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The Boxing world has seen many fearless fighters over the years. Among them, ‘The Gypsy King’ stands tall, not known to back down from a challenge. Notably, Tyson Fury defeated the ‘Bronze Bomber’ Deontay Wilder in an epic trilogy and became the WBC heavyweight champion. However, Fury now has his sights set on a new target.

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The undefeated boxing legend wants to step back into the ring, this time, to go up against Game of Thrones star and former Strongman winner Hafthor Bjornsson.

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Tyson Fury to take on Hafthor Bjornsson in an exhibition match

The British fighter retired from the sport after his homecoming victory against Dillian Whyte on April 23rd, 2022. Since then, Fury has exchanged fighting words with Icelandic strongman winner Hafthor Bjornsson. Now, the duo has called out each other for a fight.

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Recently, Tyson Fury claimed that an exhibition fight against Bjornsson is on the table somewhere around November. Fury boldly claimed that he wants to knock out ‘Thor’ in front of a massive audience in London.

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He stated, “It’d be great to get in there in front of 70,000 fans and show him what boxing is all about. Make him miss and knock him out.” The fireworks between the two giants have set out as they seem to relish the opportunity to exchange blows in the ring.

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What happened the last time Hafthor Bjornsson stepped inside the ring?

Bjornsson’s potential fight against Tyson Fury won’t be his first encounter inside the squared circle. Earlier this year, the Game of Thrones star went toe to toe against fellow strongman winner, Eddie Hall. Both the strongmen put on an incredible show with six rounds of an exciting brawl.

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However, after the fight went the distance, Hafthor Bjornsson emerged victorious via decision.

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Are you looking forward to Tyson Fury possibly knocking out Hafthor Bjornsson? Let us know in the comments below.

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Darsh Karkera

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Darsh Karkera is a Boxing author at EssentiallySports. He is currently pursuing his masters in Clinical Psychology at CHRIST University, Bangalore. According to Darsh himself, the one and only one thing that fuels him, is sports. His boxing journey began watching Mike Tyson fights as a toddler with his dad and later on following the rise of Manny Pacquiao. Aside from work, Darsh is also a massive Sherlock Holmes fan, and given a chance, you might find him lurking around 221B Baker Street as part of his vivid imagination.

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