Eddie Hall has revealed he "f***ed over" his most bitter rival with a genius boxing contract demand.
World's Strongest Man Hall will take part in his first professional boxing bout on 13 June when he takes on Tommy Fury in Manchester under the Misfits Boxing banner.
Billed as 'Beauty vs The Beast', the fight will be six, two-minute rounds and with 12oz gloves. Hall, who has also dabbled in MMA and arm wrestling, is expected to come in a staggering 130lbs heavier than Fury.
Unusually, Hall's professional debut in the squared circle comes following on from inclusion in the 'Undisputed' boxing game which was released on consoles in October 2024.
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There are more than 70 fighters licensed in the game, including Muhammad Ali, Oleksandr Usyk, Tyson Fury, Canelo Alvarez, Wladimir Klitschko and Jake Paul.
But Hall was also included as a fun, novelty addition to the stacked heavyweight division. In a new interview with the Stomping Ground, the 38-year old revealed that he made sure it was written in his contract that he had the highest power rating in the game.
Hall had said that he did so because he knew it would mean long-time strongman rival 'Thor', Hafþor Julius Bjornsson, would not be in the game as he would refuse to be seen as weaker than him.
"He didn't take that offer because I had the highest power rating in the game, which was pretty nice," Hall revealed.
"So I f***ed somebody over which was pretty good.
"They were talking about getting all different people in the game and so I put it in my contract that no matter what, I have to have the highest power rating of any character in the game.
"I purposely put my power rating in my contract, I put it in my contract knowing full well if they went to him, he wouldn't take it because his power rating would be below me and he will never accept that I'm stronger than me."
Hall and Thor became embroiled in a bitter rivalry, with the Icelandic powerhouse calling the former a "cheat" over his World's Strongest Man win in 2017 and claiming he should have won after finishing one point behind.
He matched the achievement in 2018 but things continued to boil over and after plenty of verbal sparring on social media over the years, eventually things escalated to the point where the pair settled their scores in the ring.
Hall and Thor squared off in an boxing exhibition in 2022 in Dubai, with the latter winning via unanimous decision on the scorecards after knocking down his opponent twice in the fight.
As a punishment, Hall had get a tattoo on his foot which said, "World’s Strongest Man - Hafthor Julius Bjornsson".
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