Experienced free-agent NFL Running backs Adrian Peterson and Levon Bell have signed for the heavyweights Boxing Exhibitions and encounters will take place on Saturday, July 30 from Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.
Bell and Peterson will continue the tradition of entering the retired professional boxer boxing ring. Last December, longtime San Francisco 49ers RB Frank Gore fought an exhibition match against former NBA All-Star point guard Darren Williams.
Bell shared the news on social media on Friday.
This will be the first time both former All-Pro running backs have competed in the boxing ring, but since this is a show, the fight will not officially mark their pro boxing debut, according to ESPN.
Peterson (6-1, 220) and Bell (6-1, 225) will meet on the undercard of Social Gloves 2, a YouTube promotional event.
Peterson, 37, who appeared in just four games last season, split the time between Tennessee and Seattle, averaging 2.6 yards per carry. He spent the first 10 years of his career in Minnesota, where he was a four-time first-team all-pro and seven-time pro bowler. He won the 2012 MVP award after becoming the seventh player to cover 2,000 yards in a single season. He ranks fifth on the NFL’s career rushing yards (14,918 yards).
Bell, 30, finished last season with Tampa Bay and averaged 2.6 yards per carry in eight games. He threw three Pro Bowls in five seasons, including Pittsburgh, before returning to the most recent season.
Neither Bell nor Peterson has officially retired from the NFL. Peterson has previously said that when he hangs his cleats he wants to do so as a Viking.
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