File No. 361693 · Adjudicated
Lennox Lewis
Athlete — British and Canadian boxer (born 1965)
Born
1965
Birthplace
LONDON, ENGLAND
Citizenships
UK / CA
Canadianness Score
🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁
3.0/ 5
Weighted across 6 scored criteria
Designation
Ya No Ya 🤔Knows that bud → buddy → pal is not an escalation in friendliness.
Scorecard
Path B — not born on Canadian soilI. Origin
Born on Canadian soil — no
LONDON, ENGLAND
Canadian parentage — no
No Canadian parents on record
Citizenship on record — yes
Held — by descent or naturalisation
II. Residency
Formative years spent in Canada — yes
Raised — Canada
Lived in Canada by choice — yes
Residency on record as an adult
Worked or filmed in Canada — yes
Credits filed north of the 49th
III. Cultural evidence — not scored
Section III is recorded for the file only. It carries no weight under either path.
Publicly claims to be Canadian — not scored
Says so, out loud
Canada claims them back — not scored
Claimed, enthusiastically
Fun fact
Won Olympic gold for Canada in 1988 before going on to become undisputed heavyweight champion of the world.
The verdict
Born in England but moved to Kitchener, Ontario at age 12, where he discovered boxing and represented Canada at the 1988 Olympics before becoming a dual British-Canadian heavyweight champion. Canada claims him as fiercely as Britain does, and honestly, both countries have a point.
Adjudicated by
The Standings Committee
Status
Final — appealable
Related files
More from the files: Ya No Ya 🤔 · born in England
References — en.wikipedia.org