{"id":17542,"date":"2025-07-23T08:29:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T08:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/17542\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T08:29:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T08:29:12","slug":"adrian-peterson-begins-training-for-boxing-match-with-poker-rival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/17542\/","title":{"rendered":"Adrian Peterson Begins Training For Boxing Match With Poker Rival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          Adrian Peterson<br \/>\n                          Boxing Match Training Begins<br \/>\n                          &#8230; Poker Rival, Beware!!!<\/p>\n<p>\n                        Published July 23, 2025 12:50 AM PDT\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<p>            Play video content<\/p>\n<p>                    <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/833b1359834f4c60a35f2832b0f65387_md.jpg\" alt=\"072225_adrian_peterson_kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                    TMZSports.com<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/adrian-peterson\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Adrian Peterson<\/a>&#8216;s begun training for his celebrity boxing match with his poker rival &#8230; and while his hands could certainly use some more sharpening, it&#8217;s clear he&#8217;s in great shape.<\/p>\n<p>Check out some videos TMZ Sports has obtained of the Minnesota Vikings legend as he kicked off his preparation for his big matchup with Joe &#8220;Baby Joe&#8221; Castaneda &#8230; he looked like he could still pick up a few first downs for an NFL team.<\/p>\n<p>            Play video content<\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/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>Rockin&#8217; a maroon tee, grey shorts and black shoes &#8230; the 40-year-old showed off a svelte frame as he hit the mitts in a Houston gym.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The former tailback&#8217;s fists weren&#8217;t as quick as he probably would have liked &#8212; but he was moving extremely well, and it sure seems like he&#8217;s taking his fight vs. Castaneda seriously.<\/p>\n<p>            Play video content<\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/a999483b2a9f4654a745dd057e055a3c_md.jpg\" alt=\"071025_damon_feldman_kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s still no time, date or place set yet for the scrap &#8212; though Celebrity Boxing founder Damon Feldman said he&#8217;s working on getting that all secured shortly.<\/p>\n<p>As for Peterson&#8217;s opponent, Castaneda has also already begun his prep for the match &#8230; as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/07\/14\/adrian-peterson-baby-joe-castaneda-training-celebrity-boxing-fight\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">video we got <\/a>earlier this month showed he, too, has been working with a trainer to make sure he can land a win whenever the fight goes down.<\/p>\n<p>            Play video content<\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/c8bf993a34264f1cb9a065bdd2ba7876_md.jpg\" alt=\"071425_joe_castaneda_kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                    TMZSports.com<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;ll all, of course, be a rematch from May 27 &#8230; when the two dudes waled on each other following a dispute over cards.<\/p>\n<p>A little more is on the line this time around &#8230; something that seems abundantly clear to the duo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Adrian Peterson Boxing Match Training Begins &#8230; Poker Rival, Beware!!! 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