The Mountain shares pro boxer sparring footage ahead of Eddie Hall fight YouTube: Hafthor Bjornsson[jwplayer lIlbeLYm] Haf\u00fe\u00f3r J\u00fal\u00edus Bj\u00f6rnsson, better known as Game of Thrones\u2019 Gregor Clegane or \u2018The Mountain,\u2019 has revealed footage of him sparring with a professional boxer in the lead-up to his fight with fellow strongman Eddie Hall. On May 2, The Mountain challenged Hall to a boxing match after breaking his deadlift world record, and before long the two set up a planned date to fight in September 2021. With a year still to go before the fight is scheduled to take place, there is still a decent amount of time for preparation. By the looks of it, Bj\u00f6rnsson is already on his way to putting in a good performance. In previous weeks, Hall has also been showing off sparring footage and looking very in the ring, making some fans of The Mountain a little worried about his chances when the fight rolls around. This new footage, though, sees Bj\u00f6rnsson looking fairly accustomed to the ring and the sport itself, showing off both his strengths and weaknesses as a boxer. This is the first time The Mountain has shared sparring footage, claiming that he \u201calmost knocked out\u201d his opponents. As his impressed viewers say in the comments, his footwork, accuracy and hand speed aren\u2019t looking too shabby, as well as his navigation of the ring. As he says at the end of the video, Bjornsson picked opponents that are similar in size and stature to Hall, making him as prepared as possible for how the fight might play out and what he\u2019ll be coming up against. On the other side of the fight, Hall has been looking impressive and like a more natural boxer than The Mountain, and is quite fast considering his weight (with the size of these fighters, speed isn\u2019t something you should expect). Nonetheless, Haf\u00fe\u00f3r looks like he can really pack a punch \u2014 which isn\u2019t much of a surprise \u2014 and you\u2019ll need some serious endurance to take those hits and not feel it, though the same could be said for Eddie, too. With the improvements both fighters are making over time, the betting man might still lean towards a Hall win, though anything could happen between now and fight night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Mountain shares pro boxer sparring footage ahead of Eddie Hall fight YouTube: Hafthor Bjornsson[jwplayer lIlbeLYm] Haf\u00fe\u00f3r J\u00fal\u00edus Bj\u00f6rnsson, better known as Game of Thrones\u2019 Gregor Clegane or \u2018The Mountain,\u2019 has revealed footage of him sparring with a professional boxer in the lead-up to his fight with fellow strongman Eddie Hall. On May 2, The […]<\/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-70050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70050","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=70050"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70050\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}