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WATCH: Boxer Orlando Cruz Reveals The Real Reason He Decided To Come Out And His Wedding Plans

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Pro boxer Orlando Cruz says he came out because “I want respect. That’s it. It’s my decision, it’s my life.”

The out athlete will have a busy fall. On October 12 he’ll fight against Mexico’s Orlando Salido for the World Boxing Organization’s featherweight title and the 32-year-old Puerto Rico native told New York Daily News that he intends to marry his longtime boyfriend José Manuel in Manhattan this December. (Same-sex marriage isn’t yet legal in either Puerto Rico or Florida, where Cruz also resides.)

Cruz said he typically doesn’t talk about his relationships, “but José Manuel is a good guy, a good friend, a good boyfriend and after the fight I will get married, maybe in December, here in New York.”

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