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It was a pitchers’ duel in the Big Easy — or was it all staged to promote a future boxing match?

In a Barstool Sports video shared to social media, Patrick Mahomes Sr. and John Rocker, former MLB aces, nearly came to fisticuffs while interacting along Bourbon Street in New Orleans.

In the clip, the father of Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes refused Rocker’s handshake greeting after the latter emerged from a bar with a drink in hand.

The retired athletes began yelling at one another while those in their parties tried to separate the two.

“What are you talking about?” Rocker, 50, could be heard saying at one point in the altercation.

On Tuesday, the former Atlanta Braves reliever and the former Texas Rangers pro each responded to the video.

“This f—ing loser can’t take a damn joke,” Rocker wrote and reposted the video. “Wish I laid him out right there and ruined his bulls— weekend even more.”

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“John Rocker is a menace to society,” Mahomes, 54, pushed back.

It was not immediately made clear when the video was taken. On Sunday, Feb. 9, the Philadelphia Eagles stunned the Kansas City Chiefs 40-22 in Super Bowl 2025.

The scuffle comes amid speculation that the two could be meeting inside the boxing ring soon.

In an interview in New Orleans, Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy confirmed that he wasn’t “100% sure” but that Rocker and Mahomes Sr. may face off in a “Rough ‘N’ Rowdy” boxing event sponsored by the company.

The prospective match comes after a difficult year for Mahomes Sr., who served a 10-day jail sentence in October 2024 after pleading guilty to his third charge of driving while intoxicated (DWI) on Feb. 3, 2024, just days before his son won a third Super Bowl for the Chiefs.

Rocker notably drew headlines in 1999 when he made a series of disparaging and racist comments in a Sports Illustrated interview.