Le’Veon Bell training at Pittsburgh-area boxing gym while eyeing up fight against former rival

He once had a career as a top running back, spending many Sundays at Acrisure Stadium with Big Ben and the Steelers. Now Le’Veon Bell is hanging up the cleats for a pair of boxing gloves.

He’s training in southwestern Pennsylvania to be a boxer, while hyping a potential showdown with one of his old NFL rivals.

Bell has reinvented himself before as a rapper, social media star and now a boxer. He’s been training at Shaffer’s Boys Club in Uniontown under the eye of Monesson native and former heavyweight champion Michael Moorer, building momentum for a fight that could end up center stage during the NFL Draft in Pittsburgh…

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