Former Worlds Strongest Man Eddie Hall (35) is known for his incredible strongman career and was able to secure the title of World’s Strongest Man in 2017.
The Englishman has amassed fame and fortune following his successful strongman career, Eddie retired after winning the 2017 WSM.
Eddie Hall made history in 2016 by being the first man to successfully lift 500 kgs in the deadlift at the World Deadlift Championships.
In the last couple of years, Eddie Hall transitioned from being a professional competitive strongman athlete to a boxer.
The year Eddie Hall won his WSM title in 2017 there was a lot of drama between him and Icelandic strongman/actor superstar Hafthor Björnsson.
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Hafthor Björnsson accused Eddie Hall of cheating his way to the title by getting help from the judged choosing events that favored him.
Hafthor Björnsson was also mad that some of his reps in the Viking Press were disallowed for double dipping, Eddie Hall beat Hafthor in the Viking Press by one rep which later turned out to be a crucial event win for Eddie Hall.
Eddie Hall spoke about how Hafthor’s accusations partly ruined his celebration and win, as many articles and news were about Hafhtor’s cheating accusations.
Eddie Hall and Hafthor Björnsson decided to settle their argument in the boxing ring and after having prepared for a couple of years to box one another they finally had the fight in 2022.
Hafthor Björnsson won the fight by judged decision.
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Interestingly both Hafthor and Eddie have stepped away from competitive boxing after their fight.
Hafthor is back in the gym lifting heavy weights and has already beat one of his world records in the weight over bar since his fight with Eddie Hall.
Eddie Hall is not going to back to strongman as he plans to compete in bodybuilding.
There is no doubt that Eddie Hall has a huge muscle size but may not have the body for a bodybuilding competition.
IFFB pro bodybuilding and bodybuilding expert Greg Doucette believes Eddie Hall may not have the look that bodybuilding judges rate highly due to his genetics, here are some of the things Greg Doucette had to say about Eddie Hall’s plans to compete in bodybuilding.
This is not the ideal shape for bodybuilding, not saying he can’t do it. He obviously does not have pro-level genetics in terms of shape and symmetry, size sure, guy is 360 lbs, he is huge but to do well in bodybuilding it’s more than just having a lot of muscle, it’s about getting the detail and symmetry, the proportions and so on.
