{"id":5934,"date":"2016-05-19T10:00:02","date_gmt":"2016-05-19T02:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/?p=5934"},"modified":"2016-05-19T19:12:10","modified_gmt":"2016-05-19T11:12:10","slug":"video-heavyweight-boxing-champion-david-haye-takes-a-jab-at-meat-industry-in-peta-ad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2016\/05\/19\/video-heavyweight-boxing-champion-david-haye-takes-a-jab-at-meat-industry-in-peta-ad\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Heavyweight Boxing Champion David Haye Takes A Jab at Meat Industry in PETA Ad"},"content":{"rendered":"

‘The Hayemaker’ Credits Vegan Food With Giving Him a Powerful Physique<\/span><\/p>\n

Manila \u2014 Heavyweight boxing champion David Haye<\/strong> has proved he’s as kind as he is strong by starring in a PETA Asia campaign promoting the knockout power of vegan meals. In the ad (available here<\/a>), Haye appears with his fists up in a boxing stance next to the words “I’m David Haye, and I Eat Vegan.”<\/span><\/p>\n

In an exclusive video<\/a><\/u> Q&A, Haye speaks passionately about his performance in the ring since ditching meat: “I’ve put on good lean muscle, feel strong, healthy, no injuries.” He explains that he made the decision to eat vegan after watching the documentary Earthlings<\/em>, which “kind of hit home about \u2026 all the unnecessary amounts of killing of animals.”<\/span><\/p>\n

And The Hayemaker discovered some unexpected bonuses the moment he cut meat, eggs, and dairy foods from his diet: “I felt healthier, felt cleaner, lighter \u2026 I woke up brighter in the mornings, fresher.” He recalls how before going vegan, he would “crash out and go to sleep” after a meal, but now when he eats, he feels “more awake and perked up.”<\/span><\/p>\n

PETA\u2014whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to eat”\u2014notes that compared to meat-eaters, vegans are less prone to heart disease, strokes, diabetes, cancer, and obesity, and each person who goes vegan saves many animals every year from daily suffering and a terrifying death.<\/span><\/p>\n

Haye is the 2009 World Boxing Association champion and is widely recognized as one of the best boxers of his generation. The British heavyweight joins a growing list of athletes\u2014including 2014’s Mr. Universe, Barny Du Plessis; Germany’s Strongest Man 2011, Patrik Baboumian; American Ninja Warrior<\/em> veteran Tim Shieff; football great Phil Neville; and many others\u2014who have teamed up with PETA affiliates to promote healthy and humane meat-free meals.<\/span><\/p>\n

Watch video here:<\/span><\/p>\n