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News and commentary about the anti-gay lobbyOctober 20th, 2012
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If you had told me a month ago that a Puerto Rican Olypian boxer was going to come out, that his community and the boxing world would cheer him on, and that rather than taunt him his next opponent would praise his abilities, I would have suggested that perhaps you ought not operate heavy machinery. But that is what happened.
On October 4th, Orlando Cruz announced that he is a proud gay man. He immediately got tons of media attention and a pile of tweets and emails, which he said was 90% positive. That seems to have been reflected by the audience last night: (FoxLatino)
The minute Orlando Cruz stepped into the boxing ring, all talk of his sexuality disappeared.
With these last two weeks weighing heavily on him, Cruz was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief when he walked out to a cheering crowd displaying flags of his native Puerto Rico.
And Cruz was successful, winning the bout by unanimous decision over Mexican Jorge Pazos. And what did Pazos have to say after losing to a ‘maricon’?
“He’s a boxer who moves too much, he knows how to box and he has good legs,” Pazos said. “I couldn’t get him.”
Here is his post-fight interview with ESPN’s LZ Granderson:
Somehow while I wasn’t paying attention, it seems that the boxing world suddenly became very classy and tolerant.
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Michael R.
October 21st, 2012
This made me chuckle as I recalled one of Matt Barber’s tweets, speaking of gay men:
“You DO NOT want 2 get in a slap fight w/ these Nancies. They scratch.”
I wonder if Matt would be man enough to say that to Orlando Cruz’s face? Doubt it.
Joel
October 22nd, 2012
As a puertorican i approve this message. =D
I don’t like boxing but i like the fact that puertoricans surprise me with their tolerance at times ^^
Ian
October 22nd, 2012
To be honest, because I’ve watched too many sports movies, I was kind of secretly hoping his Friday oppenent would be horribly homophobic and that Cruz would brutaly knock him out in the second round.
On a scale of one to ten, how horrible of a person does that make me?
Timothy Kincaid
October 22nd, 2012
Ian,
Read this story first, and then answer your own question.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/magazine/04/12/griffith0418/index.html
Sometimes beating the opponent can hurt you almost as much.
Rob in San Diego
October 22nd, 2012
What a weird way to pose the question from the interviewer “So uh, why did you decide to come out before the fight, isn’t that giving your opponent more motivation?”
Translation…
“So uh, why did you decide to come out before the fight, wern’t you worried that your opponent was going to gay bash you you little fairy, that he would knock you down to the ground so hard that you little fairies would never ever think about hopping into the ring again.”
You know that’s what that guy was thinking. Ya because coming out to someone your about to fight is suppose to bring out the rage in your opponent.
Ian it doesn’t make you a horrible person at all, sometimes these macho heteros need to be taught a lesson!
Ian
October 24th, 2012
I was thinking more of a “Rocky IV” knockout, not a death-or-permanent-brain-damage knock out.
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