Le'Veon Bell hints at wanting to box longtime Steelers villain from AFC North rival

"There is. There is. This person [is not] a boxer. It's from football."

It got even spicier. The history between the Steelers and Burfict is not a secret. The linebacker absolutely annihilated Antonio Brown in the middle of a 2016 Wild Card Game, but many fans forget what happened the year before.

"He purposefully, like injured me. People who watched my career, when I hurt my knee, people know. People know."

There is absolutely no love lost between Pittsburgh and the former Bengals linebacker who seemed to always be headhunting. He was a dirty player throughout his career and there's not doubt that Bell was specifically thinking about him when pondering who he would want to bring into the boxing ring. Bell wants revenge and it might be a fair fight, despite what people may think.

It's easy to connect the dots between Burfict and Bell if you look back at Bell's comments from OTA's prior to the 2016 season.

"I don't think it was just [Burfict]; it was like the whole team was really out there trying to like twist my ankles and do little dirty stuff in between the piles," Bell told Chris Adamski of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. "I feel like there's a lot of teams that do that, try to take me out of the game. A lot of teams in our division really play that same way, so obviously I know that—I just was kind of ignorant to that at first because I didn't think people played like that."

Burfict weighed in at roughly 250 pounds during his NFL career. Bell was around the same, and it's safe to say that he has a fire lit under him. While it is unlikely to ever happen, Steelers and Bengals fans would pay a large amount of money to watch the two square up.

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Bell finished his comments off with a very stern and clear statement. There's no doubt that he would accept a bout with the guy who always seemed to be out for blood against his opponents.

"I would love to wipe my hands with him," Bell said.

One could assume that the former Steelers running back was referring to Burfict, but it can't be confirmed. Overall, Bell has a certain grudge that he is holding against someone from his time in the NFL, and the most likely culprit is Burfict. Bell's MCL injury was one of many that the brutal linebacker caused, and everyone would be throwing their money at the pay-per-view provider if it meant Bell and Burfict settling the score.