Floyd Mayweather Jr. visited Chelsea Lately to promote his upcoming fight and return to boxing. During the interview, Mayweather twice steered the conversation inexplicably toward his personal homophobia. The first time came when Chelsea told Mayweather to get comfy and put one of his legs on the chair (you gotta see the video to understand [...]
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Boxer drinks his own urine for success
How far will some athletes go to succeed in their sport? Pretty far. For boxer Juan Manuel Marquez, drinking his own urine has become part of his training routine. HBO is documenting his training on film as he prepares for the biggest fight of his career, on Sept. 19 against Floyd Mayweather Jr. Will it [...]
Thai boxer banned for gay-mag spread
Take a good look at the image to the right. We’ve seen something like it a thousand times, right? The man in the photo is Thai Olympic silver-medal boxer Worapoj Petchkoom, and Stage is a Thai gay magazine. Because Petchkhoom appears on the cover of said magazine wearing almost nothing, the Amateur Boxing Association of [...]
When women do a no-no in sports
Last weekend I missed the MMA championship bout between Gina Carano and Cyborg Santos, but watched what I could find on YouTube. The steel-cage event headlined at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, was billed as a breakthrough for women, and aired on Showtime pay-per-view. Now controversy rages. On AOL Fanhouse, [...]
Gay Olympic silver medalist has died
Gay Olympic silver medalist Mark Leduc has died at the age of 47. He won his Olympic medal for Canada in boxing in 1992. He was apparently found dead in a sauna, and the assumption is that he died of heat stroke: A strange way to go for someone who made his career knowing the [...]
Gay boxers in Manhattan
Out magazine again dips a toe into sports with this month’s article about gay boxers in Manhattan, “Cinderella Men.” There is some good color on the atmosphere of the featured Down Low boxing gym in New York and the boxers who venture there. There is also lots of focus on stereotypical gay behavior by the [...]
NewFest starts this weekend with sports films
If you’re going to be in New York City over the next week, be sure to check out some of the gay-sports films showing at NewFest:
Off And Running, June 6: Adopted children often face the dilemma of how much of their parents’ identities they can or should take on as their own. For Avery, [...]
Oscar De La Hoya retires
LGBT boxing fans (myself included) will miss the charismatic presence of boxing great Oscar De La Hoya, who announced his retirement from the ring on Tuesday. At age 36, the Golden Boy had to confess, “I don’t have it any more.” His most recent fight left him on the receiving end of a resounding TKO, preceded by losses [...]
NFL’s Dhani Jones tackles other sports
Dhani Jones is often referred to in the media as a Renaissance man, in part because of his love of bow ties, which he turned into a business venture. The biggest impression he made on the field as an Eagles linebacker from 2004-2006 was with his “air guitar” celebration every time he made a play. [...]
Punch-drunk for Oscar De La Hoya
I’m not much of a boxing fan, but throw in Oscar De La Hoya and I’m there. The Latin sensation, a fighter who transforms a boxing contest into a sports happening, goes up against a smaller but talented Manny Pacquiao on Saturday in Las Vegas. Pacquiao wants to become the new De La Hoya while [...]
The kissing boxer
In a fight last month that was televised on HBO, a boxer with the entertaining name of Trenton Titsworth kissed his opponent, Jesse Vargas, while the two were in a clinch. An angry Vargas threw a punch when the referee broke up the clinch.
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Boxer Emile Griffith comes out as gay
Former welterweight boxing champion Emile Griffith, who in 1962 killed a man in the ring who taunted him as a “faggot,” has finally come out in a new book.
From John Robert Cassidy in Newsday:
Imagine this — a gay man being one of the greatest professional boxers in the history of the sport. You don’t have [...]
Floyd Mayweather wants to have sex in jail
Trying to taunt his upcoming opponent Ricky Hatton, Floyd Mayweather Jr. reportedly told Hatton that he wants to have his way with him in more ways than one.
“I wish I was in prison with you. I’d make you my bitch,” Mayweather said when the two were in Los Angeles recently, according to The Sun.
The homosexual [...]
Miss Oscar de la Hoya
Who knew the boxing champ liked dressing up in a wig with a fishnet body suit? X17 has the goods.
Update: De la Hoya, through his attorney, says the photos are fakes, but X17 stands by them.
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