Next Puertorrican World Champion

[TitoFan]

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.

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.

[holmcall]

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

[XaduBoxer]

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

Ha ha "Carita" will be fighting a 40 year old (but tough) Thailander for the title... Anyway "Carita" is also very old... I'll give you this if "Carita" gets beat... (joke)
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[holmcall]

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

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

[ElTerribleMorales]

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.

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.

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

[TitoFan]

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.

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.

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

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.