{"id":167443,"date":"2025-06-29T09:17:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-29T09:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/167443\/"},"modified":"2025-06-29T09:17:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T09:17:11","slug":"adrian-peterson-poker-rival-down-to-fight-nfl-legend-in-sanctioned-bout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/167443\/","title":{"rendered":"Adrian Peterson Poker Rival Down To Fight NFL Legend In Sanctioned Bout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          Adrian Peterson Poker Rival<br \/>\n                          Forget The Card Tables &#8230;<br \/>\n                          I&#8217;m Down For Fight In A Ring!!!<\/p>\n<p>\n                        Published June 29, 2025 12:25 AM PDT\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<p>            Play video content<\/p>\n<p>                    <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/28b9833598cb47cdba0f52d4f13683ba_md.jpg\" alt=\"062425_joe_castaneda_rematch_kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                    TMZSports.com<\/p>\n<p>Joe &#8220;Baby Joe&#8221; Castaneda &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/adrian-peterson\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Adrian Peterson<\/a>&#8216;s poker game rival &#8212; is down to move the guys&#8217; beef from the felt tables to the squared circle &#8230; telling TMZ Sports he definitely has interest in sparring the NFL legend in a sanctioned bout.<\/p>\n<p>Castaneda, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/06\/19\/adrian-peterson-involved-in-poker-night-fight\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">went toe-to-toe last month<\/a> with the former Minnesota Vikings running back during a violent scrap over cards at a Houston, Texas social club &#8212; said this week if he were approached by some kind of celebrity boxing promotion to fight AP in a ring, he wouldn&#8217;t say no.<\/p>\n<p>            Play video content<\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/16819337189b408fb3c0386b68e8ed9a_md.jpg\" alt=\"adrian-peterson-kal-06-18-2025\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                    TMZSports.com<\/p>\n<p>Castaneda told us it would require some kind of monetary compensation &#8212; but if the number was right, he&#8217;d have no problem mixing it up with Peterson again under some far brighter lights.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I wouldn&#8217;t shy away from it,&#8221; the 47-year-old professional poker player said.<\/p>\n<p>Unclear if Peterson, 40, would be down &#8212; but he does have experience in the celebrity boxing realm.<\/p>\n<p>Remember, he once fought ex-NFL star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/leveon-bell\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Le&#8217;Veon Bell<\/a> &#8212; though that tilt didn&#8217;t exactly end well for him.<\/p>\n<p>Rematch or not, Castaneda was adamant there&#8217;s no bad blood between him and Peterson despite their now-infamous brawl &#8230; insisting he won&#8217;t be going to cops or filing any kinds of lawsuits.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re good,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We&#8217;re good.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Adrian Peterson Poker Rival Forget The Card Tables &#8230; I&#8217;m Down For Fight In A Ring!!! 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