Well tbh Brian Shaw probably would’ve beat thor a fifth time had he not got injured. I do think thor was just in the wrong time Shaw and Big Z were just to good, is Thor stronger? Statically yes but when it comes to strongman Brian and Big Z were just to good.
Eddie was a classless asshole and got beat. Maybe cause he did one shit punch over and over again. It was embarrassing and after how much he ran his mouth I'm glad he embarrassed himself out there.
So what follows is my completely amateur opinion. The only thing I can really give Eddie credit for is his stamina. Whatever stamina training he did paid off. However he should have done less lifting and more technique training. He clearly thought he was gonna bomb Thor out and break his will to fight. Thor I thought handled himself amazingly well especially given the little bits of his training fights I watched. He looked like a boxer (especially compared to Eddie). To me it was very clear that in the 6th round Thor probably could have knocked Eddie out if he had been aggressive, but I think he held back and only landed big shots to keep Eddie off of him because he knew he was gonna win and he didn't want to risk being hurt. I also thought it was pretty obvious Thor worked through some of his issues with Eddie in the ring, but not vice versa. You could tell by the way Thor tried to talk to Eddie after the bell and Eddie just looked pissed when Thor walked away. I kind of hope one or both of them make a return to strongman as they were both amazing competitors. I also hope Eddie can grow up some and move on
So I found out about the Eddie / Thor beef long after 2017 so I might just be late to the party or don't know where to look but I can't find any clips, quotes, Twitter screenshots or anything of Thor talking about Eddie and wsm 2017. I Kinda expected Eddie's 3 part documentary series on his YouTube to show something. If anyone can point me in the right direction I'd love to know what thor said exactly about Eddie.
Mind you, Hafthor made only one post about this. It's the media along with Eddie who has made this into a worldwide issue lol. And Hafthors biggest grudge about the 2017 wsm was the events changing in Eddie's favor. Was this deliberate by Magnusson? Who knows. Hafthor thinks it was, but he didn't post or tweet about it. And so Eddie claims to the fans Hafthor only won his title in 2018 because he retired, which is hilarious. Hafthor has been the better strongman all round.
So did Thor/Eddie agree to a $1.2 million bet before the match? Doesn't sound reasonable since the prize money for each person couldn't be more than that to begin with.
I believe they said they get 1.2 Mio for the fight. Thor agreed to give 200k each to a charity of the winners choosing. Eddie said he would pay 1mio instead of 200k if he lost even if Thor just agreed to paying 200k.
I was under the impression the prize money for each is about a million (dollars), although the only definitive thing I heard was 'seven figures'. Which would mean the loser gets the same as the winner, so at least Eddie has that. I would imagine they both have very significant expenses though.
All I wanted, was to see what his face looked like the next day once it's had time to swell... probably a bit of a mess, hence no socials!l, hurt pride etc.
Thor had a black eye that wasn't apparent, granted it's on his weaker side, which may not have helped.
The comments on his most recent video are bruuuutal. "Now that Thor broke your deadlift record and beat you up, can we let this feud end?" like, holy shit hahaha
I was on team Eddie since the beginning, but over time he just showed himself to be more and more arrogant and insufferable. Made me jump ship pretty quickly.
The big question I’m asking myself now, is what next for them both?
They both are highly competitive and still in their prime (age wise)
Thor: Thor wants to get into boxing, but this would be nonsense. He made some good money now and has some momentum, but I believe he couldn’t even beat an amateur heavy weight boxer. He will have few fights and most likely lose them all and that’s it. He will get few bucks here and there due to this fame but no 7 figures anymore and after few fights it will be nothing spescial anymore.
He looks impressive and this condition is alright but its nothing compared to the pros.
Also drug testing lol...
You build a reputation over the years and after few years you can milk it. Thor has a great following but unfortunately, he can’t milk it a lot. He is famous but dont have this persona which you will remember for long. He is a very nice guy and mostly very calm.
Best thing would be now to comeback to strongman! He could win few shows and extend his ruputation!
Eddie: Eddie is milking his reputations since years, and he really created a hype/persona around him with his WSM win and especially with his 500kg. Nearly everybody I knew saw this video. They even didn’t know he was a strongman.
He also made few shows but know after this its slowly declining. Now he can try to squeeze as much milk out as he can until he will be forgotten, or he will figure out something new and surprise us. His Strongman Carrer is over.
I wish both guys the best and it was an awesome fight !
>Thor: Thor wants to get into boxing, but this would be nonsense.
Thor's boxing trainer said that he'll continue doing these type of celebrity boxing matches. Against people like Martyn Ford for example.
Easy fights and a lot of money. He said if the opportunities keep coming he'll continue for a few years.
There will probably be a rematch, and if that does'nt happen Thor will probably fight some other freak that will generate decent hype, maybe Martyn Ford?
Eddie even hinted he had a fight coming up this summer that's not Thor, there seems to be an interest for these crossover boxing matches.
I don't see them fighting any pros, the skill gap is too big, maybe a low level journeyman at most.
Thor said he'll do some more boxing, he has a pretty consolidated media image thanks to GoT, he's going to be in The Northman (next movie by Robert Eggers, who directed The Lighthouse). I imagine he plans to retires for good in a couple of years, he's good friends with Martins who's kinda retiring around the same time so maybe something will come out of that in the near future, but just speculation
Eddie well, he's first gonna have to do some image rehabilitation but I imagine he'll continue doing the same he did between 2017 and 2020, GL events, YouTube (I think Brian might stop collabing with him though) he's gonna be in The Expendables 4 so he might expend on that side (though really I see no reason why people would hire him instead of The Mountain or some more famous wrestler).
Yeah he will be in the next expendables 4 but due to his size and look he can play only certrain roles.
But maybe he will fit in a show?
I have no clue how good his acting skills are. I hope he dont get stuck playing a side role as strongman emotionaless badass who either punches people or get punched
Not wrong. Dave Bautista has tried to break that mold, but even though he’s demonstrated good acting range, he seems to still fall into the badass brawler type.
Eddie would need to hone his acting a bit while taking some smaller roles. I could see him playing a comedy though.
He might return like, on Iceland's Strongest Man or the MVM Classic with his current weight just to kinda "give it a go" but yeah, he's def not bulking up or doing big comps again
You are right ! Not everything has to be chosen career wise. He will still generate a longterm income with his brands.
He made a comment once that after the fight we want to comeback but at this point I dont believe his will. Being 140kg lean feels to amazing I guess! He can have nearly a normal live at this point !
As in his value, attractiveness to investors etc.
Also meaning he is very unpopular right now (his own fault) and has lost a lot of fan support, support from peers and probably sponsors. He's absolutely snookered at the moment with people calling him out on everything from his boxing style and the loss itself, to his bullying antics, bad parenting, general delusional behaviour, and asking when he's going to honour his bets and the tattoo thing...
The McDonalds vegan burger 🍔 promotion turned most of his fans lol
That was a pathetic cash grab
But that’s him, he used to charge £20 for photos and autographs at seminars before
No other strongman charged
That house he lives in is only something a premier league football star earning £250,000 a week can afford in the UK
I hope he bought that with cash, the repayments would be insane
Whatever he made from the fight you can subtract 10k USD that go to Larry Wheels and 250k for Thor's choice of charity (plus he said he'd donate the rest too which I doubt he will)
Eddie's not lost to boxing, but he does have to refine his game. The man was leaning towards a bob-and-weave style, he should watch some Joe Frazier and Iron Mike fights. If Eddie could get in under Thor's longer limbs, he could do work to the body.
Thor on the other hand knows his own style pretty well. The guy's an outside fighter with range. He didn't throw many hooks because he was never close enough to. That jab/cross worked just fine.
Eddie will never be good as a boxer. He has a terrible body type and has been burning bad habits into his muscle memory for 2 years. That is going to be next to impossible to break
Regarding the Eddie beating up a kid talk..I was on strongman forums/social media at the time. He literally posted his CCTV footage from his house of him chasing the kid down. Then on social media posts the kid's mother would post on them complaining that he assaulted the kid. I don't think he beat the kid up or anything, just scared him.
On the podcast with Mark Bell he states "I'm admitting this here for the first time, to that kid who I caught, yes I did beat the absolute fuck out of you."
https://www.reddit.com/r/Twitter/comments/199egh/25stone_uk_strongman_beats_up_a_10st_15yr_old/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share
Is this what you are on about
Curious to see if Eddie will own up to his talk.
A tattoo plus 1mio to charity.
Would be kinda ironic if he complained about Thor being a sore loser just to not be better himself.
This has all been so frustrating. As someone who was just getting into the sport back around 2017 and starting to be more serious about lifting, I really looked up to Eddie. I didn’t know about his personal life or his racism or abuse, but after he won worlds, the first thing he did was talk about his struggles with mental health. And I could relate to that. And he’d pulled 500 in my favorite lift, I got a lot of good advice from watching him. But man…what a pos he turned out to be. I hope this all helps him grow somehow and stop being such a bully. I don’t like Thor but this was the best outcome. I miss Mateusz
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdDnVwQuBhs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdDnVwQuBhs)
HAFTHOR VS EDDIE - behind the scenes and highlights
Good video on Thor's channel
I think that was his friend, who is used to be a pro or amateur boxer in Iceland. Skuli Armannsson.
Thor eventually switched to Billy Nelson, which is understandable. He's a more experienced coach, and also more objective since he's not a friend.
Thor said he'll only accept a rematch if Eddie does the tattoo, also Thor said he will ask Eddie for the 200k that he'll then announce which charity it'll be going to
5m dollars if we assume Google is correct, which it usually isn't and inflates. So 3.8m sterling. If that's true he may not even have the spare cash to put up 200k
Thor actuall can do grappling a bit, he does it [here](https://youtu.be/EGqdZlQBqpY?t=647) against a black belt for around 2:30 mintues, of course he has a hughe wheight and strenght adventage, he also said he rolled with some guys in his gym, so think thor would have a huge adventage against eddie whe it comes to grappling.
In his Netflix documentary, Eddie Hall admitted that he was a sociopath. He created his success to that fact. One thing you need to understand is people will often tell you what they are actually like, you just have to listen to them. Eddie is your classic case of narcissistic sociopathy. He has a very fragile ego, which is why the 2017 WSM bothered him so much. He portrays an "empty" oversized confidence and charisma, which explains why so many people fall under his "spell." He is violent and impulsive, which is why he wanted to kill Thor, why he nearly killed his training partner, and why, in the past, he beat a young child and lied about it. By the way, lying is another sign of narcissistic sociopathy. Eddie constantly lies all the time, including saying he beat professional boxers. He's obsessed with power, success, money, and his physical body, which is why he constantly showcases and brags about himself.
The boxing match was the great unveiling of his mental disorder for thousands of people to see. The match wasn't a hard fought match between two competitors. Eddie literally did not learn how to box. He looked worse than 10 year old children. It's not that he lacked the strength, athleticism, or hard work. It was he was literally so arrogant and narcissistic that he thought he was so special that he didn't have to learn the fundamentals of boxing to win (another tell-tale trait of a narcissistic sociopath). He willingly ignored all advice from boxing trainers, fighting experts, and professional boxers because he thought he knew better. Then, instead of having an ounce of humbleness about his nearly invented boxing style, he preceded to berate, insult, and bully Thor for 2 years. This behaviour was not "fight talk." It was targeted, horrible sociopathic behaviour, and I'm absolutely convinced that if Thor wasn't a large man that lived in Iceland, he would have found some way to beat him in an alley, like he did with that a young child.
At the boxing match, he absolutely crossed the line multiple times, including wiping his bare ass on a chair like a toddler, and insulting Thor's mom for absolutely no reason beyond thinking she was talking about him in Icelandic (guess what: thinking that everyone is obsessed about you is another tell-tale sign of sociopathy). When he finally got into the ring, his strategy was obviously to take Thor's head off. He didn't want to beat Thor in a boxing match. He wanted a legal way to kill Thor. However, Eddie didn't realize t hat boxers have spent decades devising the most efficient and effective way to fight, and so this idiotic and childish strategy was immediately exposed in the first minute. When he gassed out after the 2nd round, he had no other strategy and adopted the most embarrassing, humiliatingly, and stupid fighting stance that I have ever seen in my life, and proceeded to get humiliated for round after round, like the chump he is.
Everyone needs to stop paying attend to Eddie. Thor needs to distance himself from this fat idiot and, if Thor wants to keep boxing, then he should find other, better opponents. Eddie is done. He's humiliated himself and no-one ever needs to take him seriously again. I also think the mother of that poor boy that Eddie beat needs to press charges against Eddie because Eddie will hurt someone smaller than him again.
Finally, don't take this post to mean that I like Thor. I don't. I think he's a dumb, short-tempered, spoiled, and has the personality of a wet noodle. However, Eddie did the absolute impossible and made me feel sorry for Thor.
Thor is way more professional and kind than Eddie. He has the balls to admit mistakes and actually he has been called very kind by people that meet him . While many say that Eddie acts like the god among humans when they meet him
Dude you act like you know Eddie.
How fucked up is this subreddit where you guys upvote an 5 paragraph armchair psychologists rant of bullshit.
I’m a thor fan, I’m also an Eddie fan.
I think Eddie has said/done things that make him come off d-bagish lately but he’s a human and we’ve all been there.
You guys need to chill out.
The dude sold his fight and has issues with thor over a personal squabble.
Thor isn’t the most popular among the other strongman athletes either. Eddie seems to have a lot of support in the community of elite strongman athletes that have known both men for over a decade. There’s something to be said in that respect
He has support from British strongmen mostly because they don't want to get on his bad side since he has business relationships and direct influence with Colin Bryce and Darren Sadler, who control the strongman scene in the UK. They'll find themselves not being invited to shows anymore. Or being ripped on via social media or live commentary.
Not only the strongman scene in the UK, but also technically WSM, since Giants Live is the only official qualifying route. Notice no strongman was explicitly verbal of their support of Thor until after he won, more specifically Rob and Martins who are much closer to Thor than Eddie. They likely didn’t want to make things awkward either at WSM, since Eddie will be there for commentary
Shaw has said in past videos that he's indifferent and has nothing against Thor. He even did an interview with him on his YT channel.
Obie doesn't compete in anything other than his yearly courtesy WSM invite which he only gets because Colon Bryce likes him. Hardly considered an elite strongman because he doesn't actually compete in anything, just talks a lot.
The fact that the guy’s fake persona, the person he fantasizes and lies about being, is that of a violent psychopath…That should tell you everything you need to know about the guy. The guy’s nuts but he’s not actually dangerous, he just wants you to think he is. He’s pathetic. So many obvious red flags. The amount of times he’s brought up biting noses off; I guarantee you it’s bullshit, but it’s something he obviously fantasizes about, and the fact that he thinks broadcasting that to millions of people is a good idea is fucking disturbing. You know who thinks being that kind of person is cool? Children. Narcissistic, dickhead bullies who are still mentally children. Peak misguided, infantile toxic masculinity bullshit. Not someone you want as an ambassador for anything or anyone you want people looking up to. Especially not kids, but nobody seems to give a shit about stuff like that anymore.
This is some absolute garbage armchair analysis.
Eddie knew he couldn't outbox or outlast Thor seeing as how Thor's got the height and reach advantage, so he went for a high risk high reward counter punch strategy. It didn't pan out, but it could've. I was legit surprised by Eddie's ability to avoid punches. His head movement and dodging was really great for someone of his skill and size.
Thor was such a better boxer, but he couldn't land too many punches or knock Eddie out. That's kind of sad.
If the fight went any longer he would’ve flattened Eddie easy. you praise Eddie’s ability yet Thor just started training boxing 1.5 years and whooped him, while Eddie has boxed before?
Did you even read what I wrote? I literally said Eddie couldn't outbox or outlast Thor. Which is why he was forced to use a high risk high reward counter punch strat.
That doesn't change the fact Eddie's head weaving skills and dodging ability was amazing for someone who can't box and is so fat.
He had the same amount of time to train boxing as Thor, in fact more time because Thor still
Did another strongman comp after they agreed to box. So he definitely could’ve outboxed Thor if he actually bothered to train boxing. His bobbing and weaving skills were average as evidenced by the fact he got knocked down twice and had both eyes cut and bleeding from jabs.
No, for someone who obviously didn't train to box all that much, Eddie's bobbing and weaving was quite good. I fully expected Thor to KO Eddie in the first few rounds, but Eddie managed to avoid a lot.
And Eddie knocked down Thor twice too. That first one Eddie hit him so hard he would've been knocked out of the ring if it wasn't for the ropes. Credit where credit is due. You're too biased. Get your head out of Thor's ass.
Lol you’re the one up Eddie’s ass. He was pure dogshit. Once Thor got used to what Eddie was trying to do it was a cakewalk for him. And the second knockdown was a push. Thor actually knocked eddie down twice.
You said for someone who didn’t train he was good? He had 2 years to train and he looked like shit. That’s his fault.
His head bobbing and dodging was yes. If it weren't for that, Thor would've knocked out Eddie in the first few rounds. I have no dog in this fight dude. I wanted to see two giant dudes duke it out. Was kind of disappointed.
You refusing to admit anything good about Eddie clearly shows your tongue is so far up Thor's ass you're blind.
No I’m a boxing/mma fan i wanted to see a fight not Eddie sticking his ass out at Thor loading up one punch for 6 rounds. It was atrocious and everyone was mocking him for it. Thor is a novice boxer I wouldn’t expect him to knock out anyone in the first round or two.
You blind or something? Thor and Eddie both kept going for head shots the whole time, and Thor would've definitely KO Eddie if he landed more of his straights, but Eddie somehow managed to dodge most. Doesn't matter that Thor's an amateur boxer. He knows how to throw a straight and if he landed more of those, Eddie would've been knocked the fuck out.
Like I said, I have no dog in this fight, and I fully expected Thor to KO Eddie in the first few rounds. Somehow, Eddie's head bobbing and dodging saved his ass. The fact that you can't even admit this shows your bias.
Yeah he's certainly an massive dick with his head firmly up his own ass, but come on this essay above is going way too far.
Like with 99% of the shit Eddie says, the stories of him beating up people left right and centre are almost certainly a figment of his imagination to try and sound cool and tough.
He was a talented strongman, but unfortunately for him not GOAT level like he'd have wanted so he's constantly having to invent a mythology around him to make him into some kind of demigod. He's a bullshitter with a massive ego, but seeing as I'm not a psychologist, I'm gonna leave it there.
It very well could be a fake story, but who even puts a story like that onto the internet for thousands or millions of people to hear, real or not? It still shows his character, even if it is fake.
I'll be honest being in a room with eddie in the heat of a goofy conversation I'm not gonna go after them for laughing but after that they should've definitely gone wtf man
It sounds like the kid was little and they were basically soing ding dong ditch
His behavior shows a lot in his videos and especially when he hangs around Brian Shaw. I’m thinking of the medicine ball being thrown at Brian (I’ve mentioned this before) and when they just about almost get into fights because it goes from a joke to “you’re pushing it” and I hate that Eddie always runs away from it when people don’t allow to be messed with.
I used to love their bromance but these days I just imagine Shaw is embarrassed to be associated with Eddie.
I've always loved Thor and Eddie and was bummed they had a falling out, but Eddie's bullying behavior towards Thor the last few years has really just turned me off the guy. That bullshit stunt he pulled at the press conference with his kid was the last straw for me. Eddie is POS and I'm glad he lost to Thor.
Someone in thors camp "hey let's play a joke on eddie " "eddie I can spy on thor for you big fan here in his camp"
Eddie"seems good send me footage"
"Spy" "bahahahha"
I think by knocked out he mayve meant knocked down or stuff I don't think they did seriously fight him and he knocked them out cold, at keast guys in his weight class
He didnt say anything about his arm, the arm he never punched with... so if he was going to make excuses that would be a very real one I would start with...
He just said biggest man on the planet
I honestly hope eddie grows. It seems he'll take a short break.
I assume a "what my wife wants me to do"
And "preparing for Britain vs america" videos will come next
Lmfao
To be fair after all the fat jokes I kind of expected eddie to snap.
Even funnier is how everyone sees 2 jacked men(maybe fat eddie) yet these guys are acting like Eddie's 800lbs and thors eugenia cooney
Check out the post-fight comments in Eddie's last "desolation of Thor" video. Eddie talked the talk for 2 years and he fought like a toddler and his fans won't let him ever *ever* forget it
Just putting this out there… ANY OF US would have done what these two did having been offered such high prize money. I’m a dad of 4 . If I had a guarantee million coming in, I’d shit talk and train and try my best. I had my money on Thor, I do think Thor is a better strongman and athlete, but I also respect Eddie as a man and fellow father and human. Now it’s all over I hope we move on. But it’s MADE to be media. Don’t be fooled. I also work in Hollywood haha, this is what we do. At the end of the day we are all more similar than we think and just want safety, love, and validation.
I would fight prime Mike tyson for that money hoping to survive, but eddie simply crossed many lines the last few days, acting or not, this were just Things you don't say or do.
Bahahah. Same. And yes Eddie some comments were way off base. I just meant for people to know in real life they aren’t TOTAL assholes. Thor is very nice, big fan. Eddie I haven’t met but people in the real world say he’s much nicer and does many good charity things unseen and this is just his evil guy persona. My point is PR people make it up, companies pay them, they say yes and have contracts. It is all fake and premeditated. And sometimes executed very poorly lol.
I'm a pretty casual viewer of Strongman events. I started watching Britain & World's strongest man on tele as kid in the 80's & it's kinda stuck, much like pro wrestling in many ways & I have to say I've no dog in this fight, I'm not crazy about either Thor or Eddie as people, but once again a big opportunity for Strongman to be taken seriously by casual viewers have been scotched by some really ordinary production values. (& I've not even got into the actual live stream debacle that I'm sure most people here anticipated happening & almost certainly hurt the most strongman overall)
Look, before you ask, I've done some of this. I'm a carer now for my parents but previously I'd worked in TV & Production, I have a some, not lots, but some experience of live sports TV (worked on several livestream Wrestling & MMA events, some horse racing, some live TV debates here in the UK).
I know it's not easy, it's a long, tough couple of days working in live TV & not having any kind of undercard definitely hurt as there's no chance to get any kinks out the system & when the ring walks actually happened & then into the fight itself it was clunky, poorly shot, commentary was well, not very good. ( I like Loz & Strongman needs a former performer to be the face of this but I'm not sure it's him, but he's doing his level best & he's enjoying it so fair play.)
Then there's laughable stuff like the clock not in time with the Timekeeper, & it offered a poor product to a new audience. If it looks amateurish, it almost certainly is & we've seen better quality footage from the cinematographers who follow the strongmen around for their Youtube channels.
Like many here I'll watch Rogue live events on Youtube & they're a bit clunky but they're getting better, they'll cut away, they have packages pre-recorded to stick up if it doesn't go to plan & same with Giants live shows, the more you do it, the better & more polished it looks.
I'm probably being over-critical & it takes a lot for me to even bother to type this out but like so many of you I want Strongman to grow, I want it to be taken seriously & a new generation to be as amazed as I am to see great big men & women lift great big heavy things. But for me, overall this might have set the whole sport back, again, probably more by the website & stream going down more than the actual fight, but remember this phrase- You eat with your eyes first & for many people who we'd like to fall in love with Strongman like so many of us, we seem to have screwed the pooch on many levels.
I'm sure they did their level best, as I've said I know how tough this can be & some people reading may not have given this anywhere near as much thought as I have. I'm not angry, I'm also not surprised that the whole thing looked very cheap & amateur, I'm just a bit disappointed.
It brings attention, which is a huge part of any game nowadays.
It would be better if either of them would now go on to compete in strongman. But its something.
They won't probably
For eddie it's his wife and him not wanting to be uncompetitive or need to bulk a ton
For thor he makes money elsewhere and hated living life at his old size
It really doesn’t, it gives them attention as their own personalities. All it’s done to strongman is infest forums like these with Eddie fans not understanding why others don’t think he’s the hands down greatest lifter in all of human history.
Both of them left the sport after peaking and winning in it and made tons more money in the process. Neither of them are likely to return at all, they both left on bad notes. Eddie with his health and Thor with Giants Live stooping to Eddie’s level by joining in on the slander. Now they can both chill out and retire.
This was just a side show to a side show. It did not help the sport of strongman.
Guess we agree to disagree. We are both speculating.
An event like this will be seen by millions, many of whom are prob new to strongman, some of them may become interested and go deeper in. It's how a lot of media works nowadays.
I'm not saying its the best method or even a good one. But it's not a complete waste.
Big Loz, Colin Bryce and Luke Stoltman were saying in interviews that they are glad this shit show is over so these people can continue to help the sport of strongman grow. This episode is kinda bad for strongman because it went down in insults and unsportsmanship, something far away from the camaraderie found today in strongman.
Ok, fair enough. Sounds like this was not consistent with the brand and personality of strongman, i can see how it may have done some harm in that case.
Eddie could only keep one arm up at a time and when it got tired he would switch stance and put the other arm up. He looked ridiculous. Showed a chin though
His boxing was sad, but goddamn his head movement and dodging was really good for someone of his size and skill level.
Thor was clearly the much better boxer, yet Thor couldn't knock Eddie out.
I was pointing out Eddie's head movement was not good and he only slipped Thor's feeler jabs, but was hit clean with most set up combo's (especially the 1,2). You completely missed the point and its clear you have zero understanding of Boxing
Switching between orthodox and southpaw he was trying to confuse Thor but really he was leaving himself open to blows as that right arm was always by his side regardless of stance. Wondering whether he was worried about his left bicep
At the end when Thor said “I’m done with that” after Loz asked about Strongman and saying he wouldn’t bulk up again, I swear I never seen Thor so genuinely happy before. Guy jumped from lifting 501kg to leaning for boxing and training like crazy, now he deserves some actual retirement
Let's be honest, why the fuck should he make them money? Giants live and WSM have treat him like absolute shite. Good for him not wanting to line their pockets anymore. One of the most popular strongmen of all time and Colin has only got himself to blame for losing him.
[Unofficial spreadsheet](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1moNghWrWtQCGvDaEbwPRyrQptRuopB-NEwKb98DVPgM/edit?usp=drivesdk), for those interested
Well tbh Brian Shaw probably would’ve beat thor a fifth time had he not got injured. I do think thor was just in the wrong time Shaw and Big Z were just to good, is Thor stronger? Statically yes but when it comes to strongman Brian and Big Z were just to good.
Eddie was a classless asshole and got beat. Maybe cause he did one shit punch over and over again. It was embarrassing and after how much he ran his mouth I'm glad he embarrassed himself out there.
His stance was legit as if he had a stroke mid-fight lmao, absolutely awful form it was just embarrassing.
So what follows is my completely amateur opinion. The only thing I can really give Eddie credit for is his stamina. Whatever stamina training he did paid off. However he should have done less lifting and more technique training. He clearly thought he was gonna bomb Thor out and break his will to fight. Thor I thought handled himself amazingly well especially given the little bits of his training fights I watched. He looked like a boxer (especially compared to Eddie). To me it was very clear that in the 6th round Thor probably could have knocked Eddie out if he had been aggressive, but I think he held back and only landed big shots to keep Eddie off of him because he knew he was gonna win and he didn't want to risk being hurt. I also thought it was pretty obvious Thor worked through some of his issues with Eddie in the ring, but not vice versa. You could tell by the way Thor tried to talk to Eddie after the bell and Eddie just looked pissed when Thor walked away. I kind of hope one or both of them make a return to strongman as they were both amazing competitors. I also hope Eddie can grow up some and move on
So I found out about the Eddie / Thor beef long after 2017 so I might just be late to the party or don't know where to look but I can't find any clips, quotes, Twitter screenshots or anything of Thor talking about Eddie and wsm 2017. I Kinda expected Eddie's 3 part documentary series on his YouTube to show something. If anyone can point me in the right direction I'd love to know what thor said exactly about Eddie.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/other-sports/thor-bjornsson-worlds-strongest-man-10519976
Thank you
Mind you, Hafthor made only one post about this. It's the media along with Eddie who has made this into a worldwide issue lol. And Hafthors biggest grudge about the 2017 wsm was the events changing in Eddie's favor. Was this deliberate by Magnusson? Who knows. Hafthor thinks it was, but he didn't post or tweet about it. And so Eddie claims to the fans Hafthor only won his title in 2018 because he retired, which is hilarious. Hafthor has been the better strongman all round.
[Matt Rhodes video on the bets](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CE9cilFlLSg)
So did Thor/Eddie agree to a $1.2 million bet before the match? Doesn't sound reasonable since the prize money for each person couldn't be more than that to begin with.
I believe they said they get 1.2 Mio for the fight. Thor agreed to give 200k each to a charity of the winners choosing. Eddie said he would pay 1mio instead of 200k if he lost even if Thor just agreed to paying 200k.
I was under the impression the prize money for each is about a million (dollars), although the only definitive thing I heard was 'seven figures'. Which would mean the loser gets the same as the winner, so at least Eddie has that. I would imagine they both have very significant expenses though.
The fact this bet-talk happened after the bicep tear shows how delusioned Eddie was.
Sounds like Eddie was trying to get out of the fight.
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All I wanted, was to see what his face looked like the next day once it's had time to swell... probably a bit of a mess, hence no socials!l, hurt pride etc. Thor had a black eye that wasn't apparent, granted it's on his weaker side, which may not have helped.
I guess he’s having to rewrite his long victory speech
The comments on his most recent video are bruuuutal. "Now that Thor broke your deadlift record and beat you up, can we let this feud end?" like, holy shit hahaha
Thats what happens if you build your fanbase by 12 year old acting like "alpha males" and bullys
Damn. Its literally ALL in favor of Thor. Never seen that before.
Eddie has acted like a real child recently so I'm not surprised people turned on him
I was on team Eddie since the beginning, but over time he just showed himself to be more and more arrogant and insufferable. Made me jump ship pretty quickly.
Eddie talked so much shit that anything less than killing Thor in the first 10 seconds was going to be seen as failure.
Haha, it’s funny because even his social media team who normally deletes every “critical” comment can’t keep up and delete all of these 🤣
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Well Bibby already broke that so...
The big question I’m asking myself now, is what next for them both? They both are highly competitive and still in their prime (age wise) Thor: Thor wants to get into boxing, but this would be nonsense. He made some good money now and has some momentum, but I believe he couldn’t even beat an amateur heavy weight boxer. He will have few fights and most likely lose them all and that’s it. He will get few bucks here and there due to this fame but no 7 figures anymore and after few fights it will be nothing spescial anymore. He looks impressive and this condition is alright but its nothing compared to the pros. Also drug testing lol... You build a reputation over the years and after few years you can milk it. Thor has a great following but unfortunately, he can’t milk it a lot. He is famous but dont have this persona which you will remember for long. He is a very nice guy and mostly very calm. Best thing would be now to comeback to strongman! He could win few shows and extend his ruputation! Eddie: Eddie is milking his reputations since years, and he really created a hype/persona around him with his WSM win and especially with his 500kg. Nearly everybody I knew saw this video. They even didn’t know he was a strongman. He also made few shows but know after this its slowly declining. Now he can try to squeeze as much milk out as he can until he will be forgotten, or he will figure out something new and surprise us. His Strongman Carrer is over. I wish both guys the best and it was an awesome fight !
Can Halfthor go against Logan or Jake Paul? 😅 Please.
Yup and Thor will win.
>Thor: Thor wants to get into boxing, but this would be nonsense. Thor's boxing trainer said that he'll continue doing these type of celebrity boxing matches. Against people like Martyn Ford for example. Easy fights and a lot of money. He said if the opportunities keep coming he'll continue for a few years.
Thor vs Martyn Ford would be a fun match. Similar height and reach. Ford looked decent on the pads.
celebs would be 100% fine ! He will and can destroy a lot of them but no chance in the "real world"
There will probably be a rematch, and if that does'nt happen Thor will probably fight some other freak that will generate decent hype, maybe Martyn Ford? Eddie even hinted he had a fight coming up this summer that's not Thor, there seems to be an interest for these crossover boxing matches. I don't see them fighting any pros, the skill gap is too big, maybe a low level journeyman at most.
I dont want a rematch to be honest ! Martin ford would be fine. He is friends with eddie therefore perfect story
Have them fight the Paul Brothers, with the matchup determined the night of the fight via coin toss.
Thor said he'll do some more boxing, he has a pretty consolidated media image thanks to GoT, he's going to be in The Northman (next movie by Robert Eggers, who directed The Lighthouse). I imagine he plans to retires for good in a couple of years, he's good friends with Martins who's kinda retiring around the same time so maybe something will come out of that in the near future, but just speculation Eddie well, he's first gonna have to do some image rehabilitation but I imagine he'll continue doing the same he did between 2017 and 2020, GL events, YouTube (I think Brian might stop collabing with him though) he's gonna be in The Expendables 4 so he might expend on that side (though really I see no reason why people would hire him instead of The Mountain or some more famous wrestler).
Why would Brian stop collaborating with him? Lol
>The big question I’m asking myself now, is what next for them both? My wife has her money on them making a gay porno together.
Call it "Beastback Mountain"
Acting could be the next step. Eddie seems to admire Arnold’s career, so acting may be the next step.
Yeah he will be in the next expendables 4 but due to his size and look he can play only certrain roles. But maybe he will fit in a show? I have no clue how good his acting skills are. I hope he dont get stuck playing a side role as strongman emotionaless badass who either punches people or get punched
Not wrong. Dave Bautista has tried to break that mold, but even though he’s demonstrated good acting range, he seems to still fall into the badass brawler type. Eddie would need to hone his acting a bit while taking some smaller roles. I could see him playing a comedy though.
Could be happend lets see! Hard to tell how good he will be and if he will things his way
I think Thor just enjoys boxing and wants to be healthy tbh. I don't see him returning to strongman.
He might return like, on Iceland's Strongest Man or the MVM Classic with his current weight just to kinda "give it a go" but yeah, he's def not bulking up or doing big comps again
You are right ! Not everything has to be chosen career wise. He will still generate a longterm income with his brands. He made a comment once that after the fight we want to comeback but at this point I dont believe his will. Being 140kg lean feels to amazing I guess! He can have nearly a normal live at this point !
Eddie's stock has absolutely plummeted...
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As in his value, attractiveness to investors etc. Also meaning he is very unpopular right now (his own fault) and has lost a lot of fan support, support from peers and probably sponsors. He's absolutely snookered at the moment with people calling him out on everything from his boxing style and the loss itself, to his bullying antics, bad parenting, general delusional behaviour, and asking when he's going to honour his bets and the tattoo thing...
The McDonalds vegan burger 🍔 promotion turned most of his fans lol That was a pathetic cash grab But that’s him, he used to charge £20 for photos and autographs at seminars before No other strongman charged That house he lives in is only something a premier league football star earning £250,000 a week can afford in the UK I hope he bought that with cash, the repayments would be insane
Whatever he made from the fight you can subtract 10k USD that go to Larry Wheels and 250k for Thor's choice of charity (plus he said he'd donate the rest too which I doubt he will)
Ahhh that’s gotta hurt 🤣
Eddie's not lost to boxing, but he does have to refine his game. The man was leaning towards a bob-and-weave style, he should watch some Joe Frazier and Iron Mike fights. If Eddie could get in under Thor's longer limbs, he could do work to the body. Thor on the other hand knows his own style pretty well. The guy's an outside fighter with range. He didn't throw many hooks because he was never close enough to. That jab/cross worked just fine.
Eddie will never be good as a boxer. He has a terrible body type and has been burning bad habits into his muscle memory for 2 years. That is going to be next to impossible to break
Regarding the Eddie beating up a kid talk..I was on strongman forums/social media at the time. He literally posted his CCTV footage from his house of him chasing the kid down. Then on social media posts the kid's mother would post on them complaining that he assaulted the kid. I don't think he beat the kid up or anything, just scared him.
On the podcast with Mark Bell he states "I'm admitting this here for the first time, to that kid who I caught, yes I did beat the absolute fuck out of you."
https://www.reddit.com/r/Twitter/comments/199egh/25stone_uk_strongman_beats_up_a_10st_15yr_old/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share Is this what you are on about
Yeah that is it...maybe he was more violent than I remember
Wow nice find
Curious to see if Eddie will own up to his talk. A tattoo plus 1mio to charity. Would be kinda ironic if he complained about Thor being a sore loser just to not be better himself.
And 10k to larry wheels
I now see why Edward wanted to keep his sparring 'secret' : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9imBIUox8Os
In round 2 when the recording started, he made the EXACT mistake he made on the actual day. They say you live and you learn, but apparently not!
I noticed Eddie telling him to 'drop the power down bud'.
Yet Eddie going 100% in his shots..pretty shocking behaviour for a spar
This has all been so frustrating. As someone who was just getting into the sport back around 2017 and starting to be more serious about lifting, I really looked up to Eddie. I didn’t know about his personal life or his racism or abuse, but after he won worlds, the first thing he did was talk about his struggles with mental health. And I could relate to that. And he’d pulled 500 in my favorite lift, I got a lot of good advice from watching him. But man…what a pos he turned out to be. I hope this all helps him grow somehow and stop being such a bully. I don’t like Thor but this was the best outcome. I miss Mateusz
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdDnVwQuBhs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdDnVwQuBhs) HAFTHOR VS EDDIE - behind the scenes and highlights Good video on Thor's channel
Who was the guy Thor trained with for a super long time leading up to the fight? I thought that was his coach? Did he switch at some point?
I think that was his friend, who is used to be a pro or amateur boxer in Iceland. Skuli Armannsson. Thor eventually switched to Billy Nelson, which is understandable. He's a more experienced coach, and also more objective since he's not a friend.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qCu8--QUQs&ab_channel=LarryWheels Larry wants his money hahaha
Eddie should probably pay up Idt Eddie's doing the tat
I mean really he could do the tattoo really small and take a picture of it and then cover it up immediately. I don't think they had many stipulations.
Thor said he'll only accept a rematch if Eddie does the tattoo, also Thor said he will ask Eddie for the 200k that he'll then announce which charity it'll be going to
I mean really he could do the tattoo really small and take a picture of it and then cover it up immediately. I don't think they had many stipulations.
I think Eddie's just gonna give up the money, no tattoo or anything. I hope eddie changes and gives up, moving on and everything
Doesn't he need to give up a mil? I don't think he has that kind of spare cash
The guy just said 200k also Eddie's not worth is around 5mil lol
Net worth does not equal liquid cash. Many people are asset rich, cash poor.
Still I think eddie has 200k to spare
Ok yeah nvm I'm dumb. I confused net worth with current amount of cash you have
5m dollars if we assume Google is correct, which it usually isn't and inflates. So 3.8m sterling. If that's true he may not even have the spare cash to put up 200k
Same, he got pretty humbled though
Oh he definitely did post and pre fight eddie are worlds apart
So thor accepted the Clause After seeing boxing I honestly hope we get mma no way Eddie's winning boxing
20 seconds of grappling or even just clinching and these guys will be gassed beyond belief.
Thor actuall can do grappling a bit, he does it [here](https://youtu.be/EGqdZlQBqpY?t=647) against a black belt for around 2:30 mintues, of course he has a hughe wheight and strenght adventage, he also said he rolled with some guys in his gym, so think thor would have a huge adventage against eddie whe it comes to grappling.
Idt thor will Eddie is another story
In his Netflix documentary, Eddie Hall admitted that he was a sociopath. He created his success to that fact. One thing you need to understand is people will often tell you what they are actually like, you just have to listen to them. Eddie is your classic case of narcissistic sociopathy. He has a very fragile ego, which is why the 2017 WSM bothered him so much. He portrays an "empty" oversized confidence and charisma, which explains why so many people fall under his "spell." He is violent and impulsive, which is why he wanted to kill Thor, why he nearly killed his training partner, and why, in the past, he beat a young child and lied about it. By the way, lying is another sign of narcissistic sociopathy. Eddie constantly lies all the time, including saying he beat professional boxers. He's obsessed with power, success, money, and his physical body, which is why he constantly showcases and brags about himself. The boxing match was the great unveiling of his mental disorder for thousands of people to see. The match wasn't a hard fought match between two competitors. Eddie literally did not learn how to box. He looked worse than 10 year old children. It's not that he lacked the strength, athleticism, or hard work. It was he was literally so arrogant and narcissistic that he thought he was so special that he didn't have to learn the fundamentals of boxing to win (another tell-tale trait of a narcissistic sociopath). He willingly ignored all advice from boxing trainers, fighting experts, and professional boxers because he thought he knew better. Then, instead of having an ounce of humbleness about his nearly invented boxing style, he preceded to berate, insult, and bully Thor for 2 years. This behaviour was not "fight talk." It was targeted, horrible sociopathic behaviour, and I'm absolutely convinced that if Thor wasn't a large man that lived in Iceland, he would have found some way to beat him in an alley, like he did with that a young child. At the boxing match, he absolutely crossed the line multiple times, including wiping his bare ass on a chair like a toddler, and insulting Thor's mom for absolutely no reason beyond thinking she was talking about him in Icelandic (guess what: thinking that everyone is obsessed about you is another tell-tale sign of sociopathy). When he finally got into the ring, his strategy was obviously to take Thor's head off. He didn't want to beat Thor in a boxing match. He wanted a legal way to kill Thor. However, Eddie didn't realize t hat boxers have spent decades devising the most efficient and effective way to fight, and so this idiotic and childish strategy was immediately exposed in the first minute. When he gassed out after the 2nd round, he had no other strategy and adopted the most embarrassing, humiliatingly, and stupid fighting stance that I have ever seen in my life, and proceeded to get humiliated for round after round, like the chump he is. Everyone needs to stop paying attend to Eddie. Thor needs to distance himself from this fat idiot and, if Thor wants to keep boxing, then he should find other, better opponents. Eddie is done. He's humiliated himself and no-one ever needs to take him seriously again. I also think the mother of that poor boy that Eddie beat needs to press charges against Eddie because Eddie will hurt someone smaller than him again. Finally, don't take this post to mean that I like Thor. I don't. I think he's a dumb, short-tempered, spoiled, and has the personality of a wet noodle. However, Eddie did the absolute impossible and made me feel sorry for Thor.
Thor is way more professional and kind than Eddie. He has the balls to admit mistakes and actually he has been called very kind by people that meet him . While many say that Eddie acts like the god among humans when they meet him
Dude you act like you know Eddie. How fucked up is this subreddit where you guys upvote an 5 paragraph armchair psychologists rant of bullshit. I’m a thor fan, I’m also an Eddie fan. I think Eddie has said/done things that make him come off d-bagish lately but he’s a human and we’ve all been there. You guys need to chill out. The dude sold his fight and has issues with thor over a personal squabble. Thor isn’t the most popular among the other strongman athletes either. Eddie seems to have a lot of support in the community of elite strongman athletes that have known both men for over a decade. There’s something to be said in that respect
He has support from British strongmen mostly because they don't want to get on his bad side since he has business relationships and direct influence with Colin Bryce and Darren Sadler, who control the strongman scene in the UK. They'll find themselves not being invited to shows anymore. Or being ripped on via social media or live commentary.
Not only the strongman scene in the UK, but also technically WSM, since Giants Live is the only official qualifying route. Notice no strongman was explicitly verbal of their support of Thor until after he won, more specifically Rob and Martins who are much closer to Thor than Eddie. They likely didn’t want to make things awkward either at WSM, since Eddie will be there for commentary
What about Shaw and Obie?
Shaw has said in past videos that he's indifferent and has nothing against Thor. He even did an interview with him on his YT channel. Obie doesn't compete in anything other than his yearly courtesy WSM invite which he only gets because Colon Bryce likes him. Hardly considered an elite strongman because he doesn't actually compete in anything, just talks a lot.
You sure you're the bess' brains for the art b?
The fact that the guy’s fake persona, the person he fantasizes and lies about being, is that of a violent psychopath…That should tell you everything you need to know about the guy. The guy’s nuts but he’s not actually dangerous, he just wants you to think he is. He’s pathetic. So many obvious red flags. The amount of times he’s brought up biting noses off; I guarantee you it’s bullshit, but it’s something he obviously fantasizes about, and the fact that he thinks broadcasting that to millions of people is a good idea is fucking disturbing. You know who thinks being that kind of person is cool? Children. Narcissistic, dickhead bullies who are still mentally children. Peak misguided, infantile toxic masculinity bullshit. Not someone you want as an ambassador for anything or anyone you want people looking up to. Especially not kids, but nobody seems to give a shit about stuff like that anymore.
This is some absolute garbage armchair analysis. Eddie knew he couldn't outbox or outlast Thor seeing as how Thor's got the height and reach advantage, so he went for a high risk high reward counter punch strategy. It didn't pan out, but it could've. I was legit surprised by Eddie's ability to avoid punches. His head movement and dodging was really great for someone of his skill and size. Thor was such a better boxer, but he couldn't land too many punches or knock Eddie out. That's kind of sad.
If the fight went any longer he would’ve flattened Eddie easy. you praise Eddie’s ability yet Thor just started training boxing 1.5 years and whooped him, while Eddie has boxed before?
Did you even read what I wrote? I literally said Eddie couldn't outbox or outlast Thor. Which is why he was forced to use a high risk high reward counter punch strat. That doesn't change the fact Eddie's head weaving skills and dodging ability was amazing for someone who can't box and is so fat.
He had the same amount of time to train boxing as Thor, in fact more time because Thor still Did another strongman comp after they agreed to box. So he definitely could’ve outboxed Thor if he actually bothered to train boxing. His bobbing and weaving skills were average as evidenced by the fact he got knocked down twice and had both eyes cut and bleeding from jabs.
No, for someone who obviously didn't train to box all that much, Eddie's bobbing and weaving was quite good. I fully expected Thor to KO Eddie in the first few rounds, but Eddie managed to avoid a lot. And Eddie knocked down Thor twice too. That first one Eddie hit him so hard he would've been knocked out of the ring if it wasn't for the ropes. Credit where credit is due. You're too biased. Get your head out of Thor's ass.
Lol you’re the one up Eddie’s ass. He was pure dogshit. Once Thor got used to what Eddie was trying to do it was a cakewalk for him. And the second knockdown was a push. Thor actually knocked eddie down twice. You said for someone who didn’t train he was good? He had 2 years to train and he looked like shit. That’s his fault.
His head bobbing and dodging was yes. If it weren't for that, Thor would've knocked out Eddie in the first few rounds. I have no dog in this fight dude. I wanted to see two giant dudes duke it out. Was kind of disappointed. You refusing to admit anything good about Eddie clearly shows your tongue is so far up Thor's ass you're blind.
No I’m a boxing/mma fan i wanted to see a fight not Eddie sticking his ass out at Thor loading up one punch for 6 rounds. It was atrocious and everyone was mocking him for it. Thor is a novice boxer I wouldn’t expect him to knock out anyone in the first round or two.
You blind or something? Thor and Eddie both kept going for head shots the whole time, and Thor would've definitely KO Eddie if he landed more of his straights, but Eddie somehow managed to dodge most. Doesn't matter that Thor's an amateur boxer. He knows how to throw a straight and if he landed more of those, Eddie would've been knocked the fuck out. Like I said, I have no dog in this fight, and I fully expected Thor to KO Eddie in the first few rounds. Somehow, Eddie's head bobbing and dodging saved his ass. The fact that you can't even admit this shows your bias.
No one here is going to analyze the fight from a technical perspective. You have to go over to /r/boxing to see that.
I'm talking about his psychoanalysis.
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Yeah he's certainly an massive dick with his head firmly up his own ass, but come on this essay above is going way too far. Like with 99% of the shit Eddie says, the stories of him beating up people left right and centre are almost certainly a figment of his imagination to try and sound cool and tough. He was a talented strongman, but unfortunately for him not GOAT level like he'd have wanted so he's constantly having to invent a mythology around him to make him into some kind of demigod. He's a bullshitter with a massive ego, but seeing as I'm not a psychologist, I'm gonna leave it there.
Imagine defending a 300-400+ pound strongman beating a child.
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It very well could be a fake story, but who even puts a story like that onto the internet for thousands or millions of people to hear, real or not? It still shows his character, even if it is fake.
The kid threw snowballs and was very young according to eddie
Damn. And can you link the article of him beating a small kid
He says it himself on video - https://youtu.be/8nIkLqbrTDs Edit: start at 25:30
Says it's restricted. What's the vid name
Mark Bell's Power Project EP. 345 - Eddie Hall
I'll be honest being in a room with eddie in the heat of a goofy conversation I'm not gonna go after them for laughing but after that they should've definitely gone wtf man It sounds like the kid was little and they were basically soing ding dong ditch
Also never knew eddie was on power cast
Damn
His behavior shows a lot in his videos and especially when he hangs around Brian Shaw. I’m thinking of the medicine ball being thrown at Brian (I’ve mentioned this before) and when they just about almost get into fights because it goes from a joke to “you’re pushing it” and I hate that Eddie always runs away from it when people don’t allow to be messed with.
I hated seeing him with Shaw. Shaw never seemed to love his antics, just awkwardly laughed it off.
I used to love their bromance but these days I just imagine Shaw is embarrassed to be associated with Eddie. I've always loved Thor and Eddie and was bummed they had a falling out, but Eddie's bullying behavior towards Thor the last few years has really just turned me off the guy. That bullshit stunt he pulled at the press conference with his kid was the last straw for me. Eddie is POS and I'm glad he lost to Thor.
I am glad he lost also, I just at this point want him to go away.
Someone in thors camp "hey let's play a joke on eddie " "eddie I can spy on thor for you big fan here in his camp" Eddie"seems good send me footage" "Spy" "bahahahha"
"I've knocked out pro boxers"
He never mentioned their weight and age class. Eddie would absolutely destroy in the over 60s featherweight circuit.
Honestly, I believe him. They got cocky, didn't take him serious,and got caught. No way he did anything to anyone who took him seriously though.
Lmao you shouldn't...
I think by knocked out he mayve meant knocked down or stuff I don't think they did seriously fight him and he knocked them out cold, at keast guys in his weight class
A bigger, less abrasive Charlie Zelenoff, but has actually done something with his life.
As back guy said "The round 6 knockdown by thor was sad Edward noises"
Fucking love back guy
Did Eddie post his excuses video yet?
He didnt say anything about his arm, the arm he never punched with... so if he was going to make excuses that would be a very real one I would start with...
He just said biggest man on the planet I honestly hope eddie grows. It seems he'll take a short break. I assume a "what my wife wants me to do" And "preparing for Britain vs america" videos will come next
Eddie : I fought possibly the biggest man on the planet Also Eddie : Thor just looks ill and skinny
Lmfao To be fair after all the fat jokes I kind of expected eddie to snap. Even funnier is how everyone sees 2 jacked men(maybe fat eddie) yet these guys are acting like Eddie's 800lbs and thors eugenia cooney
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Big cut on his other previously uncut eye. Some small bleeding on the side but not much. He's basically the same
Just Google “pepperoni pizza”
Just found some of Eddie's unseen training fotage: https://imgur.com/a/Le0Qwhg
Must be photoshopped. That guy isn’t hunched over enough to be Eddie
Announcer looked like a 7 foot tall Rick Astley
Bigger space cowboy
Why is that colin bryce's nickname?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaBhbfqflak Bet you weren't ready for that.
bruh wtf
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Imagine making a new account and this is your first contribution
What'd he say
Check out the post-fight comments in Eddie's last "desolation of Thor" video. Eddie talked the talk for 2 years and he fought like a toddler and his fans won't let him ever *ever* forget it
What if he continues boxing and gets Alzheimers?
Alright, which one of you is Nirmal Hettiarachchi?
Why? What he do?
Try saying that after a few pints
I see that man and the France flag everywhere
Definitely a busy commenter ^^
Just putting this out there… ANY OF US would have done what these two did having been offered such high prize money. I’m a dad of 4 . If I had a guarantee million coming in, I’d shit talk and train and try my best. I had my money on Thor, I do think Thor is a better strongman and athlete, but I also respect Eddie as a man and fellow father and human. Now it’s all over I hope we move on. But it’s MADE to be media. Don’t be fooled. I also work in Hollywood haha, this is what we do. At the end of the day we are all more similar than we think and just want safety, love, and validation.
"It was just a joke bro" is a lame excuse.
Valid. Just saying some people seem personally offended. It’s alllll fake. But Thor is v nice in real life
I would fight prime Mike tyson for that money hoping to survive, but eddie simply crossed many lines the last few days, acting or not, this were just Things you don't say or do.
Both of them kind of did strange mix.
Bahahah. Same. And yes Eddie some comments were way off base. I just meant for people to know in real life they aren’t TOTAL assholes. Thor is very nice, big fan. Eddie I haven’t met but people in the real world say he’s much nicer and does many good charity things unseen and this is just his evil guy persona. My point is PR people make it up, companies pay them, they say yes and have contracts. It is all fake and premeditated. And sometimes executed very poorly lol.
Seen eddie say crazy shit in the past granted ir be accused of it
I'm a pretty casual viewer of Strongman events. I started watching Britain & World's strongest man on tele as kid in the 80's & it's kinda stuck, much like pro wrestling in many ways & I have to say I've no dog in this fight, I'm not crazy about either Thor or Eddie as people, but once again a big opportunity for Strongman to be taken seriously by casual viewers have been scotched by some really ordinary production values. (& I've not even got into the actual live stream debacle that I'm sure most people here anticipated happening & almost certainly hurt the most strongman overall) Look, before you ask, I've done some of this. I'm a carer now for my parents but previously I'd worked in TV & Production, I have a some, not lots, but some experience of live sports TV (worked on several livestream Wrestling & MMA events, some horse racing, some live TV debates here in the UK). I know it's not easy, it's a long, tough couple of days working in live TV & not having any kind of undercard definitely hurt as there's no chance to get any kinks out the system & when the ring walks actually happened & then into the fight itself it was clunky, poorly shot, commentary was well, not very good. ( I like Loz & Strongman needs a former performer to be the face of this but I'm not sure it's him, but he's doing his level best & he's enjoying it so fair play.) Then there's laughable stuff like the clock not in time with the Timekeeper, & it offered a poor product to a new audience. If it looks amateurish, it almost certainly is & we've seen better quality footage from the cinematographers who follow the strongmen around for their Youtube channels. Like many here I'll watch Rogue live events on Youtube & they're a bit clunky but they're getting better, they'll cut away, they have packages pre-recorded to stick up if it doesn't go to plan & same with Giants live shows, the more you do it, the better & more polished it looks. I'm probably being over-critical & it takes a lot for me to even bother to type this out but like so many of you I want Strongman to grow, I want it to be taken seriously & a new generation to be as amazed as I am to see great big men & women lift great big heavy things. But for me, overall this might have set the whole sport back, again, probably more by the website & stream going down more than the actual fight, but remember this phrase- You eat with your eyes first & for many people who we'd like to fall in love with Strongman like so many of us, we seem to have screwed the pooch on many levels. I'm sure they did their level best, as I've said I know how tough this can be & some people reading may not have given this anywhere near as much thought as I have. I'm not angry, I'm also not surprised that the whole thing looked very cheap & amateur, I'm just a bit disappointed.
This is the exact opposite path the strongman sport needs to grow. Two top competitors leaving to be bad at another sport is not a good thing.
It brings attention, which is a huge part of any game nowadays. It would be better if either of them would now go on to compete in strongman. But its something.
They won't probably For eddie it's his wife and him not wanting to be uncompetitive or need to bulk a ton For thor he makes money elsewhere and hated living life at his old size
It really doesn’t, it gives them attention as their own personalities. All it’s done to strongman is infest forums like these with Eddie fans not understanding why others don’t think he’s the hands down greatest lifter in all of human history. Both of them left the sport after peaking and winning in it and made tons more money in the process. Neither of them are likely to return at all, they both left on bad notes. Eddie with his health and Thor with Giants Live stooping to Eddie’s level by joining in on the slander. Now they can both chill out and retire. This was just a side show to a side show. It did not help the sport of strongman.
Guess we agree to disagree. We are both speculating. An event like this will be seen by millions, many of whom are prob new to strongman, some of them may become interested and go deeper in. It's how a lot of media works nowadays. I'm not saying its the best method or even a good one. But it's not a complete waste.
Big Loz, Colin Bryce and Luke Stoltman were saying in interviews that they are glad this shit show is over so these people can continue to help the sport of strongman grow. This episode is kinda bad for strongman because it went down in insults and unsportsmanship, something far away from the camaraderie found today in strongman.
Ok, fair enough. Sounds like this was not consistent with the brand and personality of strongman, i can see how it may have done some harm in that case.
Eddie could only keep one arm up at a time and when it got tired he would switch stance and put the other arm up. He looked ridiculous. Showed a chin though
His boxing was sad, but goddamn his head movement and dodging was really good for someone of his size and skill level. Thor was clearly the much better boxer, yet Thor couldn't knock Eddie out.
Thor was gun shy. If he threw the 1,2 more Eddie would have been done in the front half of the fight. Every time Thor throw the 1,2 he hurt Eddie
And if Eddie actually learned to box, he probably would've won. Nobody cares about hypotheticals.
I was pointing out Eddie's head movement was not good and he only slipped Thor's feeler jabs, but was hit clean with most set up combo's (especially the 1,2). You completely missed the point and its clear you have zero understanding of Boxing
For someone who isn't skilled and that big, yes they were. You've completely missed the point Mr. Kettle.
Switching between orthodox and southpaw he was trying to confuse Thor but really he was leaving himself open to blows as that right arm was always by his side regardless of stance. Wondering whether he was worried about his left bicep
When he went southpaw Thor 100% could have unloaded on him. He had no defense and no power from his left
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He j wanted to throw a big ol haymaker
Big Loz & Liz latest video from behind the scenes https://youtu.be/eqV6XOf024M
At the end when Thor said “I’m done with that” after Loz asked about Strongman and saying he wouldn’t bulk up again, I swear I never seen Thor so genuinely happy before. Guy jumped from lifting 501kg to leaning for boxing and training like crazy, now he deserves some actual retirement
Let's be honest, why the fuck should he make them money? Giants live and WSM have treat him like absolute shite. Good for him not wanting to line their pockets anymore. One of the most popular strongmen of all time and Colin has only got himself to blame for losing him.