After pulling out of his boxing match against Le’Veon Bell, WWE Superstar Logan Paul was called out as “cowardly” by NFL legend Emmanuel Acho.
During an episode of the Speakeasy podcast, Acho called out Paul. He didn’t mince words, and he was extremely critical of the WWE star, whom he claimed “is not already a [legitimate] athlete.”
Let’s call it what it’s, Logan Paul was scared to death of Le’Veon Bell. It’s that straightforward. https://t.co/oqzko1WFRA
— Emmanuel Acho (@EmmanuelAcho) March 9, 2026
“I do not ever wish to discuss Logan Paul on this show again after this,” Acho said. “This was the weakest, most cowardly thing I even have seen by someone who is not already a legitimate athlete, if I’m just being honest, though he’s athletic.
“Logan Paul, you finna kick up all this dust, call out an athlete, call out NFL players, NFL player challenges you, you are trying to pocket check him, Le’Veon Bell says [patting his leg], ‘I’ve got the bread. I’ve got the [million dollars], after which hastily, you stage your whole situation, and now you may’t fight. It is best to’ve looked that up beforehand, primary. Number two, you already said Le’Veon can actually fight, so now you are gonna should go train for it, so that you [were] already acting scared,” he continued.
Bell appreciated Acho’s comments on the show. He responded to Speakeasy’s post with Acho’s rant, writing, “I hear nothing but FACTS!!!”
Acho doubled down on his criticism by quote-posting Speakesy’s post together with his initial call-out: “Let’s call it what it’s, Logan Paul was scared to death of Le’Veon Bell. It’s that straightforward,” Acho wrote.
Why did Logan Paul pull out of his $1 million Le’Veon Bell boxing match?
Every little thing seemed to be pointing to Paul having boxing matches against Bell and Breiden Fehoko. Nevertheless, on Sunday, Mar. 8, 2026, Paul revealed that his “bosses” at WWE wouldn’t allow him to fight “bums.”
“Welp. The bosses called,” Paul wrote, “Seems I’m too invaluable of a WWE Superstar to be fighting bums. I would like to take this chance to congratulate [Le’Veon Bell] and [Breiden Fehoko] for his or her quarter-hour of relevancy. Now back to being broke and retired.”
At the top of his post, Paul revealed he could be present for Monday Night RAW on Mar. 9. It’s unclear if Paul plans to deal with his now cancelled boxing matches on the show.