It’s true! On Saturday June 9th, Manny Pacquaio will come up against Timothy Bradley, Jr. in Las Vegas for the World Welterweight Championship. This bout promises to be one for the history books. One aspect about this fight, which has been highly publicized, is the training diet adopted by California native, Timothy Bradley. When Bradley is in training he adopts a vegan diet. He started experimenting with a plant based diet to get an extra edge in 2008. Since that time he is amazed and pumped about the results he gets.
“Dude, I swear, it’s the most unbelievable feeling ever,” Bradley said, praising the diet he believes gives him a pronounced advantage in the ring. “The reason I love it so much is that I feel connected to the world,” Bradley said. “My thoughts are clearer, crisp. I am sharp. Everything is working perfectly-I feel clean. It’s a weird feeling, man. It’s just a weird feeling.”
It will be interesting to see if there is an increase of boxers looking to adopt a vegan diet as part of their training regimen…
In Other Vegan Boxer News…
Some of you may or may not know that former World Heavyweight Champion Mike Tyson is also a vegan. He has been a vegan for two years and has been sober for the same amount of time. Kudos to him for turning his life and attitude around. In recent interviews he has been reported as wishing “he was born this way” when referring to the vegan diet. He is happy to report that he has no more “drama” in his life. I wonder if his new diet has anything to do with his more serene and grateful way of living…
