Eddie Hall’s major body transformation looks unreal for Hafthor Bjornsson fight

Eddie Hall has revealed the secrets behind his new 'slimline' figure after cutting more than 40 kilos for his boxing match with Hafthor Bjornsson.

The two former World's Strongest Man winners were due to meet in the 'heaviest boxing match in history' last September, but that was postponed after Hall detached his left bicep during a sparring session in July.

The pair are now negotiating a date for a bout in 2022.

And Hall, 33, appears to have lived up to his nickname of 'The Beast' in training by undergoing a huge body transformation. The monstrous 200kg figure that has helped make him a legend of Strongman competition has been replaced with a more defined 158kg frame, complete with chiselled abs.

The new regime has seen Hall drop down his once daily food intake of 12,000 calories a day to a mere 6,000 – still a preposterous amount for the average human being, but a significant cull for a man of his stature.

And he's confident that his new leaner frame will result in a knockout victory over 'The Mountain' when the two finally meet inside a ring.

“I’m happy to fight 158kg, to be honest. I’ll probably go in at this weight," he told Muscle and Health.

“My game plan is to combine power, speed, agility, and endurance and I’ve got all four attributes nailed down.

“I can do ten three-minute rounds quite comfortably. I think the third round will be the end for him. That’s what I’m aiming for."

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Hall also admitted to previously eating eight meals a day with snacks and high-calorie drinks in-between, but along with training hard, now has a more disciplined approach to nutrition.

“Now, I have four square meals a day and five protein shakes in-between to make sure I don’t dig too big a hole," he added.

In Hall's absence last September, Icelander Bjornsson fought Canadian Devon Larratt in Dubai and knocked him out inside two minutes, which followed draws in his previous two exhibition fights with Steven Ward and Simon Vallily.

The former rivals have been embroiled in a feud for years, after the former Game of Thrones star won the 2018 World’s Strongest Man competition, one year after Hall captured the same title.

Relations soured further when Bjornsson broke the world record in deadlifting, previously set at 500kg by Hall. The new mark is disputed however, as he completed the 501kg lift in his home gym, not during a competitive event.

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