Chad Johnson Talks About the Two Times That He Tried to Fight Ray Lewis

No way this actually happened, right?

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If Chad Johnson and Ray Lewis ever got into a fight—like, an actual fight—our money would have to be on Lewis. Johnson might look tough:

But c'mon, there's no way that Johnson would be any match for this:

Or would he? Last night on Twitter, the former NFL wide receiver revealed that, on two separate occasions during his career, he tried to fight Lewis. The first time, it was because Lewis knocked his helmet off during a game:

I remember waiting for Ray Lewis outside the locker room after a game for knocking my helmet off unnecessarily‼️

But he claims that Ed Reed talked him out of putting his "paws" on Lewis:

He went out the side door, Ed Reed had to talk me out of putting these paws on Ray. RT @J_Surace: @ochocinco what end up happening?

However, he says that he didn't stop there. The next time he saw Lewis, he tried fighting him again:

2nd time we played the Ravens I caught Ray slipping in pre-game, I stepped to him, he started preaching, I was like the Lord can't help you!

But Lewis wasn't having any of it:

So I square up ready to go from the shoulders and Ray is steadily reciting a scripture and I'm ready to rumble, I'm like let's run it WTF!!!

And eventually, Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis intervened and pulled the two apart:

Long story short Marvin Lewis broke it up and saved Ray from getting beat up in pre-game.

Johnson offered this photo up as proof that the fight almost took place:

Getting ready to put them paws on Ray‼️ pic.twitter.com/oS5cP0hA8N

We have no idea if Johnson is actually telling the truth here. After sending out the tweets above, he started answering questions from fans and refused to elaborate further. But we have reason to believe that Johnson did not actually try to fight Lewis. Because, well, just look at that last tweet again:

Getting ready to put them paws on Ray‼️ pic.twitter.com/oS5cP0hA8N

Johnson doesn't look scared. But he also doesn't look like the guy who would come out of that confrontation victorious if a fight had taken place. Just saying.

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[via The Big Lead]

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