EDDIE HALL and strongman rival Hafthor Bjornsson come to blows this weekend in a boxing battle of the giants.
After a lengthy war of words, the pair will face each other in the middle of the ring at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Stadium in a six-round affair.
The two former World’s Strongest Man winners were initially scheduled to lock horns in September following a brutal war of words dating five years.
However, Hall suffered a detached bicep and the fight had to be postponed.
But now the stage is set for the heaviest fight in boxing history when the two rivals meet in the United Arab Emirates.
Hall has labelled his rival as a ‘c***’ as he vowed to knock out the Icelandic icon.
Meanwhile the former Game of Thrones actor is confident at securing the win as he urged Hall to just show up inside the ring.
Here SunSport takes a look at how the two compare ahead of their boxing bout.
HEIGHT
Thor boasts a five inch height advantage over the Brit as he stands at 6ft 8in.
But Thor and Hall’s Strongman pals don’t think that matters too much as the majority backed The Beast to emerge victorious.
WEIGHT
Despite being a smaller man, Hall boasts a weight advantage with Thor losing a whopping 55kg in just two years for the fight.
Though SunSport have exclusively revealed how Hall believes his rival has lost too much weight.
Like Thor, Hall has also underwent a massive body transformation having dropped over 30kg.
AGE
Hall is the older fighter, though only by ten months with Thor to turn 34 in November.
REACH
Despite Hall five inches shorter, the duo incredibly boast the same reach at 80in.
RECORDS
Both men have won the World’s Strongest Man competition once.
Hall won it in 2017 before retiring following his success, with Thor winning the event the next year.
Thor is also a five-time Europe’s Strongest Man winner, while Hall is a five-time British and six-time UK Strongest Man champion.
