Eddie Hall WILL fight Hafthor Bjornsson in boxing match – as The Beast promises to rip The Mountain’s ‘f***ing head off’
STRONGMAN Eddie ‘The Beast’ Hall has promised rival Hafthor Bjornsson he will "rip his f***ing head off” in the boxing ring.
Bjornsson, who shot to fame as The Mountain in hit HBO show Game of Thrones, beat Hall’s 2016 deadlift world record on Saturday after lifting an astonishing 501kg.
After his incredible feat of strength the Icelandic giant called out Brit Hall, who won World's Strongest Man in 2017, and challenged him to a supersized scrap.
The pair have long been engaged in a war of words with each previously accusing the other of cheating.
In the build-up to the lift, 32-year-old Hall also claimed the 501kg record would not be legitimate as it was done in his gym rather than in competition - he did congratulate him after, however.
After 6ft 9in Bjornsson, 31, challenged Hall to a fight, The Beast replied: “1,000 per cent I’m going to sign those papers.
"And you know why I’m going to sign those papers… it’s not the money, it’s not the dead lift feud we’ve got going on, nothing to do with that.
"It’s because you called me a cheat at World’s Strongest Man 2017.
"I can’t put that to bed, I can’t forget it. People may forget it, but you’ve never apologised.
"You think you should’ve won that year, regardless of the trophies or not, and you let people know that."
Hall, who stands around six inches shorter than his rival at 6ft 3in, added: "I cannot have that, that’s why I’m going to sign those papers.
"Because I want to teach you a lesson. and that lesson is going to be me knocking you the f*** out.
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"I don’t care if you’re 6ft 9in, I don’t care if you’re an actual giant. I don’t care.
"I’m gonna train the hardest, prepare the hardest… do everything in my power to step in that ring and rip your f***ing head off.
"So Thor, get training, I’ll see you in the ring."