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Orlando Cruz becomes first openly gay pro boxer
The Puerto Rican says he has ’always been and always will be a proud gay man’
04 October 2012 | By Joe Morgan
Orlando Cruz, a 31-year-old Puerto Rican, has become the world’s first openly gay professional boxer.
A featherweight Puerto Rico boxer has claimed to be the first openly gay man to come out and continue competing in the professional sport’s history.
Orlando Cruz, ranked the number four featherweight by the World Boxing Organization, said: ‘I’ve been fighting for more than 24 years and as I continue my ascendant career, I want to be true to myself.
‘I want to try to be the best role model I can be for kids who might look into boxing as a sport and a professional career.