posted by Conrad
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Originally Posted by Mikkel_K
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Originally Posted by Fire
who is concidered british just english, or english/scottish could someone explain that situation to me...
As I have lived in England and generally tend to follow English media a fair bit, I declare myself fit to answer this question. A Brit, according to the English press, is someone from Wales or Scotland who happens to be winning at the moment. Joe Calzaghe therefore is a British champion and Andy Murray a British tennis player. Ricky Hatton on the other hand is English, Scott Harrison Scottish and the Welsh rugby team most definitely Welsh.
Whilst this is true, in a take the piss type of way - because us English do tend to be Bristish when it's a Welshman or Scotsman winning at a sport. ;D
But officially; England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland form Britain (now United Kingdom). Although we all fight side by side for the British military, have the same currency and have the same governement (well kind of - aside from Scotland??) - we are actually seperate countries.
20 or so years ago if you asked most people from the UK what their nationality was they'd say British - not so much anymore.
One thing you should never do is mistake a Welshman or Scotsman as an Englishman - they hate this (and the English) with a passion. ;D
Never understood that really, I certainly don't feel that way about them... ???
Dude....I can't speak for every Welshman and Scot currently living in our fair land, but it isn't really hatred, it's just a sort of rivalry that gets hyped up because you lot (the English), and I'm generalising, can be a little arrogant when it comes to sport. So a bit of taunting when you lose, even a desire for you to lose, is natural.
I got a bunch of English mates, and they're just as good lads as my Welsh mates, but we still like a bit of banter. ;)
truthfully over all this time i thought the welsh, english, scottish and irish was pretty much mixed so much where you couldnt really tell a difference because everyone is half and half or something.. most white people in america are german/irish/scottish mix and we pretty much concider other white people here the exact same race....
so its weird for me to see people living along side each other for so long yet still see each other as distinctively different...
if an englishman was on a street corner and a group of irish, or welsh or scottish walked by could you tell which country they where from based only on their looks?? does thir faces and hair look different?? just curious
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Originally Posted by Fire
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Originally Posted by superheavyrhun
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Originally Posted by Conrad
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Originally Posted by Mikkel_K
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Originally Posted by Fire
who is concidered british just english, or english/scottish could someone explain that situation to me...
As I have lived in England and generally tend to follow English media a fair bit, I declare myself fit to answer this question. A Brit, according to the English press, is someone from Wales or Scotland who happens to be winning at the moment. Joe Calzaghe therefore is a British champion and Andy Murray a British tennis player. Ricky Hatton on the other hand is English, Scott Harrison Scottish and the Welsh rugby team most definitely Welsh.
Whilst this is true, in a take the piss type of way - because us English do tend to be Bristish when it's a Welshman or Scotsman winning at a sport. ;D
But officially; England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland form Britain (now United Kingdom). Although we all fight side by side for the British military, have the same currency and have the same governement (well kind of - aside from Scotland??) - we are actually seperate countries.
20 or so years ago if you asked most people from the UK what their nationality was they'd say British - not so much anymore.
One thing you should never do is mistake a Welshman or Scotsman as an Englishman - they hate this (and the English) with a passion. ;D
Never understood that really, I certainly don't feel that way about them... ???
Dude....I can't speak for every Welshman and Scot currently living in our fair land, but it isn't really hatred, it's just a sort of rivalry that gets hyped up because you lot (the English), and I'm generalising, can be a little arrogant when it comes to sport. So a bit of taunting when you lose, even a desire for you to lose, is natural.
I got a bunch of English mates, and they're just as good lads as my Welsh mates, but we still like a bit of banter. ;)
truthfully over all this time i thought the welsh, english, scottish and irish was pretty much mixed so much where you couldnt really tell a difference because everyone is half and half or something.. most white people in america are german/irish/scottish mix and we pretty much concider other white people here the exact same race....
so its weird for me to see people living along side each other for so long yet still see each other as distinctively different...
if an englishman was on a street corner and a group of irish, or welsh or scottish walked by could you tell which country they where from based only on their looks?? does thir faces and hair look different?? just curious
No leave the Irish out of it!
We haven't blown anything up in 20 years! Can we keep it that way!!!!
HaHa as Tommy Tiernan the comic once said....us Irish, we have a real sense of Rivalry..we like to see them get defeated in things like sport...and war.
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Originally Posted by Dizaster
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Originally Posted by Mike_Tha_Man
Born in the beautiful Island of Puerto Ricoooo
Raised in Brooklyn, New York
And noe live on Luke Air Force Base in Arizona USA
Military Man :army:
Great work! Do they have any type of boxing league or that type of thing in the military where you are?
Not currently here in Arizona
although i just recieved an e-mail at work stating that the Air Force was looking for boxers to join the Air Force team.
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Originally Posted by TitoFan
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Originally Posted by Mike_Tha_Man
Born in the beautiful Island of Puerto Ricoooo
Raised in Brooklyn, New York
And noe live on Luke Air Force Base in Arizona USA
Military Man :army:
Cool click.... bro.
I too, am Puerto Rican... but born in NY and raised and currently live in PR.
Proud of my island and its proud, great boxing heritage. Have posted related stats on more than a few occasions.
Totally unbiased (well-l-l-l-l-l-l-l...... maybe a wee bit, heh-heh).
Favorite PR fighters of all time (in no particular order):
Trinidad
Gomez
Benitez
Cotto
Esteban De Jesus
Least favorite:
Ruiz
Camacho
Santos
i also favorite:
Trinidad
Gomez (Fav. PR fighter alltime)
Benitez
De Jesus
and can't for get Carlos Ortiz!!
Fav. Current:
Cotto
Juanma Lopez
Calderon
Hate:
Ruiz
Santos
and Cintron
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Que viva Puerto Rico!!! (By way of the Bronx, New York).
