Granted, it's boxing so it's not like we're dealing with first-class individuals anyway. And it's not even involving heavyweights, which are the only boxers most people care about. But it seemed this should be brought up. WBA/WBC welterweight champion Ricardo Mayorga likes to call his opponents "faggot" or the Spanish equivalent, "maricon," most recently in the press conference held to announce his July rematch with Vernon Forrest...

Sensitivity training would benefit Mayorga

I guess we should be happy he didn't threaten to rape someone, like Tyson did a few years ago.

I am really not surprised, the comparison of an opponent to a gay guy is simply a function of the stereotype that gay=weak. What we need is Esera Tuolo to meet up with this boxer, and then he would see how weak a gay man can be!

On a related note, I did not know that Michael Jordan has also been known to use anti-gay slurs. He apparently was quoted last year using one to insult a team-mate he thought was not practicing hard enough, but wasn't called on it by the media, probably because he's Jordan.