Strongman Hafthor Bjornsson makes his Debut in boxing today. How much does strength matter in boxing

My god, his hands are so slow. But he actually doesn't move like a clumsy oaf. He looks coordinated at least.

He can't fight though. He's got a long way to go. He's better than Nate Robinson though .

 

he wasn't that had tbh. Needs to throw straighter punches and switch it more but for a novice he did okay.

 

It's weird to see a fighter with those legs. Each leg is of the size of canelo.

He cannot make a living by boxing, tbh. But for an exhibition it was not bad. Amateurish, as expected, but not something excesively cringe worthy. You go to watch an exhibition, and you watch an entertaining exhibition. Good.

 

He did decent for 6 months of training! his movement is really good for 350 lbs rookie. Just needs to work on his punching form.

I think it's great that so many celebrities are willing to put their reputation on the line and step in to the ring.. The Mountain vs Logan Paul after Eddie Hall!

 

Bet he's packing glass!

 

Almost all if not all HW boxers cannot deadlift even near 400 kg.
You might well be able to move the world's strongest man with a DL well under 1/2 of his.

 

It was more than 135 lbs., but your point is well taken.

 

hes pretty agile for his size but yeah his punches are no good

 

Surprised that Ward wasn't made to take a dive here. Quite the opposite, looked like if it would've went on for a round or two, he would've stopped the big man.

 

Would like to see Pedro Pascal next in the rematch.

 

You can´t really sell a fixed fight. It´s just not worth the effort.

 

But the big man moved surprisingly well.
Like someone above said, not bad for only 6 months of training.

 

The mountain comes across as a gentleman, he was very sporting at the end with ward and vice versa. I thought for his size and zero experience he done well. When he threw straight it was good, just them hooks were bad