Hafthor Bjornsson admits he and Eddie Hall SPAT at each other during heated clash

This ongoing feud has stretched over years and years of competitions, but was especially intensified when Hafthor Bjornsson came away from the 2017 World’s Strongest Man competition bitter as he claimed Eddie Hall had cheated in order to win.

Fast forward to 2022 and they are about to share a boxing ring together.

Both competitors have trained hard for this fight, and naturally, tempers flared when they came face-to-face with both threats and saliva being exchanged.

On Saturday night, the former World’s Strongest Men will battle it out in a hope to settle their long-lasting conflict after six rounds of intense fighting.

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In the meantime, footage has emerged online of them crossing paths in the gym, which almost resulted in blows once words were exchanged.

The video shows both men towering over nearby spectators as they squared up to each other to try and intimidate their counterpart. As tensions rose, bystanders desperately attempted to keep the fighters apart, which resulted in Hall being dragged away.

I think it’s fair to say that neither fighter, given their pride, is going to back down from a confrontation surrounding the fight and neither would be willing to be seen to shy away.

Since the emergence of the online footage, Thor has admitted to spitting on Eddie Hall amongst their riled-up interaction, but has exclaimed that he acted in retaliation after his rival spat at him first.

“I am getting a lot of questions regarding an incident that occurred between Eddie and I yesterday.

“I was getting ready to train when I received a message letting me know that Eddie was five minutes away. I had no