Logan Paul’s $1 million boxing fight against NFL players is not happening after WWE put the brakes on Paul’s project.
The former United States champion claimed that no NFL player could beat him in a boxing match and made an offer of $1 million for a fight.
A couple of NFL players did respond to his open challenge, including Le’Veon Bell, Breiden Fehoko, Dion Dawkins, and Antonio Brown.
But during a live stream, Paul got a call from Chris Legentil, WWE’s Talent Relations & Head of Communications, who told Paul he’s going to have to stand down.
“Bro, I’m not going to get injured. These guys can’t box,” Paul told Legentil. “They’re football players. There’s no risk!”
Legentil brought up the risks of Paul getting injured and messing up the plans for WrestleMania and Paul tried to sweet-talk his way back in by trying to convince Legentil that he’s ready to cut WWE in his winnings.
“Because I’m going to make $2 million in a weekend,” Paul said.
“We’re good on the money,” Legentil replied. “We just would prefer you not to be boxing.”
Paul eventually agreed to abort his mission and said that at the end of the day, he’s a WWE Superstar and his loyalty is with WWE.
“If I do not have their blessing to do some extracurricular activities that are unrelated to the WWE, like boxing, as much as I would love to do it, I got to honor my job and my commitment to my profession,” Paul said.
He later posted on X, “Welp. The bosses called. Turns out I’m too valuable of a WWE Superstar to be fighting bums.”
He congratulated Bell and Fehoko for their “15 minutes of relevancy” and told them to go back to “being broke and retired.”
Logan Paul got a call from the WWE saying he’s not allowed to box any NFL players 😅
“I’m not gonna get injured. These guys can’t box, they’re football players. There’s no risk.” pic.twitter.com/DxFItZz1dy
— Happy Punch (@HappyPunch) March 8, 2026
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