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Time of India
8 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Minnesota Vikings legend Adrian Peterson shares training video ahead of boxing match against nemesis Baby Joe
NFL legend Adrian Peterson (Image via Getty) A few months ago, a video from a social club in Houston called JokerStars went viral. Former Minnesota Vikings star Adrian Peterson was seen getting into a fist fight with professional poker player, Joe "Baby Joe" Castaneda. Now, the two rivals have signed for a Celebrity Boxing match, which will be set for some time in the near future. After their near brawls, this will be the perfect opportunity for both Peterson and Castaneda to release all the pent-up tension between them. Adrian Peterson shares preparation video for his upcoming boxing match Earlier this year, Adrian Peterson and Joe "Baby Joe" Castaneda had a disagreement during a game of poker which led to a physical altercation between the two of them. Then again, on May 27, a game of Poker led to another altercation that went viral. Celebrity Boxing founder Damon Feldman thus got the two of them to come forth for a boxing match, while he still irons out all the kinks before the two get inside a ring. Ahead of their match, NFL legend Peterson has shared a video of his training session. Sporting a maroon tee, grey shorts, and black shoes, he gloved up for his upcoming match against his nemesis. The running back looked sharp as he practiced his moves with a training partner. TMZ shared the video, writing: "Adrian Peterson's begun training for his celebrity boxing match with his poker rival ... and while his hands could certainly use some more sharpening, it's clear he's in great shape." While fans are yet to be informed of when and where the match will take place, both men are getting ready to gain the upper hand before they have to fight it out with each other. Baby Joe is not slacking on getting prepped for the match Joe "Baby Joe" Castaneda, the professional poker player who is getting ready for his first bout inside a boxing ring, is not slacking off. Similar to his opponent, he too has been preparing for the upcoming match and has hired combat sports coach Teddy Concepcion to train him. Both of them have signed with Celeb Boxing for their boxing match, and we will get to know the details soon. After their fight over a poker game dispute, Adrian Peterson had apologized, saying he "felt really bad" over what happened and did "regret" that things turned nasty. But that's not going to stop either of them from coming after each other inside the ring. Peterson already has prior experience with the matter when he faced fellow former NFL running back Le'Veon Bell back in 2022. Though he lost out on his first outing, maybe this time his luck has turned for him. Also Read: NFL legend Adrian Peterson signs Celebrity Boxing deal to fight poker rival in surprise ring battle For real-time updates, scores, and highlights, follow our live coverage of the India vs England Test match here. Catch Rani Rampal's inspiring story on Game On, Episode 4. Watch Here!
New York Post
11-07-2025
- Sport
- New York Post
Adrian Peterson turns to celebrity boxing after $12 million debt exposed in court battle
Adrian Peterson is going from the gridiron to the ring. The former Vikings running back, who earned over $100 million in his career and has faced recent money woes, is set to fight poker foe Joe 'Baby Joe' Castaneda after agreeing to a Celebrity Boxing contract Wednesday, according to TMZ. The news comes weeks after Peterson, 40, and Castaneda got into a fistfight over a poker game gone awry. 3 Adrian Peterson has signed a Celebrity Boxing contract after his viral poker fistfight. Getty Images Peterson has been at the center of financial and legal troubles in recent years. In September 2024, Peterson was forced to turn over assets to satisfy a debt estimated to be $12.5 million. Months later, in April 2025, he was arrested for a DWI after an appearance at the Vikings' 2025 NFL Draft party. 3 Adrian Peterson in action for the Vikings in December 2007. Getty Images He was booked on a fourth-degree driving while impaired charge, and reportedly blew a .14 on a breathalyzer, well above the .08 legal limit. The poker room incident took place at a social club in Houston in late May, with TMZ reporting the melee in mid-June. 'Me and the guy, we're cool,' Peterson said after the altercation, noting alcohol was involved. 'We've known each other. It was literally like a brother situation. We agreed to disagree, we had our words, and we threw blows — and that was it.' The former first-round pick said he 'felt really bad' after the scuffle. 3 Adrian Peterson's mugshot stemming from a DWI arrest. Hennepin County Jail/MEGA 'It's a situation where I kind of regret it,' Peterson said. Authorities were not contacted to investigate the incident, per TMZ. A date and location of the upcoming fight have not yet been set. Peterson spent 15 seasons in the NFL and is primarily known for his time with the Vikings, with whom he played for 10 seasons beginning in 2007. He also had stints in New Orleans, Arizona, Washington, Detroit, Tennessee and Seattle.
Daily Mail
11-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
NFL legend Adrian Peterson makes shock career switch... weeks after leaving poker rivals bloodied in wild fight
NFL legend Adrian Peterson is reportedly set to step inside the boxing and take on a poker rival who he was seen fighting in a viral clip last month. Peterson, 40, made headlines back in June after being caught on camera getting into a fist fight during a poker game in Houston, Texas. The video, obtained by TMZ, showed 40-year-old Peterson squaring up with a fellow poker player over a hand at the JokerStars social club back on May 27. Peterson later said that he and a friend were involved in a disagreement while at a table. Eventually, 'one thing led to another' and the pair raised their fists at each other. Despite already clashing with his poker rival, it seems as though the scores are not settled yet and, according to TMZ, Peterson has signed a contract to fight his adversary inside the boxing ring with Celebrity Boxing. The outlet claim that Peterson's rival - Joe 'Baby Joe' Castaneda - has also put pen to paper on the deal and that a sanctioned bout between the two is on the way. There is no official fight date or location scheduled yet, however, Celebrity Boxing chief Damon Feldman has insisted that he's working to get that sorted. The outlet claim that Peterson reassured that he would be taking the bout seriously, after previously clashing with his poker foe back in May. The video which went viral last month showed Peterson and his buddy throwing punches for several seconds, despite one person trying to separate them. The former running back ate a number of punches to the face at the beginning of the scrap, but he eventually got back at his counterpart with some haymakers. TMZ says that bloody wounds were visible on the faces of both people involved. However, Peterson claims his injury came from falling into a chair rather than a punch. While alcohol was involved, Peterson told the outlet that wasn't the only reason the situation escalated. 'Me and the guy, we're cool,' Peterson said. 'We've known each other. It was literally like a brother situation. We agreed to disagree, we had our words, and we threw blows -- and that was it.' Peterson added: 'I felt really bad. It's a situation where I kind of regret it.' The outlet says that police were not called and are not investigating. The club did not punish either person involved. This is not the first time that Peterson has gotten violent with someone else - having previously been charged win the cases of two domestic disputes. In 2014, Peterson pled no contest to a misdemeanor charge of recklessly assaulting his son after using a tree branch - known as a 'switch' to beat him on his back, buttocks, genitals, ankles, and legs as a punishment. Peterson was punished in a similar manner in his own childhood. The running back was put on probation and fined $4,000 while avoiding a jail sentence. The NFL placed him on unpaid suspension until spring 2015. In February 2022, he was arrested by the LAPD for a domestic violence incident with his wife on a flight from Los Angeles to Houston. After posting bond, his wife said that he did not put his hands on her - rather they had a verbal argument. The charges were dropped. Two months ago, Peterson was arrested for fourth-degree DWI. He was traveling 83mph in a 55mph zone with a blood-alcohol content of .14. Peterson is likely bound for the Hall-of-Fame after winning Offensive Rookie of the Year, Offensive Player of the Year, and MVP in his career. In addition to the Vikings, he played for the New Orleans Saints, Arizona Cardinals, Washington Redskins, Detroit Lions, Tennessee Titans, and Seattle Seahawks. He holds the record for most rushing yards in an NFL game with 296.
Sydney Morning Herald
11-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Sydney Morning Herald
Comedians, influencers and footy players: Why we can't get enough of celebrity boxing
At the very least, you may read about who won on Thursday morning, even if by accident. These fights don't happen unless there is an audience willing to lap it up. And that audience has always been there, even if those within it will never self-identify as such. Boxing has long thrived on theatre as much as talent. The hardest part for promoters is making their fighters known, telling their stories, convincing people to care, and getting them invested enough to spend their money. Drafting in big names from other sports, or even popular culture - with their pre-existing fanbases, narratives and rivalries - is a simple shortcut. Mix in the novelty factor, and there's easy money to be made. Media companies know there will be clicks and views for such content. There is surely no other sport like it, where notoriety outweighs skill to the extent that most people would seemingly rather watch relative rookies going at it - or, in some cases, total rookies - instead of the actual best in the world. Celebrity boxing is hardly a new phenomenon. In 1976, not too far removed from his peak, Muhammad Ali shared the ring with Antonio Inoki, a Japanese professional wrestler who wanted to prove that pro wrestling was the best style of combat. Fought under special rules, in which Ali boxed and Inoki … well, did not box, viewers were treated to the sight of him lying on his back for pretty much the entire bout, kicking Ali in the legs no less than 107 times. It finished in a draw, and though the event was widely panned and considered possibly the lowest ebb of Ali's career, some regard it as the precursor to what we know today as mixed martial arts. So, there you go. Ali also went toe-to-toe, so to speak, with NFL player Lyle Alzado (1979), NHL player Dave Semenko (1983) and, all on the same night in 1978, Marvin Gaye, Sammy Davis Jr., Richard Pryor and actor Burt Young, who played Paulie in the Rocky movies. In this context, rugby league grudge matches don't seem so bad, do they? Then, of course, there's Celebrity Boxing, the TV concept which aired twice in the United States on Fox in 2002, pitting C-graders and lower (often a lot lower) against one another for no apparent reason. Episode one featured Paula Jones, a civil servant who sued Bill Clinton for sexual harassment, against Tonya Harding. Episode two saw former NBA star Manute Bol take on the ex-NFL defensive tackle William 'The Refrigerator' Perry - only so that Fox would agree to broadcast the phone number for the Sudanese refugee charity that Bol had established. Bol won, but the show never returned; in any case, it was a pale real-life imitation of Celebrity Deathmatch, its illegitimate claymation forerunner on MTV. Meanwhile, the BBC attempted a British spin-off around the same time, in which 5.5 million viewers watched Ricky Gervais narrowly lose to businessman Grant Bovey, before pressure from boxing authorities led to it being canned due to safety concerns. In more recent times, this whole business has come back with a vengeance with a variety of desperately strange match-ups - like the farcical three-round clash between retired basketballer Lamar Odom and the late pop star Aaron Carter in 2021, the year before Carter passed away. You can largely blame the Paul brothers, Logan and Jake, for enabling the resurgence. They started out scrapping with fellow YouTubers and influencers; one of their amateur fight nights made an estimated $US3.5 million in ticket sales and sold 1.3 million pay-per-views worldwide, making it the biggest non-professional card of all time. Loading 'From a hardcore boxing fan's point of view, it makes my skin crawl,' famed British promoter Eddie Hearn told TMZ at the time. 'But, from a promoter's point of view, I have to say congratulations.' The Pauls soon branched out into former MMA fighters, and then finally, actual boxers: in 2021, Logan was schooled by Floyd Mayweather jnr, and just last year, Jake took on a 58-year-old Mike Tyson in what was, at that point, the most-streamed sporting event of all time and the biggest gate in US boxing history outside of Las Vegas. Paul-Tyson was, of course, a shambles, but the clear highlight of the card was the second rematch between Amanda Serrano and Katie Taylor, the co-main event. Taylor's victory was highly contentious, but the spectacle was genuinely awesome, and seen by 50 million households throughout the world, many of them new to the sport - and only because they shared the spotlight with Paul and Tyson. In Australia, the circuit is dominated by ex-footy players. Some of the cards are glorified sportsmen's nights. But Gallen has at least measured up against true boxers like Justis Huni, and was once considered Australia's third-best heavyweight, while Sonny Bill's boxing links go back as far as 2009, just before his debut in New Zealand rugby. Now their decades-long personal feud - partly legit, partly confected, just like real boxing - can be settled in the ring. It'll be the last act of both of their athletic careers. What does this all mean? Boxing has always been a bit of a circus, but now the tent is bigger, the rules are different, and the whole thing plays perfectly in today's personality-driven media landscape. What matters most is not how many rounds you've fought, but how many people want to watch you do it. That might offend the purists, but boxing has never really belonged to them. It belongs to whoever can sell it, and there's a lesson in that for the so-called sweet science. Roll your eyes if you want. But don't hate the players, like Gallen and SBW. Hate the game.
The Age
11-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Age
Comedians, influencers and footy players: Why we can't get enough of celebrity boxing
At the very least, you may read about who won on Thursday morning, even if by accident. These fights don't happen unless there is an audience willing to lap it up. And that audience has always been there, even if those within it will never self-identify as such. Boxing has long thrived on theatre as much as talent. The hardest part for promoters is making their fighters known, telling their stories, convincing people to care, and getting them invested enough to spend their money. Drafting in big names from other sports, or even popular culture - with their pre-existing fanbases, narratives and rivalries - is a simple shortcut. Mix in the novelty factor, and there's easy money to be made. Media companies know there will be clicks and views for such content. There is surely no other sport like it, where notoriety outweighs skill to the extent that most people would seemingly rather watch relative rookies going at it - or, in some cases, total rookies - instead of the actual best in the world. Celebrity boxing is hardly a new phenomenon. In 1976, not too far removed from his peak, Muhammad Ali shared the ring with Antonio Inoki, a Japanese professional wrestler who wanted to prove that pro wrestling was the best style of combat. Fought under special rules, in which Ali boxed and Inoki … well, did not box, viewers were treated to the sight of him lying on his back for pretty much the entire bout, kicking Ali in the legs no less than 107 times. It finished in a draw, and though the event was widely panned and considered possibly the lowest ebb of Ali's career, some regard it as the precursor to what we know today as mixed martial arts. So, there you go. Ali also went toe-to-toe, so to speak, with NFL player Lyle Alzado (1979), NHL player Dave Semenko (1983) and, all on the same night in 1978, Marvin Gaye, Sammy Davis Jr., Richard Pryor and actor Burt Young, who played Paulie in the Rocky movies. In this context, rugby league grudge matches don't seem so bad, do they? Then, of course, there's Celebrity Boxing, the TV concept which aired twice in the United States on Fox in 2002, pitting C-graders and lower (often a lot lower) against one another for no apparent reason. Episode one featured Paula Jones, a civil servant who sued Bill Clinton for sexual harassment, against Tonya Harding. Episode two saw former NBA star Manute Bol take on the ex-NFL defensive tackle William 'The Refrigerator' Perry - only so that Fox would agree to broadcast the phone number for the Sudanese refugee charity that Bol had established. Bol won, but the show never returned; in any case, it was a pale real-life imitation of Celebrity Deathmatch, its illegitimate claymation forerunner on MTV. Meanwhile, the BBC attempted a British spin-off around the same time, in which 5.5 million viewers watched Ricky Gervais narrowly lose to businessman Grant Bovey, before pressure from boxing authorities led to it being canned due to safety concerns. In more recent times, this whole business has come back with a vengeance with a variety of desperately strange match-ups - like the farcical three-round clash between retired basketballer Lamar Odom and the late pop star Aaron Carter in 2021, the year before Carter passed away. You can largely blame the Paul brothers, Logan and Jake, for enabling the resurgence. They started out scrapping with fellow YouTubers and influencers; one of their amateur fight nights made an estimated $US3.5 million in ticket sales and sold 1.3 million pay-per-views worldwide, making it the biggest non-professional card of all time. Loading 'From a hardcore boxing fan's point of view, it makes my skin crawl,' famed British promoter Eddie Hearn told TMZ at the time. 'But, from a promoter's point of view, I have to say congratulations.' The Pauls soon branched out into former MMA fighters, and then finally, actual boxers: in 2021, Logan was schooled by Floyd Mayweather jnr, and just last year, Jake took on a 58-year-old Mike Tyson in what was, at that point, the most-streamed sporting event of all time and the biggest gate in US boxing history outside of Las Vegas. Paul-Tyson was, of course, a shambles, but the clear highlight of the card was the second rematch between Amanda Serrano and Katie Taylor, the co-main event. Taylor's victory was highly contentious, but the spectacle was genuinely awesome, and seen by 50 million households throughout the world, many of them new to the sport - and only because they shared the spotlight with Paul and Tyson. In Australia, the circuit is dominated by ex-footy players. Some of the cards are glorified sportsmen's nights. But Gallen has at least measured up against true boxers like Justis Huni, and was once considered Australia's third-best heavyweight, while Sonny Bill's boxing links go back as far as 2009, just before his debut in New Zealand rugby. Now their decades-long personal feud - partly legit, partly confected, just like real boxing - can be settled in the ring. It'll be the last act of both of their athletic careers. What does this all mean? Boxing has always been a bit of a circus, but now the tent is bigger, the rules are different, and the whole thing plays perfectly in today's personality-driven media landscape. What matters most is not how many rounds you've fought, but how many people want to watch you do it. That might offend the purists, but boxing has never really belonged to them. It belongs to whoever can sell it, and there's a lesson in that for the so-called sweet science. Roll your eyes if you want. But don't hate the players, like Gallen and SBW. Hate the game.
