Hafthor Bjornsson took time to answer some questions he has been receiving since the incident.
The boxing match between Hafthor Bjornsson and Eddie Hall is scheduled for Saturday. It will take place at the Dubai Duty-Free Tennis stadium in the United Arab Emirates. Like any fight, there was a face-off between fighters and it got heated. Bjornsson recently took to social media to discuss the interaction.
The two strongmen turned boxers had to be separated after words were exchanged and there was even some spitting. Security had to intervene on the face-off and many questions were raised. Bjornsson took to his YouTube page to explain his side of the event.
Bjornsson claims that he was preparing to train when he received word for the first time that Hall would be making an appearance.
“I had no idea that this was happening. It was an obvious setup that Eddie was in on.
Things got pretty heated, insults were thrown and it ended with Eddie being dragged out of the building, severely injuring someone involved, whilst trying to spit on me. I did spit back, not my finest moment but the adrenaline was cranked and I was shocked that he would do something so disgusting.”
Hafthor Bjornsson claims this was not a planned face-off but a setup by Eddie Hall. Regardless, the two met and it was exactly the outcome that was expected. This is a match between two former strongmen who began their rivalry early on. Bjornsson broke Hall’s deadlift record after Hall became the first man to move 500kg. Bjornsson set the new mark by a single kilogram.
Bjornsson continued to explain that he wanted to keep the situation calm and not risk having the fight called off.
“Regardless I managed to keep quite calm, all things considered, as I didn’t want to throw two years of hard work out the window.”
There is no doubt that there will be plenty of fireworks on Saturday night. This is a fight that is a long time coming, especially when it was originally scheduled for September. Both Hafthor Bjornsson and Eddie Hall have been waiting to step in the ring and fans have been waiting to see the outcome. We are just four days away from watching it all play out.
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