This Latino Boxer Has No Fear – He Came Out Of The Closet
By Julio Pabon, Huffington Post Latino Voices
You have to give boxer Orlando Cruz a lot of credit. The man has guts. Orlando Cruz made history, not in the ring where he is used to fighting his way for recognition, but by becoming the first professional boxer to come out of the closet and declare himself gay. He fought off his biggest challenger, fear.
The 31-year-old Puerto Rican native told USA Today this past Wednesday that he’s a “proud gay man.”
I’m here in the island and the feedback has been quite interesting. The 45 and older group of men that I have asked are majority critical of Orlando. Some went as far as to say that he should quit boxing and go full time into his gay life (like if being gay was a skill, or something separate from his being?).
The younger 18-35 year old’s that I spoke to had no real opinion. Some said that he had been boxing and being gay did not affect his ability to fight. Some stated that now he will probably fight even better than his present 18-2-1 record because he has taken…
This article was first published in Huffington Post Latino Voices.
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