{"id":315413,"date":"2026-04-08T16:38:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T11:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=315413"},"modified":"2026-04-08T16:38:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T11:08:07","slug":"leveon-bell-sounds-off-on-logan-paul-ducking-boxing-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/08\/leveon-bell-sounds-off-on-logan-paul-ducking-boxing-match\/","title":{"rendered":"Le\u2019Veon Bell sounds off on Logan Paul &#8216;ducking&#8217; boxing match"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"article-3760865\">\n<p>Last month, YouTuber and wrestler Logan Paul issued a challenge to fight any NFL player in a boxing match. Fans quickly floated several names, nevertheless it was former running back Le&#8217;Veon Bell who was serious in getting into the highlight.<\/p>\n<p>Bell even called out Paul on social media several times, urging him to send the contract. Paul offered $1 million for the supposed bout and set the parameters.<\/p>\n<p>But just when many were getting excited, the challenge suddenly fizzled out. Bell, who starred for the Pittsburgh Steelers during his prime, claimed that Paul ducked him.<\/p>\n<p>On the \u201cGet Got Pod with Marshawn Lynch &#038; Mike Robinson,\u201d the 34-year-old Bell totally <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/sT3zUHSwLM4?t=2412\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tore into<\/a> the 31-year-old Paul.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was the craziest duck I\u2019ve ever seen, bro. Since you got to the purpose where you actually arrange the entire fight. You set the entire 10-ounce gloves, no headgear. We\u2019re going to do six rounds, three minutes,\u201d said Bell.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI used to be like, \u2018Oh no, we\u2019re not going to do six rounds, three minutes, no, no no. I don\u2019t want none of your judges.\u2019 I told them, \u2018We don\u2019t need no judges, we don\u2019t need no rounds, and let\u2019s just go until any individual stops. Let\u2019s just go until whoever says, \u2018I quit,&#8217; and that\u2019s who wins. Let\u2019s go to see who stops. Dog-house rules. That\u2019s what Floyd does, that\u2019s what they do within the Mayweather Gym. Dog-house rules, and I already know he wasn\u2019t ready for that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Le&#039;Veon Bell Reveals Why Logan Paul Fight Was Called Off \ud83e\udd4a| Untold Story Behind 2018 Holdout\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sT3zUHSwLM4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Bell and Paul are almost evenly matched in height at 6-foot-1 and 6-foot-2, respectively. Paul may need the advantage in speed and stamina. But while Bell has slowed down over time, it is evident that his competitiveness has waned.<\/p>\n<p>The three-time Pro Bowler also slammed Paul for claiming that the WWE did allow him to fight because he might get hurt. Paul signed with WWE in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Paul&#8217;s last boxing match was in 2023, winning over Dillon Danis via disqualification.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Last month, YouTuber and wrestler Logan Paul issued a challenge to fight any NFL player in a boxing match.  Fans quickly floated several names, nevertheless it was former running back Le&#8217;Veon Bell who was serious in getting into the highlight.  Bell even called out Paul on social media several times, urging him to send the contract.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last month, YouTuber and wrestler Logan Paul issued a challenge to fight any NFL player in a boxing match. Fans quickly floated several names, nevertheless it was former running back Le&#8217;Veon Bell who was serious in getting into the highlight. Bell even called out Paul on social media several times, urging him to send the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":315414,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[338],"tags":[8880,2471,10502,22623,10967,2064,4546,2430],"class_list":["post-315413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-bell","tag-boxing","tag-ducking","tag-leveon","tag-logan","tag-match","tag-paul","tag-sounds"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=315413"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315413\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":315416,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315413\/revisions\/315416"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/315414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=315413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=315413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=315413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}