I suppose if I had a pre-teen daughter – and I pray this is purely hypothetical – I could understand the anger that some dads would have toward Justin Bieber. After all, if I had to listen to “Baby Baby Baby” on repeat while being begged to go see Never Say Never, I’d have a stack of boarding school pamphlets on my desk for sure. But I don’t, so I don’t really have that much anger for Bieber, unless you count his “fashion” and then, yeah, my forehead vein will pop a little.

But Bieber also does a lot for charities, and that’s pretty cool. Plus, he already gave us one of the greatest GIFs of all-time:

And now he’s teamed up with Complex Magazine for a photo shoot that is probably going to please the majority of guys aged 18-34. Bieber and photographer Tony Kelly created a boxing-inspired shoot that pretty much shows us what it would look like if the Biebs got his ass pummeled.

I think this more than makes up for the lack of boxing posts around here.

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As UFC 118 approaches, the headlining rematch between BJ Penn and Frankie Edgar for the Lightweight Championship has taken a back seat to the intriguing debut of former heavyweight boxer James Toney. In what UFC President Dana White has called a “circus act,” Toney will take on UFC Hall-of-Famer Randy Couture, showcasing a clash of styles between Toney’s powerful punches and Couture’s atrocious acting.

But Toney’s style may be a bit more technical than casual MMA fans like myself are expecting, as he’s brought in Trevor Sherman to teach him how to fight against and break “Brazilian locks.” Who is Trevor Sherman, you ask? He’s the man who teaches FBI agents how to fight with their bare hands. He’s also the man who has never trained a MMA fighter before, but he says that he’s impressed with how quickly Toney has picked up his teaching. Well I’m sold, now if only there was a video of Sherman’s teaching styles after the jump…

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