Summary

Le'Veon Bell says he still does not buy the explanation that stopped his proposed boxing match with Logan Paul.

Bell discussed the situation during an appearance on the *Da Get Got Pod with Marshawn Lynch & Mike Robinson*, where he argued that the call Paul received from WWE during a livestream made little sense given that Paul later took part in a flag football event. The back-and-forth between the two had grown out of weeks of online arguments about football and wrestling athleticism, and it appeared for a time that the feud could lead to a fight.

That never happened. Bell framed the whole thing as Paul backing out after the terms had already started to come together.

Quote from Le'Veon Bell

"I've seen people duck people, but never to the point like this. This was the craziest duck I've ever seen. You got to the point where you set up the whole fight. 10-ounce gloves, no headgear, six rounds, three minutes. Nah, I don't want judges. Let's do three minute rounds and go until somebody stops. Let's go until somebody says 'I quit,' and that's who wins. Doghouse rules. I know he wasn't ready for that shit. When I sent him that back, he was like, 'I'm gonna set up the contract.' 24 hours later, I was on Twitter, 'I ain't got the contract yet. I'm gonna give him 48 hours.' That Sunday comes up, this dude already had a set up. He had somebody call while he's doing a live for Pokemon. Think about if I had somebody call me right now while I'm doing this. 'No matter what, tell me I can't do this. Tell me I can't go to WWE and pull up to wrestling. Tell me I can't do that.' That's all he did, tell whoever Chris was, told him to say no. Faked a little phone call and act like the WWE said he couldn't fight. Think about what he said."

Bell later went on to say:

"The Chris dude said, 'I don't want you to go out there and get hurt. I don't want you to go out there and slip and fall because you can get hurt.' Last time I checked, wasn't Logan Paul out there playing flag football with Tom Brady? The WWE clears flag football, but they don't clear you to basically spar in your gym. It's your gym. You can't work out in your gym, basically, is what you're trying to say? WWE told you can't work out in your gym, but you can play flag football? That boy, he knows. He said in his tweet, 'For one, you can actually fight. I would have to stop WWE and train for you.' Basically, you're saying you want to fight somebody who can't fight? That doesn't make no sense."

What it means for Logan Paul heading into WrestleMania 42

Bell's comments keep attention on a feud that spilled outside wrestling, but the clearest wrestling takeaway is that Paul remains tied to WWE's risk management decisions while he is active on the roster. With Paul currently holding the WWE World Tag Team Championship alongside Austin Theory and set for a WrestleMania 42 match with Theory and IShowSpeed, the company had a direct reason to avoid an outside fight that could jeopardize those plans.

Bell also said he expects to be at WrestleMania 42, which means the story may not be fully over even without a sanctioned fight. For now, though, there is still no confirmed bout between Bell and Paul.

Sources

As reported by Fightful.