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Cruz becomes first boxer to come out as gay

Puerto Rican featherweight Orlando Cruz has become the first active boxer to publicly reveal he is gay.

Cruz, 31, competed in the 2000 Olympic Games and is on the verge of a world title fight with the WBO.

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