The Mountain makes bold prediction for fight against Eddie Hall thorbjornsson (Instagram)Hafthor \u2018The Mountain\u2019 Bjornsson has vowed to knock-out rival Eddie \u2018The Beast\u2019 Hall ahead of what\u2019s being dubbed the \u2018world\u2019s heaviest boxing match\u2019 in Las Vegas next year. After Bjornsson beat Eddie Hall\u2019s strongman deadlift world record by 1kg on May 2, the Icelandic giant revealed that both him and the Brit would be entering the ring as part of a mouth-watering seven-figure deal and to settle their feud once and for all. The pair have been at odds since 2017\u2019s World\u2019s Strongest Man after the controversial Viking Press event, which saw Bjornsson discounted of reps. Hall would go on to pip Bjornsson in the final standings by one point to be crowned that year\u2019s victor. In an interview with True Georgie, Hall revealed his main motivation for wanting to lock horns with Bjornsson, delving into more personal reasons behind his decision. \u201cIt\u2019s not about the contract, it\u2019s not about the money offer, it\u2019s not about this stupid deadlift feud we\u2019ve got going on, Eddie admitted. \u201cIt\u2019s the fact that he accused me of being a cheat at World\u2019s Strongest Man, 2017.\u201d And with such deep-rooted motives, Eddie also touched on the intensity that he\u2019s bringing to his training before the lights of Las Vegas shine on the two giants. But now Hafthor has hit back at Eddie, even going so far as to make a bold prediction on the outcome of the fight \u2014 despite having only just started his training camp. Hafthor to knock-out Eddie \u2018possibly in first round\u2019 In an interview with the Daily Star, the 31-year-old stated that: \u201cI can see myself knocking him out early on, possibly in the first round.\u201d And in terms of doing what it takes, Hafthor is no stranger to digging deep: \u201cI know that I can work hard when it comes to these things,\u201d he said. \u201cI can just get into a zone to work really hard and I\u2019m going to do that. Aside from the money itself, Hafthor will have his own grounds for stepping into the ring with Eddie \u2014 which could stem from the Brit\u2019s comments in the run-up to his world record deadlift, where he stated that the attempt should not stand given that it was set in Thor\u2019s home gym. Of course, the past is the past and the pair have temporarily shifted gears from strongman to boxing for the foreseeable future\u2026 With both men each having a World\u2019s Strongest Man title under their belt, the matchup is evenly poised and all is set for what will no doubt be a historic event in September 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Mountain makes bold prediction for fight against Eddie Hall thorbjornsson (Instagram)Hafthor \u2018The Mountain\u2019 Bjornsson has vowed to knock-out rival Eddie \u2018The Beast\u2019 Hall ahead of what\u2019s being dubbed the \u2018world\u2019s heaviest boxing match\u2019 in Las Vegas next year. After Bjornsson beat Eddie Hall\u2019s strongman deadlift world record by 1kg on May 2, the Icelandic […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60362"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60362\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}