It was the first time in the show's six seasons that a singer coached by someone other than Adam Levine or Blake Shelton had won the show. Happy? On this late May afternoon, Usher is practically beaming, still basking in the glow of the finale that week of NBC's "The Voice." In his second season as a coach, Usher wound up coaching the season's winner, a soul singer named Josh Kaufman. "What is the recipe for that? Staying happy, I guess." Sitting in his Atlanta home, the 35-year-old Usher returns the compliment, marveling about the day Leonard came to watch him train (and give him tips). When he was hitting the speed bag, I saw that he had that commitment."Īnd then, of course, there were those abs. "For an actor or a singer to play a fighter, it's about commitment. "He jumps rope better than I do," says Leonard, now a popular boxing commentator. The film is a biography of former boxing champion Roberto Duran, with Usher playing Duran's greatest opponent, Leonard. The former multi-belt boxing champion was visiting the training facility where music superstar Usher-that's Usher Raymond IV on his driver's license-was working out in preparation for his role in the upcoming movie, Hands of Stone. Usher's washboard abs are a set of stomach muscles storied in legend and song that seem to be chiseled from volcanic rock.
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