As the first openly gay profsnal boxer wds down his reer, Orlando “El Fenomeno” Cz wants to be a mentor to aspirg boxers so that they not only bee fierce fighters but are also te to themselv.
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- ORLANDO CZ: BOXER DREAMS OF BEG FIRST OPENLY GAY WORLD CHAMPN
- BOXER GAYS VS. GAY BOXERS
- ORLANDO CZ VOWS TO SNATCH FLANAGAN'S BELT FOR ALL GAY ATHLET
- HE'S PROFSNAL BOXG'S FIRST OPENLY GAY ATHLETE — AND CHIGO'S HONORG HIM AT PRI, PUERTO RIN PARAS
ORLANDO CZ: BOXER DREAMS OF BEG FIRST OPENLY GAY WORLD CHAMPN
Orlando Cz will create history by beg the first openly gay boxg world champn should he feat Terry Flanagan on Saturday. * lgbt boxing belt *
Will he be boxg's first openly gay champn?
BOXER GAYS VS. GAY BOXERS
Guys whose favore past-time is strollg around boxers, or boxer shorts. Strollg around boxers has a way of makg a fellow 'look gay', hence the term. Urban Dictnary Gilbert Baker tght himself to sew and began makg banners for gay and anti-war march. He created the rabow flag 1978 as a symbol of Gay Pri. … * lgbt boxing belt *
Cz aims to bee boxg's first openly gay world champn.
Beme boxg's first openly gay, active fighter 2012. Deeply embedd two worlds – boxg and Puerto Ri – that are found machismo, Cz has also bee a gay in to thoands. On Saturday, Cz has the chance to create history – should he beat Bra’s Terry Flanagan for the WBO lightweight tle, the 35-year-old will bee the first ever openly gay world champn.
ORLANDO CZ VOWS TO SNATCH FLANAGAN'S BELT FOR ALL GAY ATHLET
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Boxg, like many other sports, is yet to fully open s arms to the ia of a gay athlete, somethg Cz has unsurprisgly experienced first-hand. “I don’t re if they say, ‘Orlando Cz is gay.
Wh so few openly gay, active profsnal athlet across all sports, Cz is aware what the rult of the fight will mean to those who look up to him. “The support of the gay muny, Puerto Ri, New York and different natnali, is very important, ” he says. In 2013, his chance to bee the first openly gay boxg champn me and went btal fashn.
Cz me out to his fay and a psychologist long before publicly announcg he was gay 2012. I don’t re that other people talk about me, sayg, ‘Orlando Cz is gay, Orlando is bad or bulls***. For many, boxg is sport’s ultimate show of masculy and Cz still regularly fds himself fightg the misnceptn that a man n’t be both gay and mascule.
HE'S PROFSNAL BOXG'S FIRST OPENLY GAY ATHLETE — AND CHIGO'S HONORG HIM AT PRI, PUERTO RIN PARAS
“Sometim one, two or three people say, ‘you’re gay, and you’re a boxer… wow. I say, ‘I am gay, but I am a man like you.
“I am gay and I am the first openly gay boxer, but this has been my reer for years.
“People say, ‘Orlando is gay but this is boxg, boxg is macho.