Longtime NFL running back Le’Veon Bell said he won’t be playing football this year as he pursues a boxing career.
“This year, I know I’m not going to be playing this year because I want to focus on boxing,” he told Grant Gordon of NFL Media.
Bell is already scheduled to box another NFL veteran, running back Adrian Peterson, on July 30 at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles for the Social Gloves 2 event. It will be an exhibition bout, and the first fight for the two men, though it won’t be counted as a professional debut.