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Adrian Peterson vs. Le’Veon Bell Face off Turns Ugly as Fans Share Unfiltered Thoughts

Published 09/10/2022, 8:15 AM EDT

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Adrian Peterson and Le’Veon Bell will lock horns inside the ring this Saturday night. The two NFL athletes will compete in an exhibition match at the Social Gloves 2 event in Los Angeles. Bell and Peterson, prior to their exhibition fight, had an intense face off. After the video of the weigh-in and the face off made it’s way on the net to become viral, fans reacted heavily to Adrian Peterson fighting Le’Veon Bell.

Bell, who was a 2013 2nd round draft pick, after his dispute with the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2018, joined the New York Jets. His career was quite never the same after he left the Steelers. On the other end, Adrian Peterson, who played for the Tennessee Titans and Seattle Seahawks, is currently a free agent in the game.

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There were various opinions about their upcoming fight. However, as soon as the news of the weigh-in and face-off hit Facebook, here is how fans reacted.

Fans react to Adrian Peterson and Le’Veon Bell all geared up for a fight

It is a question whether either of Peterson and Bell ever had any boxing background as such. They both played in the NFL as running backs. Bell is at present 30 years old. On the other end, Peterson is 37. With the news making a dash on Facebook, Abyomi Talbot said, “Both tore their ACL at the stare down”.

Rick Grubb commented by saying, “Winner gets a football contract”.

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Jamie Copper, taking a side said, “I like AP over Bell”.

Adding his pinch to the discussion, David Enke said, “If you knock Bell out the 49ers might sign you”.

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Felix Gurerra Jr. wrote, “Do any of these guys have any actual boxing backgrounds?”

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Jake Carp commented by saying, “Adrian Peterson’s going to beat Le’Veon Bell like he did his son”.

Jimmy Myers said, “AP got that mamba mentality in him”. 

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Samrat Sardar is a Boxing writer at EssentiallySports and is currently a final year undergraduate student of English literature. A passionate content creator, he has been writing since his high school days, and possesses work experience as a commercial writer for companies such as WordsKraft among others. Samrat believes he fell in love with boxing the day he watched Vasiliy Lomachenko share the ring with Guillermo Rigondeaux.
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