FORMER boxer Yusaf Mack has revealed he appeared in a gay porn film – and alienated his family.
Mack had a 14-year career in the ring and finished with a record of 31 wins, eight defeats and two draws.
He became USBA light heavyweight champion in 2012 before losing to Brit Carl Froch in a world title fight and three years later he had turned to porn.
Mack, 43, revealed he was in need of money at the time but the video caused a shockwave amongst his friends and family, who did not know he was gay.
The boxer was engaged to a woman at the time and only came out publicly after the film, having initially claimed he only took part because he was drugged.
Mack said he feared the reaction from the sports community if he revealed his sexuality, having first stated he was bisexual before coming out as gay.
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But he was inspired to share his story after Caitlin Jenner came out as transgender.
Mack continued to work in gay porn after his first video, which only came about due to his desperate financial situation.
In an interview with Vlad TV, he said: “I was in need of the money.
“Someone inboxed me on Facebook asking me if I wanted to make some extra money and I said yes, it came out a year later.
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“To this day I haven’t watched it.
“I was at a family bar and I was wondering why everyone was looking at me strange. Nobody was saying anything or speaking to me so I was like ‘what’s going on?’
“One of my homies was like ‘come here man, look at this’ I was like wow.
“I walked away and went home and started crying. I was thinking about my children, what would they think.”
Mack has ten children and revealed his eldest daughter told him to kill himself after his porn film came to light.
The ex-fighter battled his own suicidal thoughts and cried in response to his daughter’s words.
He told HipHollywood: “I just threw the phone down and started crying. I didn’t have no words, nothing to say.
“What could I say? ‘Who you talking to like that?!’ She’s got feelings. I’m her dad. All I could say was, ‘you’re right’ and threw the phone down.”
After initially admitting he was ashamed for featuring in his first gay film, Mack began working for amateur gay porn site Reality Dudes – a job he said he “loved”.
Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
