{"id":6217,"date":"2012-10-04T17:11:06","date_gmt":"2012-10-04T17:11:06","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-10-04T17:11:06","modified_gmt":"2012-10-04T17:11:06","slug":"orlando-cruz-becomes-boxing-s-first-openly-gay-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2012\/10\/orlando-cruz-becomes-boxing-s-first-openly-gay-man\/","title":{"rendered":"Orlando Cruz becomes boxing&#8217;s first openly gay man"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\";\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;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. I have and will always be a proud Puerto Rican. I have always been and always will be a proud gay man,&#8221; says featherweight boxer Orlando Cruz.<\/p>\n<p>Cruz, 31, began boxing at age 7, and his amateur career culminated in his selection to the 2000 Puerto Rican Olympic Team in Sydney. Cruz debuted as a professional in 2000 and won his first world title (vacant IBA, a lesser title) on March 22, 2008. His next fight is Oct. 19 in Kissimmee, Fla., when he will defend his WBO NABO title against Jorge Pazos. A win could put Cruz in line for a major title shot.<\/p>\n<p>[via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/gameon\/2012\/10\/03\/orlando-cruz-is-boxings-first-openly-gay-man\/1612095\/\" target=\"_blank\">USA Today<\/a>]<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-comments\" data-href=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/node\/17088\" data-num-posts=\"2\" data-width=\"470\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I want to try to be the best role model I can be for kids who might look into boxing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[195,64],"tags":[13472,648],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Orlando Cruz becomes boxing&#039;s first openly gay man - 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