Although not an official win due to their contest being an exhibition, Le’Veon Bell forced a stoppage against Adrian Peterson in the fifth round of their bout on tonight’s “Social Gloves” undercard at a rather crowded Banc of California Stadium. empty.
Bell, 30, and Peterson, 37, didn’t really do much in the first four rounds of their five-round contest, before the former Pittsburgh Steelers star unleashed a big right hand that dropped the former Steelers great. Minnesota Vikings.
Peterson got up, but the referee made the right decision to stop him there. Peterson was unsteady and his eyes weren’t on target, and even more so than in a normal sanctioned fight, the referees are there in this sort of thing to make sure people don’t get hurt unnecessarily.
“I had a great performance. I put in a lot of hard work,” Bell said after the fight. “All the hate, that just motivates me. I wear it like a badge of honor and I use it as motivation to be the best I can be.
“In football, it is more team-oriented. In boxing, I still have my team in the corner, but it’s just me in the ring. I worked so hard and came so far to get to this point. I am happy that it really happened. But I knew it was going to happen.”
When asked if training for boxing was more difficult than training for the NFL, Bell said it’s one of the “biggest challenges” he’s ever faced.
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