Hafþór Björnsson, who portrayed Gregor "The Mountain" Clegane on HBO's Game of Thrones, defeated fellow strongman Eddie "The Beast" Hall in the "Heaviest Boxing Match in History."
The fight took place in the Duty Free Tennis Stadium in Dubai where the two strongmen went all six rounds, with Björnsson taking the Titan Belt over Hall in a unanimous vote from the judges. This was the first boxing match for Hall, the fourth for Björnsson.
This fight between Hall and Björnsson was originally scheduled for 2021 in a match titled, "Heaviest Boxing Match in History," but due to an injury on Hall's part, the match was postponed to March 19, 2022. "The wait is finally over," Björnsson said when the match was officially rescheduled. "I will be stepping into the ring on March 19th in Dubai to face Eddie. It's been a long journey, almost two whole years from the day I announced this fight.
The "Heaviest Boxing Match in History" has been a long time coming, with Björnsson stating in previous interviews that this match with Hall was "the very reason [he] started this boxing journey." "When Eddie announced he'd torn his bicep and we had to postpone the fight until 2022, of course, I was disappointed," Björnsson said when the match was postponed. "I've been training so hard for that specific fight, but there's nothing we can do, he's injured, so we had to move forward and reschedule."
In February 2022, Björnsson shared before-and-after photos of his weight-loss transformation, with the before photo showing him at his "peak strength," weighing in at 205 kilograms (451.9 lbs.). However, the other photo, from 2022, is Björnsson at his "peak fitness," now weighing in at 145 kilograms (319.67 lbs.). Björnsson dropped well over 100 pounds in the last two years, a fact also noted in his caption: "Full Thor vs Half Thor."
In May 2020, Björnsson set a new world record after he deadlifted 501 kilograms (1,105 pounds), around the time his "peak strength" photo was taken, a record previously held by Hall. Björnsson is an accomplished strongman competitor in his own right and, beyond breaking world records, has won the Arnold Strongman Classic, Europe's Strongest Man and the World's Strongest Man competition.
Björnsson became boxing's first titan weight fighter in January 2021. At the time, the actor weighed 344 lbs., placing him far above the 200-pound heavyweight benchmark for professional boxing. "The first TITAN WEIGHT fighter in history, ready to take on this new challenge," Björnsson said at the time. "I'm excited, and I hope all of you are too champs!"
Source: SEGI TV
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