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Former NFL RB Adrian Peterson set to fight poker nemesis in Celebrity Boxing event
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Adrian Peterson will be facing off against Joe "Baby Joe" Castaneda after signing a Celebrity Boxing contract on Wednesday, TMZ reports

The outlet added that no official date or location has been determined yet. 

Peterson and Castaneda were involved in a fistfight on May 27 while he was playing poker at a social club in Houston, Texas called JokerStars, TMZ detailed back in June

Peterson "took a flurry of punches to the face," but also "appeared to land several haymakers." When the fight was eventually broken up, "bloody wounds were visible on both their faces."

"Me and the guy, we're cool," Peterson told TMZ at the time. "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."

"I felt really bad," he added. "It's a situation where I kind of regret it."

Castaneda signed his deal for the fight earlier this week. 

This article first appeared on A to Z Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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