{"id":525529,"date":"2026-03-09T23:19:27","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T23:19:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/525529\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T23:19:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T23:19:27","slug":"logan-paul-vs-leveon-bell-fight-off-after-wwe-allegedly-prevents-superstar-from-boxing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/525529\/","title":{"rendered":"Logan Paul vs. Le&#8217;Veon Bell Fight Off After WWE Allegedly Prevents Superstar From Boxing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">It looks like Logan Paul won&#8217;t get his wish of facing former NFL running back Le&#8217;Veon Bell in a boxing match.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Paul tweeted that he received a call from WWE saying that he&#8217;s not allowed to fight Bell due to his contract with the company.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">In\u00a0<a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/happypunch\/status\/2030687508288114945?s=46\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">a video<\/a>\u00a0of a recent live stream, Paul received a call from someone named &#8220;Chris&#8221; informing him of WWE&#8217;s decision not to let him fight Bell. He begged for the chance to participate in the boxing match, claiming that he would make $2 million for the fight and would give a portion of his winnings to WWE.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Despite his pleas, Paul was informed that the company&#8217;s decision was final, and he ended the call by saying, &#8220;My loyalty&#8217;s with the WWE. I&#8217;m a good independent contractor, brother, whatever you guys need. And if you need me to shut it down, I&#8217;ll do it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Bell reacted to Paul&#8217;s video by accusing him of arranging a fake phone call because he&#8217;s &#8220;scared&#8221; to face him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Paul and Bell had a war of words on social media this week and publicly negotiated a deal for a fight this month. Paul announced the terms for their match, and Bell\u00a0<a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/25403835-leveon-bell-approves-logan-pauls-terms-1m-boxing-fight-send-contract\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">responded<\/a>\u00a0by telling him to &#8220;send the contract.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The back-and-forth between Paul and Bell was instigated by the YouTuber&#8217;s\u00a0<a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/25403112-wwes-logan-paul-challenges-nfl-players-1m-boxing-fight-says-he-would-throttle-myles-garrett\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">declaration<\/a>\u00a0on an episode of his\u00a0Impaulsive\u00a0podcast that he would pay $1 million to any NFL player who could beat him in a fight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Bell has boxed in three professional fights, owning a 2-1 record. He most recently won his second exhibition fight in November.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Paul&#8217;s most recent foray into boxing saw him defeat Dillon Danis in 2023. He previously faced Floyd Mayweather Jr. in an exhibition fight in 2021 that didn&#8217;t have a winner announced.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">It sounds like Paul will have to wait a while longer if he wants to trade the wrestling ring for the boxing ring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It looks like Logan Paul won&#8217;t get his wish of facing former NFL running back Le&#8217;Veon Bell in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":525530,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":["post-525529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=525529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525529\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/525530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=525529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=525529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=525529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}