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LAS VEGAS – In what’s being hailed as the battle of the P.I.M.P. versus the W.I.M.P., rapper 50 Cent and sports broadcasting legend Marv Albert will face off in a charity boxing match at the MGM on New Year’s Eve.

The bout, the proceeds of which will raise money for Albert’s Back Biters Anonymous support group and Cent’s Yankees hat collection, comes on the heels of their reported scuffle backstage at Jimmy Kimmel Live last week. Both parties, who originally denied anything ever happened, have since come clean with the truth.

“That fake hair wearin’, cross-dressin’ fool ain’t nothin’ but a wanksta,” Cent said. “I can’t wait to finish what I started.”

Albert, who first claimed he never even saw 50 Cent backstage, issued the following statement on Tuesday.

“It is with deep regret that I must admit that I let the best of my emotions get to me when I saw Mr. Cent’s associate trying to use my dressing room phone,” Albert said. “While I am ashamed that I would let a scandal impact my reputation like this, I cannot let another man attack me verbally. I am, after all, the Master of the Microphone.”

Albert was seen walking the Brooklyn Bridge one way Tuesday morning before returning back in a cab as part of what he calls “the most intense workout program” he’s ever been on, as well as “the only one.”

The fight may just be weeks away, but Albert is confident that the difference in the match will be his trainer, broadcasting partner and former NBA coach, Mike Fratello.

“In the booth, I call him the Czar of the Telestrator,” Albert said. “But in the ring, he’s the Czar of the Player Hater.”

50 Cent, on the other hand, plans to show up on fight night and “train his ass with my fist,” the rapper said, figuratively referring to Albert’s rear end.

The two New York City natives – Albert from Brooklyn and Cent (a.k.a. Curtis Jackson) from Queens – also have different publicity campaigns.

50 Cent’s focuses on the fight’s odds with a poster that simply says, “One to Fitty million.”

Albert, on the other hand, is leveraging an old photo his team is recirculating to portray his tough image.

“Marv gots plenty of street cred,” Fratello said. “And we wanna remind Fitty who he be dealin’ with. So before you all go and start dissin’ my man here, you best realize what he’s capable of and stop frontin’.”

When relayed Fratello’s quote, Albert simply laughed.

“Now that’s funny. Mike is about as white as you can get. He certainly can’t talk street,” Albert said. “I can’t wait to pop a cap in his tuchas.”