Eddie Hall is not pretending he is the better boxer. Ahead of his June 13 fight with Tommy Fury in Manchester, Hall openly admitted Fury has the experience, footwork, speed, cardio, and ring IQ advantage. His entire argument comes down to power and physical force. The matchup was already on the radar after reports first linked Eddie Hall and Tommy Fury to a Misfits Boxing date in Manchester.
Hall is not coming into this as a traditional crossover boxer. He is a former World’s Strongest Man, winning the title in 2017, and built his name on freakish strength long before stepping into combat sports. That background is a big part of the pitch here. Fury has the cleaner boxing skill set, but Hall is selling himself as the kind of giant who can change a fight with one clean connection.
The matchup takes place at AO Arena under the Misfits Boxing banner and is being promoted as “Beauty vs. The Beast.” Fury enters with an unbeaten 11-0 professional boxing record. Hall’s combat sports background is much thinner, but not empty. He boxed Hafthor Bjornsson in March 2022 and lost a decision in that fight, then later picked up an MMA win over fellow strongman Mariusz Pudzianowski. So while Fury is the proven boxer, Hall has at least tested himself in live combat settings before this one.
At the press conference, Hall admitted exactly where Fury holds the edge. He said, “Look, Tommy’s got all the experience here. He’s got the better IQ, he’s got the better footwork, he’s got the better speed, he’s got the better cardio, he’s got everything in terms of advantages. He’s been boxing since he was five years old.”
Hall followed that with the line that defines the whole matchup. He said, “All I can say is my plan is to land that big shot. And whether that comes in the first round or the sixth round, I’m not going to be an idiot and come out all guns blazing, but I’ll be ready. I’ll be ready for when that shot appears and I’ll take it.”
Tommy Fury says size will not save Eddie Hall
Fury answered by dismissing the idea that Hall’s strength and size will change the result. He said, “Eddie’s got muscles all over his body, but you can’t put muscles on chins and that’s what I’m about to expose. Listen, we’ve seen good big men in the ring all the time, but what’s different? Muscles can’t get on the chin and I’m looking to find that chin, so we’ll see.”
Fury also made it clear he does not see Hall’s size as the deciding factor. He said, “Look, everyone’s got a fighter’s chance of knocking the bigger man out, but it’s not happening.”
He also pointed to his upbringing around heavyweights and said, “A lot of people are going on about size in this fight, which there is, there is a significant size difference. But I have grew up with heavyweights my entire life. My brother’s the two-time heavyweight champion of the world. Seven-foot, 20 stone. I’ve been brought around him and all my other brothers. So size makes no difference to me.”
Watch the full press conference below.
Hall’s side of the story still comes back to one thing. He knows he is not likely to win a clean technical boxing match over six rounds. He is trying to turn the bout into a moment fight, where one exchange matters more than everything that happened before it.
Later in the press conference, Hall repeated the same warning. He said, “I believe that he believes it. I’ll say that. All I can say is you’ve sparred with heavyweights your whole life. No one’s hit as hard as me, I’m telling you right now.”
That is the fight. Fury has the skills, the record, and the boxing background. Hall has elite physical strength, a history of stepping into unusual combat sports matchups, and the belief that one shot can wreck the script. If he lands clean, the entire conversation changes. If he does not, Fury should be able to control the fight with technique and movement, much like other recent boxing headliners where the better technician was expected to dictate the pace, including Deontay Wilder’s wild decision win over Derek Chisora in London.
