LeVeon Bell Of NFL Fame To Box Former UFC Notable Uriah Hall On Jake Paul-Anderson Silva Undercard

By: Sean Crose

Here we go once more. Another notable athlete from one other sport is making the leap to boxing. This form of factor has occurred earlier than, after all – simply lookup Ed “Too Tall” Jones or Mark Gastineau. Still, skilled athletes making an attempt their hand at skilled boxing seems to be all the craze currently. What’s extra, it may be a profitable profession transfer for former standouts from different sports activities. And whereas fights between those that come from backgrounds apart from boxing can certainly be fascinating – like when mentioned people take the game critically, as Jake Paul and Anderson Silva do – the circus side of novelty bouts can irk severe followers. Yet the identical can’t be mentioned of informal followers or curiosity seekers.

Hence, LeVeon Bell of National Football League fame is ready to sq. off in opposition to former UFC notable Uriah Hall on the undercard of the Paul-Silva pay per view occasion on October twenty ninth. The scheduled 4 spherical cruiserweight affair will symbolize the skilled boxing debut of every man. Bell final noticed motion on the sphere again in 2021. The 30 yr previous has performed with the New York Jets, Kansas City Chiefs, Baltimore Ravens, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

As for Hall, the 38 yr previous fight sport vet retired from the world of Mixed Martial Arts earlier this yr. During his profession, Hall fought underneath the Bellator banner earlier than transferring on to beat the UFC’s The Ultimate Fighter program with 4 straight victories. Subsequently preventing underneath the UFC banner, Hall went on to defeat the likes of Chris Wideman and Silva himself. Clearly it will likely be Hall who enters the ring on the twenty ninth with the higher share of fight sport expertise underneath his belt. He may even have some spectacular energy in his arsenal, as 13 of his 17 blended martial arts victories have been by knockout.