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bgrumpyp

bgrumpyp

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2-0-Sixx said:
yeah well I think a 20 year old is allowed a fight like that, a fight he won just about every single round. the only disappoint was he didn't knock him out.

most 20 year old's are still in the amateurs. This kid is already a certified star in Mexico and becoming one here (the ratings for Canelo-hatton were just as good as the highest rated boxing event so far this year).
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This might be the 1st time I agree with you.
 
2-0-Sixx

2-0-Sixx

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ah, I knew Canelo had some Irish in him! I typed this out so give me props


From The Ring Magazine:

Those educated in Mexican history look at the red hair, see the freckles and think of the Army unit, a 19th-century battalion that was predominantly Irish. they were known as Los Son Patricos, or Those of St. Patrick. They fought for Mexico in the Mexican-American War from 1844 through 1848.

Many, between 50 and 85, were executed as traitors. Their Mexican comrades also called them Los Colorados for their sunburned faces, freckles, and red hair. The guess is that Alvarez ancestor marched in their ranks.

"There might have been an Irish grandfather somewhere there in my past," said Alvarez, whose mom, Ana Maria, is the only other redhead in a family that includes seven brothers, all boxers.

If not the hair, an Irish ancestry might be in part of the Alvarez name that is not included on billboards or on his boxing license. His full name is Santos Saul Alvararez Barragan. According to one history of the name, Barragan is the Mexican spelling of an old Irish name, Berrigen.
 
dookie1

dookie1

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2-0-Sixx said:
ah, I knew Canelo had some Irish in him! I typed this out so give me props


From The Ring Magazine:

Those educated in Mexican history look at the red hair, see the freckles and think of the Army unit, a 19th-century battalion that was predominantly Irish. they were known as Los Son Patricos, or Those of St. Patrick. They fought for Mexico in the Mexican-American War from 1844 through 1848.

Many, between 50 and 85, were executed as traitors. Their Mexican comrades also called them Los Colorados for their sunburned faces, freckles, and red hair. The guess is that Alvarez ancestor marched in their ranks.

"There might have been an Irish grandfather somewhere there in my past," said Alvarez, whose mom, Ana Maria, is the only other redhead in a family that includes seven brothers, all boxers.

If not the hair, an Irish ancestry might be in part of the Alvarez name that is not included on billboards or on his boxing license. His full name is Santos Saul Alvararez Barragan. According to one history of the name, Barragan is the Mexican spelling of an old Irish name, Berrigen.
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interesting....
 
surcaliman

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2-0-Sixx said:
ah, I knew Canelo had some Irish in him! I typed this out so give me props


From The Ring Magazine:

Those educated in Mexican history look at the red hair, see the freckles and think of the Army unit, a 19th-century battalion that was predominantly Irish. they were known as Los Son Patricos, or Those of St. Patrick. They fought for Mexico in the Mexican-American War from 1844 through 1848.

Many, between 50 and 85, were executed as traitors. Their Mexican comrades also called them Los Colorados for their sunburned faces, freckles, and red hair. The guess is that Alvarez ancestor marched in their ranks.

"There might have been an Irish grandfather somewhere there in my past," said Alvarez, whose mom, Ana Maria, is the only other redhead in a family that includes seven brothers, all boxers.

If not the hair, an Irish ancestry might be in part of the Alvarez name that is not included on billboards or on his boxing license. His full name is Santos Saul Alvararez Barragan. According to one history of the name, Barragan is the Mexican spelling of an old Irish name, Berrigen.
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i thought you woulda known about los san patricios..irish/american soldiers who switched sides to fight for mexico because they had that catholic connection.

you know whats a trip.i've seen a bunch of red haired,freckled white kids with mexican parents and they look nothing like each other.
 
Grapes Of Wrath

Grapes Of Wrath

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im a big canelo fan but i dont see him beating manny pacquiao...

id root for it and all.. but im jus sayin

lol, mayweather cant duck both of them.. so well see
he wants no part of that fight. i think that would be a closer match
 
2-0-Sixx

2-0-Sixx

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Pacquiao could end Canelo's career at this point so I wouldn't do it, he's only 20 years old he's the future he's not the now.

Plenty of good fights for him right now at 154:

Cotto
Angulo
Cintron
Vanes Martirosyan
Pawel Wolak
Chavez jr. (this would make the most sense but unlikely it wont happen soon).
Mayorga
 
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