“I Don’t Have the Education”: Mexican Boxer Canelo Alvarez Imparts Wisdom of Discipline to Retired Tom Brady

The life of a sportsperson comes with lots of sacrifices. To become the best in any sports field, one needs to be disciplined in terms of diet, training and then adopting lifestyle changes. This holds true in the NFL and other sports as well. In the NFL, players who play in different positions are provided with a proper training schedule, dieting protocols along with sufficient amount of protein and carbs to go with the matches.

Recently, one of the professional boxers appeared on a podcast with NFL GOAT Tom Brady. The boxer highlighted the self-discipline aspect of the game and how he transformed himself. The former 7X SB champion too gave in his insights as the conversation became interesting.  Arguably one of the biggest boxing stars in the world today, he was honest about his dieting regimes and strict practices put in place to keep himself in shape.

Canelo Alvarez on learning the basics of dieting and dropping weight strategies

Canelo Alvarez is amongst the richest boxers today. However, to get where he is today, the boxer had to get in the best shape possible. Appearing as the guest on NFL future HOF’s Tom Brady’s “Let’s Go!” podcast, the Mexican-origin boxer dropped bombshell information regarding getting into shape. When asked by Tom Brady when the boxer started taking his nutrition seriously. The Mexican boxer gave an honest reply. “You know, I don’t have the education to how to eat, what or something. I come from Mexico, I don’t have that education.”

The answer might seem shocking to the boxer’s fans. But this is how the weight loss and getting into shape journey started for the $180 million boxer. He further went on to explain how his transformation came about, “When you want to play, you start seeing people. You start reading everything. And then you start, I wanna be a champion and I wanna keep that energy. And then you start finding people who help you with this.”

Alvarez is correct here when he mentions to adopt a champion mindset, one needs to be in shape and that motivated him to look his absolute best. Though the boxer could get his message across in English, it’s astonishing that a few years ago he struggled with talking fluently in the language.

Canelo Alvarez on struggling with English in his initial years of boxing

During the course of the podcast, Tom touched on several engrossing topics. With one thing leading to another. One of the things was the ability to speak English. The boxer pointed out the same giving his personal experience. “English, because, you know, I have friends who speak English and I appreciate them a lot, and I want to understand them too. Sometimes I’m ashamed to speak English because sometimes you make mistakes and everything.”

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The star boxer revealed he never took English lessons separately to finesse his command. However, the boxer does watch English shows on TV and communicates with his friends in the language to improve his fluency.

The honest account of Canelo going into detail about getting in shape is eye-opening. It all comes down to being a champion in any given field and the same inspired the decorated boxer to change his lifestyle!

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