IT’S HAPPENING right now,” Orlando Cruz warns. The retired 41-year-old sits in a darkened living room in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, dressed in a plain blue T-shirt accompanied by a black baseball cap protruding over his eyes. His simplicity in style acts as a precursor to how serious the conversation would be.
“Young male boxers are killing themselves, as they are scared,” he tells Boxing News. “They have nowhere to turn and depression hits them. Our sport is doing nothing to help them.”