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• ORLANDO CZ: THE GAY BOXER WHO IS BREAKG BARRIERS
• EE GRIFFH, WHO FAMOLY KILLED FELLOW BOXER AFTER GAY SLUR, DI AT 75
• PHILLY BOXER WH 10 KIDS WHO WAS OUTED AFTER GAY PORN ROMP ADMS HE’S GAY
• OPENLY GAY BOXER YAF MACK FIGHTS HOMOPHOBE
• KILLER PUNCH OF A SECRETLY GAY BOXER
• GAY BOXER PROPOS TO BOYIEND AFTER WNG HIS FIRST MATCH
• ORLANDO CZ FIGHTS TO BEE BOXG’S FIRST OPENLY GAY CHAMPN
• WHAT ’S LIKE BEG AN OPENLY GAY BOXER, 3 TERRIBLE TWEETS
• THIS GAY BOXER FACED ATH TWICE, AND ME OUT SWGG ON THE OTHER SI

ORLANDO CZ: THE GAY BOXER WHO IS BREAKG BARRIERS

He was gay and like all boxers, at all levels, he was judged on whether he uld fight and not on his sexual preferenc; the Pounr, who wore pk, was a nice guy but not much of a fighter and nobody held that agast Saturday Las Vegas, Orlando Cz, which is his real name, will bee the first openly gay boxer to w a world tle if he n overe the odds and beat Orlando Salido for the vant WBO featherweight tle. Cz announced he was gay last year, never lost his promoter, never lost his rankg and never lost a sgle iend om si the ugly bs of boxg. "Cz fought for Puerto Ri at the Sydney Olympics 2000 and has been a ge ntenr for a uple of years and gay for a lot longer.

"I'm a boxer first, I want to be a world champn and remembered that way and not as a gay boxer, " he the Neti, Christy Mart, another boxg pneer, said somethg siar about women the sport: "I fight for Christy Mart and not for women's rights to box. " Mart, who has sce survived a murr attempt when her hband shot and knifed her, is now retired and volved a gay relatnship. "Boxg n be a macho sport and I have heard some gay slurs, " says Cz.

"However, Cz, who is 32, is not a mpaigner for gay rights jt yet and he has polely refed all attempts to csa on behalf of other gay athlet, men like him stgglg to e to terms wh tellg the people they pete wh, or for, that they are gay.

EE GRIFFH, WHO FAMOLY KILLED FELLOW BOXER AFTER GAY SLUR, DI AT 75

However, private he has obvly spoken to other boxers facg the same dilemma he did last has received a lot of media attentn this week (Getty) (Getty Imag)"Perhaps there are other gay boxers and perhaps they are too sred to say anythg, " Cz says.

" Hopefully, there will not be a reverse wch-hunt boxg, like there is other sports, where people on the outsi bee fixated on outg more gay athlet; the people boxg simply don't re.

PHILLY BOXER WH 10 KIDS WHO WAS OUTED AFTER GAY PORN ROMP ADMS HE’S GAY

"Gay, so what? " All boxers world tle fights have to unrgo and pass a route HIV tt and plenty, none of whom said they were gay, have failed the has dited Saturday's fight to Ee Griffh, one of the greatt boxers history, who died this summer after admtg late his life that he had slept wh both men and women.

He was om a time when homosexuals were not lled "gay" and he hated the word once was ed to scribe him when he fally end three s of speculatn.

The Cuban never revered and died a few days emerged later that Paret had lled Griffh a marin, the Spanish word for homosexual, and had touched him appropriately when the pair weighed for the fight; Paret was naked at the time, which is not unmon for a tle fight. There has always been a bate about whether Paret meant or was jt sayg to get unr Griffh's sk; Griffh told me that Paret had been ma to say , but that was heartfelt and meant, which is good enough for late great Ee Griffh me out after he retired (Getty) (Getty Imag)Griffh had stggled wh his sexualy throughout his reer and retirement and 1992 was left for ad after five thugs on a "fag-bashg" rampage attacked him wh baseball bats outsi a gay club New York.

OPENLY GAY BOXER YAF MACK FIGHTS HOMOPHOBE

"This fight is for Ee bee he never had the backg and support that I have had, " add Saturday Cz starts as a heavy unrdog agast former champn Salido but will still leave the rg as the first openly gay male boxer to fight for a world tle. He proposed to Manuel on Facebook earlier this year and, has to be said, if he was thkg of makg the transn to gay fighter low-key, then planng a same-sex marriage was a bold move.

KILLER PUNCH OF A SECRETLY GAY BOXER

Cz was also a first-year ductee to the Natnal Gay and Lbian Sports Hall of Fame Chigo this summer, alongsi Greg Louganis and Marta n also really fight and the thls bs of boxg, a sport that has not really changed 150 years, that is all that matters; mak no difference if you are black, whe, gay, straight, male, female, nice, unpleasant, Christian, Mlim, ugly or handsome, as long as you have guts and n have a fight.

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Sports Illtrated reported 2005 that Griffh may have been fueled by an anti-gay slur directed at him by Paret durg the weigh-. Over the years, books and terviews, Griffh scribed himself at var tim as straight, gay and bisexual. If Yaf Mack's gay porn saga were a fight, this would be the knockout former boxer is fally g clean and admtg why he performed a vio wh two other men last summer.

GAY BOXER PROPOS TO BOYIEND AFTER WNG HIS FIRST MATCH

"I'm gay, " Mack, 35, told Fox29 Philalphia on Wednday. "I'm tired of holdg , is what is, I'm gay.

"RELATED: Former boxer claims he was dgged for gay porn rompMack ially went public last month wh the far-fetched story of beg dgged prr to performg a heterosexual porn flick, only to disver later that he had performed a gay film. "RELATED: Former boxer adms he lied about beg dgged for gay porn filmOn Wednday, he dropped all pretense and admted he ncted the story--and later, lied about beg bisexual--to keep people, cludg the woman he was engaged to, om disverg the tth.

ORLANDO CZ FIGHTS TO BEE BOXG’S FIRST OPENLY GAY CHAMPN

(ED GONSER/AP)Mack said his revelatn hasn't been well-received by some of his 10 children, pecially his 23-year-old SAM SMITH WANTS TO BE A FIGURE IN THE GAY COMMUNITY"She told me to kill myself, " he said.

WHAT ’S LIKE BEG AN OPENLY GAY BOXER, 3 TERRIBLE TWEETS

Shockg moment openly gay boxer Yaf Mack nonts man makg homophobic ments and beats him bloody the middle of a barber shopYaf Mack beat Hector Echevarria after the man repeatedly ma homophobic ments about the openly gay boxer onleMack nonted Hector at the L A Clippers barber shop Philalphia on Saturday night, htg him first while his head was a skHe then pummeled Hector wh punch until he was werg on the ground and his face bloodySome close to Hector are sayg onle that he broke his ankle the fight, but that has not been nfirmed Hector ma his social media acunts private, but did wre after the fight he would rather have that on film than gettg a 'd*** up my a**' Mack was a newly engaged father of ten when he me out as gay 2015 after beg spotted an same-sex adult film Published: 01:40 BST, 21 Febary 2017 | Updated: 13:33 BST, 21 Febary 2017. The fight for equal rights turned physil a Philalphia barber shop earlier this week when openly gay boxer Yaf Mack cid to stand up to a man who had been attackg him of the cint, which occurred at the LA Clippers barber shop, shows Mack swgg at a man named Hector Echevarria who had been reportedly been postg ments about him which were rogatory and is seen lyg on the ground and werg for ver, than at one pot attemptg to stand up, which Mack, 37, reacts to by sluggg him the face and sendg him back to the the end of the fight, which lasted approximately 30 sends, Mack grabs a jar full of barber's tools and smash them on Hector's head.

Scroll down for vio Com out swgg: Yef Mack beat Hector Echevarria (above)after the man repeatedly ma homophobic ments about the openly gay boxer onle Fightg back: He then pummeled Hector wh punch until he was werg on the ground and his face bloodySome close to the victim wrote on social media that he may have broken his ankle durg the fight agast Mack, a retired boxer who was outed bee of his send reer as an adult actor gay om after the cint show Hector stg on the floor wh an orange towel verg his head and multiple cuts on his was also plag about pa his fight did ltle to stop his attacks on Mack however, and he was postg on social media once aga shortly after the fight, which took place last week.

THIS GAY BOXER FACED ATH TWICE, AND ME OUT SWGG ON THE OTHER SI

'I rather have a vio of some beatg me up then a vio of someone seeg me take a d*** up my a** any day, ' wrote also stated that he and Mack would fight aga, seemgly undnted by the rult their first was followed by more homophobic msag and ments on his Facebook page, which he then ma meanwhile has been keepg a low profile, and is unclear if police plan on prsg charg the person who was prent at the fight and appeared to have no nnectn to eher man stated that Hector's head was actually the sk when the fight began, and was surprised by the sneak has been by hidg his ments across social media, also makg his twter acunt private on Monday.

The champ: Hector ma his social media acunts private, but did wre after the fight he would rather have that on film than gettg a 'd*** up my a**' (Mack above 2012) Chang: Mack was a newly engaged father of ten when he me out as gay 2015 after beg spotted an same-sex adult film (above)The porn pany threatened to sue after he ma that claim, and he soon backtracked on his statement wh an apology. Griffh was gay, and at the weigh- before the fight, Paret had tnted him, llg him a “marin, ” a rogatory Spanish term, siar to “faggot.