![]() Don’t worry if you couldn’t get a ticket, you can livestream the bout via Segi. The ‘Heaviest Boxing Match In History’ goes down in Dubai, at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Stadium. Will it be an end to the rivalry, or is this just another chapter in its long history? We can’t wait to find out. Tensions are high, and there’s serious unfinished business between these two. Updated 20:31, Bookmark The wives of strongmen Eddie Hall and Thor Bjornsson look like they spend as much time in the gym as their partners. Take Home MessageĪfter five years of ill feeling, it’s all coming to a head this Saturday. I actually went to shake Thor’s hand, to say ‘sorry you didn’t win it, Thor, but well done.’ And he just point-blank blanked me. Every athlete shook my hand and said well done, and every member of staff. ![]() The thing that hurt me the most is Brian shook my hand. He claimed he would have won world’s strongest man had it not been for that. He‘s claimed some disallowed reps, some bad reffing, whatever. “The one person I am disappointed with is Thor. ![]() This is what Eddie had to say after the event: The integrity of my beloved sport is in question”. Yet no other competitor congratulated Eddie immediately after his win.Īfter the event, a later-deleted post on Thor’s Instagram account said: “This weekend I was robbed. Only seven weeks earlier, Eddie celebrated alongside Thor after he won Europe’s Strongest Man. And all three judges gave him the nod by a score of 57-54.It had been a bitterly contested final. The bigger man was ahead going into the final session and he made sure of victory by dropping Hall again. Hall landed first in the fourth round as Bjornsson struggled to capitalise on his knockdown but the taller man began to land as the round progressed.ījornsson was told in his corner that Hall was exhausted and he took the fight to the smaller man in the fifth round. He recovered to continue with the fight now in the balance. Hafr Bjrnsson, known as The Heaviest Boxing Match in History at its time, was a boxing match between strongmen Eddie Hall and Hafr. Hall was by now cut under both eyes but thought he had Bjornsson down again in but it was ruled a push.ījornsson was struggling to impose himself on the fight as Hall walked him down but he did land a one-two in the second half of the third round.Īnd he sent Hall crashing to the canvas at the end of the session with the Englishman woozy on his feet. Hall made the better start as he looked to land a one-punch KO before Bjornsson looked to control the bout with his jab.Īnd the Icelander finished the round stronger as he landed a big left hand from his southpaw stance.īut he was rocked in the opening stages of the second round with a knockdown called after the ropes kept Bjornsson up. They did so in front of a sparse crowd with the first bell ringing after 1am in the desert. The two rivals took to the ring six months after the fight was initially scheduled after Hall was forced to pull out with a torn biceps last September. UFC London 2022 fight card, start time, TV channel, live stream and odds. ![]() The Icelander was in trouble early on when he was given a count in the second round.īut he recovered to drop Hall in the third and sixth sessions to make sure of victory on the judges' cards. Eddie Hall will be taking on Games Of Thones Mountain Thor. Though neither will be taking home any cash winnings, they’ll both be. Thor Bjornsson knocked Eddie Hall down twice en-route to winning a points decision over his fellow strongman. As noted, there was more than just bragging rights on the line when the pair squared off. ![]()
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