Talk:Paul McCloskey

Nationality
He may well have Irish nationality, but given that he presumably needs British nationality to get a British title (and that he has British nationality, being from NI), should this be listed also?

188.221.51.29 (talk) 14:05, 14 November 2009 (UTC)


 * No, it shouldn't be listed. He can fight for the British title by virtue of his birthplace - but any citizen has the right under the Good Friday Agreement to decide which nationality they wish to represent. Paul is Irish and therefore is listed as such. I would like Wikipedia to remain impartial about nationality, unlike other websites. Nobody should be listed as British by default. This is counter-productive to the terms of the Good Friday Agreement. If a fighter wishes to be listed as Irish, then it should be respected. I doubt wikipedia would attempt to list a Unionist boxer under the Irish flag, so in the same respect - it shouldn't list an Irish boxer under the Union flag. Dornálaíocht (talk) 20:48, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

I don't know why this argument keeps coming up for McCloskey. He is neither British or Irish, he is both British and Irish as he has dual nationality. Wakey82 (talk) 23:32, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

Previous edit showing dual nationality did not need reverting back to the old version (which in itself was uncited). McCloskey declared his British passport to the British Boxing Board of Control when he became British champion, thus proving dual nationality. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.148.32.222 (talk) 23:47, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

Khan, said: “I am delighted that this fight has finally been put together following some tough negotiations. This is a matchup the British public want to see and will be a fantastic fight between two of the best light-welterweights in the country.” Amir Khan obviously does not recognise Ireland as another country. Paul McCloskey declares himself as Irish not Northern Irish aka UK.

Seems a bit unnecessary the Amir Khan obviously doesn't recognise Ireland as another country, chastising almost... Man you Irish need to lighten up sometimes, a bit unnecessary? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.86.98.118 (talk) 19:01, 29 March 2011 (UTC)