Former YouTuber-turned WWE star Logan Paul continues his feud with NFL players.
First, he got into a back-and-forth with Tom Brady over whether he could thrive in the league with his athleticism, with Brady saying that wrestling was ‘cute.’ Now, he’s trying to prove his point by taking things a little further.
Paul challenged any NFL player to get into the ring with him and beat him in a boxing match. He’s even willing to put $1 million on the line to do so:
“Not a single football player could beat me in a boxing match,” Paul said in his podcast (h/t Happy Punch). “… I would throttle Myles Garrett.”
With that in mind, former Pittsburgh Steelers star Le’Veon Bell, who has pivoted to boxing after his NFL career, has doubled down on that challenge.
“STOP DUCKING,” Bell wrote on X. “Bro tryna fight an NFL player that’s never fought before .. let’s set it up bro, we all heard you say you can beat any NFL player .. we can fight in April, the NFL draft is in PITTSBURGH .. we can fight NFL draft weekend! let’s make it happen.”
Bell has gone 2-1 in three fights since turning pro, winning both contests by unanimous decision. He’s also gone 2-0 in exhibition matches with one knockout.
Even so, Paul politely declined his challenge, stating that Bell was ‘not a draw’ or an active NFL player, to which Bell replied that Paul wanted to fight Tom Brady, who’s not in his physical prime, young, or in the league, either.
There’s certainly enough time to put an event together, and it’s hard to believe it wouldn’t be a massive PPV or streaming success if they decide to go through with it. For now, however, it looks like Paul would rather fight someone with no boxing experience.
