Anyone here thinking Margarito should be speaking English?

[killersheep]

He should learns English. It will always improve fighter's marketability if they can.

I don't agree with that look at MAB and his broken english I don't think that I has changed
anyone's opinion of him his marketability comes from what happens in the ring.

Another example is Mayorga, he markets himself just fine without using English.

[El Kabong]

....I think speaking English is good for American citizens, I mean it wasn't tele-F******-mundo interviewing him......I F****** HATE people who won't speak English and are American citizens or hell even visiting the country.

I went out of the country and tried my best to understand foreign languages and use them and so on, it's just a matter of respect.


And before anyone asks YES you can respect where you are while remembering where you are from, it's the way it's supposed to be

You see Lyle Americans Travel around the world and most of them complain why people doesn't know english at foreign contries. Can you believe that crap. So basically I'm saying that while people try to learn english americans never try to learn another language. take me for and example my everyday is in spanish but I manage to learn english I get mad when and american come visit Puerto Rico he complains that some people doesn't talk english and when I told the guy "Hey you are in Puerto Rico why you should try to talk spanish" he got mad.

lmao learn an entire foreign language just because your visiting there? now thats funny.
Yes "english" speaking people who go to another country and get aggrivated at the non english speaking people is just silly. However lyle brings up a great point. You come to this country (usa) speak the god damn language. Pretty simple. You work in this country? Speak the god damn language.
My family moved to this country in 1976. my grandparents and their 11 kids all learned god damn english in 6 months. Its pathetic when i go to the DMV and i see 200 people all using the same god damn translator. Makes me wonder, you cant read/speak english, and your driving?
GOD DAMN!

Agreed, CC

....can you believe we have people coming to America illegally and going to schools that tax payers pay for and they (the illegal immigrants) PROTEST (via hunger strike) to #1 strongarm congress into signing the Immigration Amnesty bill and HAD THAT BILL PASSED, these bastards who are here ILLEGALLY! would not have had to pay out of state tuition and would have probably been given minority status meaning they would have been given spaces in the colleges over regular citizens.

IMO that is a huge show of disrespect to America and it's citizens

Let me say this on that...

I hate the fact that the bill was not passed...but that bill was a turd in a toilet, IWO, from the start.

There are too many American companies making too much profit off of illegal immigrants for that bill to pass & too many of those American companies making too much profit off of illegal immigrants are lining to many senators & fat cat's pockets for that bill to pass in the first place.

Governments are so gotdam corrupt it makes me sick!

NAFTA was a bad move

The bill was total BULLCRAP, we need to enforce the laws we already have not make new ones

[SalTheButcher]

they changed the fuckin pedestrian lights here a year or two ago, and the only reason i can think of is that there are so many people in NY who cant speak a fucking word of english

they used to say walk and dont walk and now they have a fucking hand and a stick figure

[Sugar_Shaw]

He should learns English. It will always improve fighter's marketability if they can.

I don't agree with that look at MAB and his broken english I don't think that I has changed
anyone's opinion of him his marketability comes from what happens in the ring.

Another example is Mayorga, he markets himself just fine without using English.

Maybe, not in every case but it does help for a fighter to built a rapour with the fans.Especially when the fighter isn't the most exciting in ring.

[Trainer Monkey]

He's a welterweight who lives in Tijuana
Most of his "fans" speak Spanish

[CountryBoy]

....let me add that if you want to speak spanish or italian or whatever in your home feel free but in public or while dealing with customers and stuff it has to be in the language of the land

I live in Hawaii and people speak in Korean,Chinese,Japanese,Micronisian,Filipino,Somoa n,Hawaiian... I know what ya saying man.

[SweetPea]

Wow, it's not too difficult to figure out which of you guys are Republicans.

[CountryBoy]

Wow, it's not too difficult to figure out which of you guys are Republicans.

[killersheep]

Wow, it's not too difficult to figure out which of you guys are Republicans.

Not it!!!!!!!!!

[Puya]

Everybody hates us, but everybody wants to come here. What's up with that?

Here where exactly is here? IS this website or server or Saddo American?

[Kel]

they changed the fuckin pedestrian lights here a year or two ago, and the only reason i can think of is that there are so many people in NY who cant speak a fucking word of english

they used to say walk and dont walk and now they have a fucking hand and a stick figure

LOL really?

[Addicted to_boxing]

....I think speaking English is good for American citizens, I mean it wasn't tele-F******-mundo interviewing him......I F****** HATE people who won't speak English and are American citizens or hell even visiting the country.

I went out of the country and tried my best to understand foreign languages and use them and so on, it's just a matter of respect.


And before anyone asks YES you can respect where you are while remembering where you are from, it's the way it's supposed to be

He was born, not raised in the USA.......... And you have that US silver dollar way too far up your ass to bring in lack of respect. Not everyone has a desire to speak English. This has nothing to do with respect but only limits his marketing ability. You are the typical US citizen that refers to himself as American when everyone in South,, Central and North America is an American. The same kinda US individual that wants to pay abroad with US currency but feels that paying for a Pizza in Texas with pesos is a crime.

[Addicted to_boxing]

Ofcourse Margo knows how to speak english. He's got thick accent and just didn't wanna sound funny in the eyes of many viewers.

JMM and MAB spoke broken english when Larry Merchant interviewed them after their bout...

Heck, even Pac doesn't speak english that well but he's trying his best and not ashame of it. Margo should do the same thing too especially knowing that he's an american born citizen.

Why do have to bring Pac into every topic? I'll tell you Filipinos are not disrespected the way Mexicans are in this country. The average fillipino comes into the USA with a silver spoon via the US military or a medical profession ticket. Either way they do not come into this country earning substandard wages.

If Margarito speaks in broken English he will be perceived/ labeled as a cholo, uneducated or even the harsher wetback. So what if he does not master the language! Why should he allow the situation to control him for the sake of giving announcers material?

Pac's tore up FOB version of English does not even cause me to bat an eye. Filipinos are not part of the great make up of racial profiling here in the USA, yet!

[Addicted to_boxing]

....let me add that if you want to speak spanish or italian or whatever in your home feel free but in public or while dealing with customers and stuff it has to be in the language of the land

Unless you really can't speak English, in which case then that's what good translators are for. And agreeing with my friend Puerto Rican Punch, I haven't seen much in the way of good translators in boxing lately.

Yeah, agreed.....Wladimir and Vitali and Golota and a number of other fighters know english and they use it sometimes better than others. If you know it, use it.


I mainly have issue with people who live their everyday lives in America without at least TRYING to learn english. I'm not a bigot but hey EVERYONE ELSE WHO IMMIGRATED HERE LEARNED IT.

Which is of course completely off topic but oh well

Margarito was only born here and not raised here .........

[Addicted to_boxing]

Sorry, but this thread is beyond ridiculous.

Antonio Margarito has lived in Mexico since he was one week old. Who cares if he speaks English?

Who cares what language any fighter speaks or doesn't speak?

Why is learning and speaking English so ridiculous? You are saying learning something new or foreign is ridiculous? You come to this country to fight and you were born here and yet you still don't dare to speak her language? That is stupidity if you ask me.

What does it matter if he was born here, he was back in Mexico when he was a week old!! That's like saying that if I was born when my parents were on vacation in China, then I should feel obligated to learn Chinese.

And what does it matter if he's fighting in the US? Should Lamon Brewster have conducted his postfight interview in German last week?

I'll always applaud someone for learning a second language, because it's an impressive thing to do, but Antonio Margarito is under no obligation to learn English. Personally, I'd rather have a fighter speak in his native language, where he can clearly express his thoughts thru an interpreter, instead of struggling to conduct an interview in a second language.

Thank you for having a brain as now I can click out of this topic ...