Thor challenges Eddie Hall to boxing match after deadlift world record Hafthorjulius Twitch \/ via theworldsstrongestmanThe gauntlet has finally been thrown between Hafthor \u2018The Mountain\u2019 Bjornsson and Eddie \u2018The Beast\u2019 Hall as the Game of Thrones star challenged his outspoken rival to a boxing showdown to settle their feud. As two of the biggest and strongest humans in the world, a sanctioned match between them would be outside of the norm to be classified as Heavyweight or even Super Heavyweight. But The Mountain looked more than eager to enter the ring in what would have to be the world\u2019s first \u2018Titan\u2019 weight division bout. In the post-lift interview for his world-record 501 kg (about 1104 lbs.) deadlift, The Mountain didn\u2019t mince words when revealing the next step in his career. \u201cCore Sports just offered me a seven-figure contract,\u201d he explained. \u201cEddie Hall has been running his mouth now for weeks and I know he got the same deal. So: Eddie, I just knocked out your record and now I\u2019m ready to knock you out in the ring.\u201d By his phrasing, it sounds like Core Sports and The Mountain had already discussed a potential match between the two strongman stars. After the powder dust settled, the new Deadlift World Record holder told his rival to sign the Core contract to put The Beast\u2019s fists where his mouth is. The two have been casting stones at each other, but it really ramped up in the weeks prior to Mountain\u2019s attempt at breaking Beast\u2019s 2016 500kg (about 1102 lbs.) deadlift record. Though Beast shares a competitive respect for his rival \u2013 he said he genuinely looked forward to having his record broken prior to The Mountain\u2019s attempt \u2013 he wouldn\u2019t recognize the new world record unless it was under the \u201cappropriate\u201d competitive conditions. That sentiment was echoed by huge figures in the scene such as legendary strongman Brian Shaw, who said the home gym attempt would open a \u201cpandora\u2019s box\u201d in the sport. Comments made by Beast must have rubbed Thor the wrong way, who is now looking to settle their dispute with a battle of the behemoths soon. Update May 2 12:55 PM PST The Beast has officially accepted The Mountain\u2019s challenge. In his video, The Beast said he\u2019s taking up The Mountain in his challenge for calling him a \u201ccheat\u201d in 2017. Now The Beast is out to teach his rival a lesson by \u201cripping [his] f**king head off.\u201d https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tv\/B_shKXmFg43\/?igshid=t9jir8mh1z02 The Beast is ready for the challenge of going up against someone with ample height and reach, but it\u2019s been a habit of his to prove doubters wrong.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Thor challenges Eddie Hall to boxing match after deadlift world record Hafthorjulius Twitch \/ via theworldsstrongestmanThe gauntlet has finally been thrown between Hafthor \u2018The Mountain\u2019 Bjornsson and Eddie \u2018The Beast\u2019 Hall as the Game of Thrones star challenged his outspoken rival to a boxing showdown to settle their feud. As two of the biggest and […]<\/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-60459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60459","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=60459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60459\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}