<p>Orlando Cz, a profsnal boxer om San Juan Puerto Ri and ranked No4 featherweight by World Boxg Organisatn, has said he is a 'proud, gay man'</p>
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- ORLANDO CZ FIGHTS TO BEE BOXG’S FIRST OPENLY GAY CHAMPN
- ORLANDO CZ: BOXER DREAMS OF BEG FIRST OPENLY GAY WORLD CHAMPN
- ORLANDO CZ: THE GAY BOXER WHO IS BREAKG BARRIERS
- PUERTO RIN ORLANDO CZ IS FIRST OPENLY GAY BOXER
- ORLANDO CZ BE FIRST OPENLY GAY MAN BOXG
- ORLANDO CZ BE BOXG'S FIRST OPENLY GAY MAN
- ORLANDO CZ COM OUT AS FIRST OPENLY GAY PROFSNAL BOXER
- ORLANDO CZ: 'I'M GAY, BUT I'M ALSO A BOXER. THIS IS MY TIME'
- ORLANDO CZ, THEFIRST OPENLY GAY BOXER, OUT FIGHTG
ORLANDO CZ FIGHTS TO BEE BOXG’S FIRST OPENLY GAY CHAMPN
John Flor and Ouisie Shapiro wre about Orlando Cz, who hop to bee the first openly gay world champn the sport. * cruz openly gay boxer *
When the boxer Orlando Cz issued a prs release on October 3, 2012, announcg to the world that he is gay, a strange thg happened: nothg.
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. * cruz openly gay boxer *
He is also boxg’s first openly gay profsnal fighter, and he is eager to bee s first openly gay world champn. Both of his parents attend their son’s weddg to his longtime partner, José Manuel Colón, an timate gatherg that took place 2013, Central Jul Serrano, a well-known gay activist who, like Cz, is om Puerto Ri, helped facilate Cz’s announcement 2012. I have always been and always will be a proud gay man.
ORLANDO CZ: THE GAY BOXER WHO IS BREAKG BARRIERS
Puerto Rin n make history by beg the first openly gay world champn on Saturday. He tells Steve Bunce about g out the macho world of boxg * cruz openly gay boxer *
”Serrano, speakg om his office San Juan, said that he saw Cz’s g out as helpg to dispel two myths: that Latos are homophobic, and that the ultra-macho sport of boxg has no place for a gay fighter. Griffh is probably bt known for his 1962 fight agast the Cuban welterweight Benny Paret: after endurg anti-gay slurs om Paret at the weigh- before the fight, he unleashed his fury the rg, knockg Paret unnsc. When he steps to the rg at Motorpot Arena, Cardiff, Wal, he expects to see symbols of gay pri, which fans have begun wavg at his fights, to cheer him on.
PUERTO RIN ORLANDO CZ IS FIRST OPENLY GAY BOXER
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Will he be boxg's first openly gay champn? 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 BE FIRST OPENLY GAY MAN BOXG
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.
ORLANDO CZ BE BOXG'S FIRST OPENLY GAY MAN
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***.
ORLANDO CZ COM OUT AS FIRST OPENLY GAY PROFSNAL BOXER
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. “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.
ORLANDO CZ: 'I'M GAY, BUT I'M ALSO A BOXER. THIS IS MY TIME'
“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. ’ I have to tell them, ‘Orlando Cz is gay, but he’s a man… not a girl.
“Ee Griffh never spoke publicly or told an terview he was gay, ” Cz says.
ORLANDO CZ, THEFIRST OPENLY GAY BOXER, OUT FIGHTG
Cz n still vividly remember the feelg of steppg to the rg for the first time as an openly gay man, retag his WBO Lato Featherweight tle agast Mexin Je Pazos. Such is Cz’s fluence the gay muny and wir sportg world, Jason Colls – the first openly gay active basketball player – ntacted him to say he’s an spiratn for “g out of the closet.