Commentary: Cruz exposes boxing’s homophobic issues
Orlando Cruz, an openly gay boxer who fights on the Tim Bradley-Juan Manuel Marquez undercard, has received as much media coverage as the two pound-for-pound-rated main event fighters. He deserves the attention for challenging and exposing boxing’s homophobic underbelly.
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Lem’s latest: Cruz heard ‘gay slurs’ during fights
Openly gay boxer Orlando Cruz on dealing with homophobia in boxing: “I’m in a sport that is very macho. Sometime in the ring, people would should gay slurs at me before I came out.”
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Lomachenko focused on Ramirez, not Salido-Cruz or Rigondeaux
Two-time Olympic champ Vasyl Lomachenko, who goes pro on Saturday, advises boxing fans to “be patient.” “I will be doing big things and you’ll be witnesses when I do them.”
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Salido represents Cruz’s toughest fight
Orlando Salido on Orlando Cruz: “I don’t think that he has faced anyone as tough as I am. I don’t think so at all. Daniel Ponce de Leon knocked him out, so I know that I’m going to be his toughest fight.”
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Photo gallery: Salido-Cruz final press conference
Orlando Salido, Orlando Cruz, Vasyl Lomachenko and Jose Ramirez at the final press conference for the Tim Bradley-Juan Manuel Marquez undercard in Las Vegas. Photos by Naoki Fukuda.
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Cruz looks to be boxing’s first openly gay champion
Puerto Rican Orlando Cruz, who is gay, said “I’m going to make history” by defeating Mexican Orlando Salido for the WBO’s featherweight belt on Saturday.
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Cruz’s ring uniform in support of gay cause angers Puerto Rican fans
Openly gay featherwight contender Orlando Cruz on the outfit he plans to wear into the ring versus Orlando Salido on Saturday: “It was not my intention to cause an uproar.”
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Lem’s latest: Marquez to earn $6 million, Bradley, $4.1 million
Juan Manuel Marquez will earn a guaranteed $6 million for his challenge to WBO welterweight titleholder Tim Bradley, who will pocket at least $4.1 million when they fight on Saturday at Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas.
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Photo gallery: Salido-Cruz media day
Media workout for Bradley-Marquez undercard fighters: featherweights Orlando Salido and Orlando Cruz, plus Ukrainian two-time Olympic gold medalist Vasyl Lomachenko and Jose Luis Ramirez. Photos by Naoki Fukuda.
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Photo gallery: Orlando Cruz media day
Featherweight contender Orlando Cruz hosted the press at a workout for his Oct. 12 fight against WBO titeholder Orlando Salido. Photos by Ed Mulholland-Top Rank.
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