Cruz to fight Flanagan for WBO lightweight title on Nov 26
Updated
Mar. 4, 2020 5:15 p.m. ET
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CARDIFF, Wales (AP) Puerto Rican boxer Orlando Cruz will fight Terry Flanagan for the Briton's WBO lightweight title on Nov. 26.
In 2012, Cruz became the first professional boxer to come out as openly gay while actively competing.
In his first and only world title fight, Cruz was stopped in the seventh round by Orlando Solido for the vacant WBO featherweight belt in 2013
The 35-year-old Cruz will fight Flanagan in Cardiff, Wales, on the undercard of Billy Joe Saunders' WBO middleweight defense against Artur Akavov.
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