You go into a war, you’re probably going to coming out with some battle scars — if not physical, then certainly emotional.
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It’s been more than a year since Orlando Cruz came out of the closet and announced he is gay. And while Cruz being boxing’s lone openly gay fighter is not the news it was a year ago, it’s still part of him and always will be.
Many good 32-year-old boxers have had the experience of fighting in Las Vegas. But Sean Monaghan got a late start as a professional, and the light heavyweight from Long Beach, N.Y., finally is getting his chance to show his goods in the fight capital of the world.
He is now so much a part of the nation’s social fabric that it’s hard to comprehend a time when Muhammad Ali was more reviled than revered.