EDDIE HALL claims he would win a street fight against rival Thor Bjornsson.
The strongman duo took their rivalry to the ring earlier this year, with Thor dominating the Brit in Dubai.
Hall, 34, initially chased a quick rematch – only for Thor to claim he would have to wait "two or three years".
Reflecting on their rivalry, Hall still reckons that he is the better fighter, despite his defeat in the ring.
He told the Mirror: "In all brutal honesty, you could tell in the lead up to it that I just wanted to fight Thor anywhere.
"I wanted him on the street because that's where I know 100 per cent I can have him, but we ended up fighting in the ring and he got the better of me and that's that."
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Hall was initially meant to fight Thor in September 2021, only for a troublesome bicep injury to delay the fight.
By the time the rearranged March date came around, Hall claims it was still causing him pain.
Explaining what went on in the build-up to the fight, he added: "I'm not a man of excuses.
"I went into that fight with one arm and I did have Covid a week before but I'm not using those as excuses.
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"I genuinely believed I was going to beat Thor with one arm, I did believe that.
"My coach wanted to pull me out and I said 'no'. I didn't want to drag it on anymore, I just wanted to smack him in the face."
On the potential rematch, he continued: "Thor put a statement out saying that he didn't want to fight for another two or three years and I thought the rematch was going to happen in three to six months or it wasn't going to happen at all.
"That was said behind the scenes in the contract and then Thor said that. So I thought 'he doesn't want to fight again, fair enough.'"
Despite his defeat to Thor, Hall has proven that he still packs quite a punch.
In the summer, YouTuber Nile Wilson volunteered to take a body punch from the big man.
But it didn't go well for him, with Wilson subsequently completely decked by the 25st super-heavyweight.
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