Strongman champion Eddie Hall steps into the boxing ring.
English professional boxer Scott Lawton helps UK’s strongest man Eddie Hall prepare for his first boxing match.
Eddie Hall is an English professional strongman competitor, notable for having won on multiple occasions both the UK’s Strongest Man, and England’s Strongest Man titles.
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Scott Lawton is an English professional boxer who has competed in the lightweight and super featherweight divisions. He comes from Stoke-on-Trent, is a two-time English lightweight champion and has challenged for the full British and Commonwealth lightweight titles as well as the full European super featherweight title.
Edward “Eddie” Hall is an English professional strongman competitor, notable for having won on multiple occasions both the UK’s Strongest Man, and England’s Strongest Man titles. He has also competed at the World’s Strongest Man and is the current world record holder in the deadlift with straps.
Britain’s Strongest Man is an annual strongman event held in the United Kingdom. Competitors qualify for the final through regional heats and the winner is awarded the title of “Britain’s Strongest Man”.
The competition is produced by TWI and serves as a qualifying event for the World’s Strongest Man (“WSM”) competition, also a TWI production.
In a history that has close parallels with that of the World’s Strongest Man competition, the BSM competition has had a number of sponsors and, at different times, has had to vie with rival competitions that also claim to produce the strongest man in Britain as their champion.
The inaugural competition was in 1979 and was organised by TWI. It was covered by the BBC.
Boxing is a martial art and combat sport in which two people throw punches at each other, usually with gloved hands. Historically, the goals have been to weaken and knock down the opponent.
While people have fought in hand-to-hand combat since before the dawn of history, the origin of boxing as an organized sport may be its acceptance by the ancient Greeks as an Olympic game in BC 688.
