Starving Tapales dreams of mukbang Daily Tribune

SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Whenever hunger strikes Filipino fighter Marlon Tapales, he reaches out for his smartphone and searches for his favorite mukbang (eatcast) videos to satisfy his intense craving for food. In the final days of his training, boxers like Tapales begin to dramatically slow down on their food intake to make weight during the all-important pre-fight ritual. Tapales faces Uzbekistan’s Murodjon Akhmadaliev for the World Boxing Association and International Boxing Federation super-bantamweight title belts this Saturday at the Boeing Center at Tech Port. Though his team controls his diet, Tapales still is afforded a semblance of enjoyment. “He…