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Who do you think would win in a boxing match between Usher and Floyd Mayweather!?  Although it will be a long time before we see that match, could you picture Usher as a boxer!?

Usher is taking on the role of Sugar Ray Leonard in the movie Hands of Stone.  Apologies if I got your hopes up of Usher being a boxer, but check out his new role after the jump!

Usher has been training for the role of Sugar Ray Leonard for a year now.  He will play Leonard in the movie Hands of Stone, which is a biopic of Leonard’s rival Roberto Duran.  Right now, Usher is weighing in at 172 pounds, but will have to lose another 22 to get the look of Leonard.

Usher spoke with Billboard about his new role.  Here is what he said :

“You couldn’t find a more stylized boxer than Sugar Ray Leonard,” Usher told Billboard via a telephone interview; He was an incredible motion guy, the way he moved around the ring, and I think my dancing will make it easier for me to pick up his moves.”

Like most actors portraying the life of others, Usher wants to meet with Sugar Ray to pick his brain and get some advice on the role.  Although this is not Usher’s first time acting, it has been a while since he has.  Right now, he is a singing coach on ‘The Voice’.

Hands of Stone is written and directed by Jonathan Jakubowicz.  Hands of Stone is set to hit theaters in 2014, so we have a while until we see how Usher is as a “boxer”.

-JaLisa

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