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Days after former New York Mets infielder Lenny Dykstra bowed out of a planned bout with Chris Morgan - who made national headlines when a video of him berating employees at a Bay Shore bagel shop went viral - the former “Saved by the Bell” star has agreed to step up in his place.
Celebrity Boxing promoter Damon Feldman reportedly reached out to the 42-year-old Diamond on Tuesday, Sept. 24, and the actor accepted the fight almost immediately. The two will step into the ring on Saturday, Sept. 28 at the Showboat Casino in Atlantic City.
Diamond, 42, is no stranger to celebrity boxing, after he took on Ron Palillo from “Welcome Back, Kotter” during a match in 2002. Morgan has reportedly been training with former UFC fighter Chris Weidman.
“He’s already won on Celebrity Boxing before but he hasn’t trained so it’ll be a fair match,” Feldman said of Diamond, who has a sizable height and reach advantage over the “Bagel Boss Guy.”
Morgan, 45, was caught on camera berating employees and customers at Bagel Boss in Bay Shore on Thursday, July 10, cursing out workers before turning his attention to the crowd behind him. A video of the incident went viral on social media, with millions of views.
The “Bagel Boss Guy” told TMZ that he won't require a lot of training, and that he’s already in fighting shape and ready to go to battle, though he was easily tackled by a larger man in the viral video that made him famous.
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