The Mountain says he\u2019s \u201conly going to get better\u201d before Eddie Hall fight Hafthor Bjornsson\/YouTubeIcelandic strongman and Game of Thrones star Hafthor \u2018The Mountain\u2019 Bjornsson certainly seems to be looking forward to boxing Eddie Hall in 2021, claiming he\u2019s \u201conly going to get better\u201d before the fight. [jwplayer mgzBNoPb] Hall challenged Bjornsson to the bout on May 2, just after The Mountain broke his deadlift world record. A date was set shortly after for September 2021, and the training for both strongmen began. Just under a year to go remains before the two face off, which is plenty of time to train and get in top fighting shape. Both have shared videos of their sparring so far, but the jury\u2019s still out on which of them will actually have the edge. All things considered though, Haftor certainly seems to be giving his all to try and transform from a world-class strongman into a better boxer than Hall. According to the Game of Thrones star, the first few weeks of training were by far the worst, as he worked to build up his endurance \u2013 crucial for boxing, but not as necessary in the powerlifting and strongman competitions he built himself for. \u201cThe first weeks were completely exhausting, to be honest with you guys, my endurance was s**t,\u201d an out of breath Bjornsson said. \u201cI had a rough time lasting a minute on the bag or doing any kind of work.\u201d Things seem to be going smoother though if you believe Hafthor, who insists he\u2019s only going to continue to get better ahead of the September 2021 showdown. Timestamp at 4:07 for mobile viewers. \u201cI have to train extremely hard and take this very, very seriously, which I am,\u201d Thor said after revealing he was in the gym 5 days a week. \u201cWith time, it\u2019s only going to get better.\u201d Getting better is all well and good, but what really matters is that The Mountain trains enough to take down Hall, who\u2019s been hitting the gym as well, and has even unveiled his own \u201csecret weapon\u201d as he calls it, ahead of the fight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Mountain says he\u2019s \u201conly going to get better\u201d before Eddie Hall fight Hafthor Bjornsson\/YouTubeIcelandic strongman and Game of Thrones star Hafthor \u2018The Mountain\u2019 Bjornsson certainly seems to be looking forward to boxing Eddie Hall in 2021, claiming he\u2019s \u201conly going to get better\u201d before the fight. [jwplayer mgzBNoPb] Hall challenged Bjornsson to the bout […]<\/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-60364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60364","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=60364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60364\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}