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Dario Larralde posted a homophobic rant saying he agreed with Adolf Hitler when it comes to gay people … but a backlash prompted a hasty backtrack A Mexican boxer, Dario Larralde, has issued several apologies after upsetting people with a homophobic rant that he posted to his social media. Back2Stonewall quotes him, translated from Spanish, as saying: ‘Fuck me fucking gays, I have a fucking phobia … everywhere I go there’s always a gay punk watching me … Everything your community...

Talk about a heavy weight. The weigh-in is a perfect time for a boxer to intimidate his opponent. There’s all the trash-talking, and you can strip down to cower them with your impressive muscles. What we hadn’t heard of us what boxer David Allen did last weekend in London before his heavyweight bout against David Howe. Either Allen was blessed by God with a goliath member, or he stuffed his drawers with an eggplant. Only, wouldn’t that put him in a different...

The openly gay fighter said he was tired of the online harassment. Yusaf Mack used his boxing skills outside of the ring last weekend, attacking a man at a barbershop who he says was trolling him on social media because he’s gay. TMZ first released footage of the 37-year-old repeatedly punching the man at the L.A. Clippers barbershop in Philadelphia on Saturday as customers and employees watched in disbelief. https://twitter.com/ChopShop702/status/833733709761122304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Mack reluctantly came out in 2015 after a pornographic movie featuring him in...

Cruz, who lost four friends in the June 12 attack, was cheered on by survivors and their families. Orlando Cruz, the openly gay boxer who dedicated his June 15 fight to the victims of the Orlando shooting, won the bout. Cruz faced Alejandro "Alex" Valdez, who was returning to the ring for the second time after a four-year hiatus. Although Cruz, who is currently ranked in the world, faced tough competition from his opponent, a former bantamweight fighter, he took Valdez...

Orlando Cruz, the fifth ranked boxer in the world, had four friends that died in the June 12 shooting. Orlando Cruz, the first openly gay boxer, will be dedicating his upcoming July 15 fight to the victims of the Pulse shooting in Orlando, which claimed the lives of 49 people. https://twitter.com/outmagazine/status/753264814663819264 Cruz, who lives in Puerto Rico with his partner, had four friends who died in the tragedy. “At first, I was sad,” Cruz told the Orlando Sentinel of his reaction to...