Gay boxer

Orlando Cruz (born July 1, ) is a retired Puerto Rican professional boxer. As an amateur, he represented Puerto Rico at the Olympic Games in Australia.

When the boxer Orlando Cruz issued a press release on October 3, , announcing to the world that he is gay, a strange thing happened: nothing. world lightweight title. Earlier this year, at the L.

Oscar Bonifacino is South America’s first out gay professional in men’s boxing. He has a message for other LGBTQ fighters.

Negro e homossexual, o boxeador americano Emile Griffith era conhecido por seu estilo elegante dentro dos ringues. Seu treinador Gil Clancy dizia que lhe faltava o "instinto assassino" para se tornar ainda mais combativo do que já era —Griffith conquistou cinco títulos mundiais. Em 24 de abril de , o garbo foi atravessado por ódio.

Orlando Cruz (born July 1, ) is a retired Puerto Rican professional boxer. As an amateur, he represented Puerto Rico at the Olympic Games in Australia.

On 24 March , a Cuban boxer called Benny Paret was beaten to within an inch of his life in a New York ring by Emile Griffith, , external a tragedy watched by thousands at Madison Square Garden and millions of Americans on television. Consequently, Griffith, a five-time world champion and Hall of Famer, is largely remembered for killing a man - Paret died from his injuries shortly after the fight - and for his struggles with his sexuality, the two defining aspects of his life that have proved impossible to untwine. Many years after his retirement, Griffith admitted what many already knew, that he was indeed bisexual.

Oscar Bonifacino is South America’s first out gay professional in men’s boxing. He has a message for other LGBTQ fighters.

Inside the smaller theater at Madison Square Garden about five years ago, shortly before a world title fight, Emile Griffith was introduced one more time to the crowd. He rose shakily from his seat, waved ever so briefly and then sat down. Revered in retirement perhaps more than during his fighting days, Griffith died Tuesday at 75 after a long battle with pugilistic dementia.