This just in: Justin Bieber compares his career to that of … Floyd Mayweather?
Jan 10, 2012, 5:48 PM EDT
Getty Images Do not be fooled by this photo — it is NOT Hermie the Elf from Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. It’s Justin Bieber, and there’s more to him than meets the eye. According to him, he’s a pretty good boxer. And that comes from studying the teachings of two men, he says. One is Yukon Cornelius his father. And the second is his other boxing idol: Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
In the latest issue of V magazine that you’re going to scoop up as soon as the truck pulls up to the drug store near your house, Bieber opens up about love, sex, profanity, religion, and his admiration for Michael Jackson and … yes … Mayweather.
“Yeah I box. Me and my friends box all the time,’ he bragged.
“My dad is a fighter so he taught me some stuff growing up, and he’s a great fighter, so I’m a pretty good boxer.’
He compared his plight as an entertainer fighting for respect with that of Floyd Mayweather Jr.
“Now that I’m on top, everyone wants to bring me down. Everyone’s trying to tug at me and take my spot,” he said.
“Like Floyd Mayweather, he’s the best boxer in the world. Now he is a champion. Every time he goes to a fight now, people are like, ‘He’s going to lose this time’.
“Every time he wins. And people aren’t ever going to know that he’s a champ.”
He said he also looks to the controversial fighter for inspiration on how to stay on top in his own profession.
“Floyd Mayweather trains every day, even when it’s off season,” he gushed. “When everyone else just chills he’s in there punching bags because he wants to be the best. He wants to be better than Ali.
“I’m going to be honest — I’m young and I’m not as disciplined as I need to be. If I have a day off, I need to be in the dance studio, but instead I’m hanging out with my friends.
“But when I’m in my 20s I need to buckle down and work as hard as these other people.”
You’re no Mayweather, Bieber. Not until you make it rain at a strip club, and do a 90-day stretch in Clark County Jail. Hey, no one uses the weight room until Bieber’s done, so BACK OFF and WAIT.
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- kyleortonsarm - Jan 10, 2012 at 8:18 PM
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Please god let him get in the ring against him. Justin becoming completely disfigured and having his head pummeled so hard he starts talking like he survived a stroke would be the greatest thing ever.
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- goforthanddie - Jan 10, 2012 at 8:19 PM
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Well, I can’t stand either one. Both are way over-exposed for no reason. I can see the resemblance.
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- skids003 - Jan 11, 2012 at 12:32 PM
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2 buttheads made for each other.
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- trbowman - Jan 11, 2012 at 1:16 AM
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Mayfeather sucks. I don’t care about boxing either, just hate hearing his dumbass talk.
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- michiganhockey11 - Jan 11, 2012 at 8:58 AM
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Justin Bieber sucks and Floyd will never be what Ali was. Floyd is a punk and I am ashamed that he is from Michigan.
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- Dirty D Fo - Jan 11, 2012 at 11:03 AM
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I wish horrible things upon them ..
