First openly gay male boxer proposes to boyfriend on Facebook

[DARKSEID]

I think ****sexuality is a beautiful thing.

The more gay people there are, the less competition there is for girls.

Everyone in the world except me should turn gay. The more gay people , the better.

If you have gay pride, let it out guys. Set it free. Explore your sexuality.

[DARKSEID]

Like Orlando Cruz, I am Puerto Rican and gay. I love boxing and will support my brother, Orlando Cruz forever. He is my hero and I look forward to him becoming the featherweight champion of the world.

Good for you bro. Thanks for sharing this story, hopefully it gives more men courage to be who they really are.

Green K sent.

[Mr. Philadel]

he proposed on facebook?!? oh man!!!.....the social media era is a mother****er lol......congratz to Cruz and his spouse.....I would never do some ***** like that on facebook but hey, love is love....respect!!!#tolerance

[Furn]

Like Orlando Cruz, I am Puerto Rican and gay. I love boxing and will support my brother, Orlando Cruz forever. He is my hero and I look forward to him becoming the featherweight champion of the world.

You forgot to add no ****.

[mezoomozaa]

Disgusting , I want to vomit indeed

[The Noose]

Its like being gay is an achievement. It was all over the news last night that a WWE wrestler had announced he was gay and everyone was saying congratulations, you are so brave etc. Weird world we live in these days.

Maybe i'll be getting a medal of bravery for announcing that i'm straight on Monday at my new workplace.

Hey everyone im STRAIGHT!! where is my acknowledgement! give me a book deal and a reality show too

You are both proclaiming your ignorance and ******ity. Cong****! lol. Its gay people who are beheaded, spat on, beat up and disowned by their parents everyday. Not straight people.
Just look at the responses in this thread by more ignorant idiots. Would you have the balls to come out as gay?

Burn in hell orlando

lol....doesnt exist.

just fcuk off already...nobody cares about what your hero does outside the ring. you'll just get your **** feelings sodomized with brutal responses when you post gay stuff like that in a boxing forum.

You want him to be e-**** ****d? Isnt that more gay than anything he said? Weird.

Disgusting , I want to vomit indeed

There, there. Some ****phobes are such f@ggots!

[Doctor_Tenma]

By reporting on this, which shouldn't be news really, you only make being gay more "taboo". This doesn't help the situation at all.

[thedarkness]

Bronxnyc, u gay dawg.

Cong**** i guess

[joe strong]

The gay wrestler was ****** to come out! Do you think for one minute there isn't going to be a few wrestlers in the locker room who don't want to wrestle him? Didn't kris kanyon come out a few years back? Shortly after he killed himself? Did the gay basketball player get another job in the NBA yet? Playing or coaching? I don't care what people do behind closed doors but being gay is still frowned upon by majority of people. Everyone talks a good "support" game but in reality it's all talk. Is cruz a legit contender or is his title shot happening becsuse he's gay & they can turn it into a media circus? Eveytime he fights is it going to be a gay pride night or an actual fight? The focus should be on the title fight not that one contestant is gay... Just my opinion... This was response to another's post... Thought it was under a reply...

[controlmachete]

Orlando Cruz proposed to boyfriend José Manuel with a video on the social media site.

Featherweight Orlando Cruz made headlines last October when he announced he was gay. By making the announcement, in which he declared himself a “proud gay man,” he became the first openly gay male professional boxer.

Cruz also grabbed the public’s attention this week, or at least the attention of his followers on Facebook, when he proposed to his longtime boyfriend José Manuel with a video message posted to the social media site.

The video is in Spanish, but NBCLatino translated it for us:

I wanted to tell you how much I need you and how much I miss you. I know you are a person that means a lot to me and that supports my career and respects it which is very important, but above all you are always there giving me that push that I need. Now more than ever that I have an important fight coming up for the World Championship. I want to tell you that you are a very special person in my life. I am a little nervous, but I want to tell you and share with your friends and my friends if you want to marry me. I want you to be part of my life and me be part of yours.

Cruz will fight for the vacant WBO featherweight title on October 12 against Orlando Salido in Las Vegas.

Manuel responded to the video with a heartfelt video of his own, in which he accepted the proposal.

Manuel’s response translated, also from NBCLatino:

I want to say yes. I accept marrying you because I love you and adore you. Yes, I do want to marry you because I love you, I love you, I love you very much. We will keep going forward and you will see how happy we will be. I love you papi from my heart.

Congratulations to the happy couple.

Everybody!! Nalgas a la pared!!