Orlando Cruz featured on ABC

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  1. freedom2013

    freedom2013 Boxing Junkie banned

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    Orlando Cruz was profiled Thursday evening on ABC World News with Diane Sawyer.

    It is scheduled to air again today, on both Good Morning America on Nightline.

    Props to Orlando for having the courage to come out. I believe gays should not be discriminated against, nor should they be mocked or otherwise treated badly.

    But I have a question: if Cruz were not gay, would they have him featured on ABC? Should gays be given preference over straight boxers? Why doesn't the ABC feature a GREAT Puerto Rican boxer like Miguel Cotto?
     
  2. Jacory Harris

    Jacory Harris I'm a gorilla I'm a dawg! Full Member

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    KNEEguel is gay too. He just hasn't come out of the closet yet.
     
  3. freedom2013

    freedom2013 Boxing Junkie banned

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    No, Miguel has children and a beautiful wife.
     
  4. Leif Erikson

    Leif Erikson Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Because it's a story that transcends the boxing community. It happens; a lot of 'plucky underdogs' have received disproportionate coverage, same with otherwise mediocre boxers who pulled off enormous upsets, same with George Foreman because he was old or Butterbean because he was morbidly obese. In the music world, would Adele be given quite as much attention if she were a slim, black American girl?

    It's a shame that people have issues with something so inconsequential as a person's ***ual orientation, but until that goes away, a sportsman taking that step will get a lot of exposure, supporters and, sad to say, haters.
     
  5. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    Even if you started gay, smashing a dime like Melissa Guzman will set you straight.
     
  6. sharpshooter

    sharpshooter Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Gayism is still outlawed in many countries. . Thank f.uck 4 that
     
  7. Jacory Harris

    Jacory Harris I'm a gorilla I'm a dawg! Full Member

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    So do a lot of other ***s
     
  8. Jacory Harris

    Jacory Harris I'm a gorilla I'm a dawg! Full Member

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    Your definiton of dime must differ from mine. Money's woman Miss Jackson is a dime. Melissa is some loose change.
     
  9. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    Nah. Melissa has character. Chantal is like a Barbie doll. Too perfect and plastic looking. Girls like that are never as much fun as you think. (See: the Kardashian *** tape)

    Plus I like a little extra meat, and MG is round and curvy from cheekbones to hips.
     
  10. freedom2013

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    I agree. Melissa is a pretty, sweet, very feminine woman who loves her husband.

    Ms Jackson seems shallow, and looks a bit like like a drag queen rather than a real woman.
     
  11. Henke67

    Henke67 One of the 45% Full Member

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    Cruz should be the one featured. He's the first openly gay boxer and it's a huge story. I doubt they're claiming he;s the best fighter in the world but he's broken this barrier and deserves the attention that comes with it.
     
  12. freedom2013

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    Because of the signifigance of being the first openly gay boxer.
     
  13. Delroc

    Delroc Boxing Addict Full Member

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    no way salido gonna let some butt pirate beat him. Imagine the **** he would catch for eternity :lol:
     
  14. iceman71

    iceman71 WBC SILVER Champion Full Member

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    cruz will have on rainbow trunks on
    f news has pictures of them. he is really out of the closet now
     
  15. TheCrazyCal

    TheCrazyCal Baby Faced Hassassin Full Member

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    time to educate many countries then.

    theres no excuse for ignorance.