FORMER football star Le’Veon Bell has announced his grand plans to “put on a show” both in and out of the boxing ring.
Bell spoke exclusively to The U.S. Sun ahead of his upcoming fight in New Orleans.
Bell, 31, takes on JMX Friday night in his third bout since quitting the NFL.
The ex-running back revealed he’s working on a number of projects including dropping a new single after launching a music career in 2018.
Bell said: “I feel ready, I feel strong, I feel confident – I feel ready to put on a show.
“The music is going amazing. I’m dropping my new single called ‘Going In’ but lately I’ve been so focused on the fight.
“Even thinking about the music, I have a team that can help me and that’s all in place so I can focus on training.
“I’m also starting a clothing line, that’s in the works, and I might be hosting gaming.
“The gaming and the music and stuff, all that’s going to be coming real soon after the fight.”
Bell was one of the best running backs in the league during his nine-year NFL career.
He retired from football after the 2021 season and took on his great adversary running back Adrian Peterson in an exhibition last year.
Bell won that bout before losing his professional debut to Uriah Hall last October.
This Friday, he takes on YouTube star JMX in the main event of the latest Misfits boxing card on DAZN.
Bell said: “He’s a name but he’s just a guy that I get in the ring with, it could’ve been anybody.
“The fight is not about him, it’s about me. There’s nothing about him that’s going to stop me from doing what I want to do.”
The former running back continued: “A lot of people are trying to do this for some money.
“They’re trying to do it for clout because they want to be talked about all the time.
“Basically they want the glory but they don’t understand what it takes to be the best.
“When I was six years old, I said on camera to my aunt: ‘I’m gonna be the best running back in the NFL’ and then I think I went and applied that.
“I’m trying to be the best boxer, I’m trying to show people now that it’s not about money, I’m trying to show people that I wasn’t only the best running back but I’m gonna try and be the best boxer.
“People won’t understand that until they see it. A lot of people say this, I don’t think they understand what it takes to do that but I do and this is the start of it.”
