[Boxing] Hafthor Bjornsson vs Devon Larratt

[TheNineClub]

I am just confused when the OP said this is not an exhibition match. I think it is since both are not professional boxers and also this is their first time fighting inside the boxing ring. their experience will not bring them close to victory if they get tired so fast.

I am as well, so I made a research and I find out that the fight is an exhibition match.
The original fight was Hafthor Bjornsson vs Eddie Hall and Hall was replace by Devon Larratt.

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The Game of Thrones actor and strongman Hafthor ‘The Mountain’ Bjornsson was set to face British strongman Eddie Hall in an exhibition boxing match that was scheduled to take place on Saturday, September 18, but with the Brit unfortunately suffering a detached bicep, the fight is set to be rescheduled for around March 2022.

https://www.givemesport.com/1739905-hafthor-bjornsson-vs-devon-larratt-what-happened-when-the-two-arm-wrestled

I can't find where I have read it, I have to admit, but I think Thor himself posted that it's not an exhibition match. That being said, if someone is an amateur that does not mean he is engaging in exhibition matches, he is actually engaging in amateur boxing matches. What makes an exhibition match is a ruleset. Pro boxers also do exhibition matches. So being an amateur boxer does not mean you only do exhibition matches.

[Jawhead999]

Ah Devon Larratt was one of very famous and successful wrestler, does those money not enough for him? He's already 46 years old, it's not on his prime condition. He need to fight with Bjornsson which only 32 years old, the interesting thing he had couple fight before with Simon Vallily   and Steven Ward [1] both fight ended draw. Does this third match will be draw too? I guess it will.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haf%C3%BE%C3%B3r_J%C3%BAl%C3%ADus_Bj%C3%B6rnsson

[Saidasun]

Ah Devon Larratt was one of very famous and successful wrestler, does those money not enough for him? He's already 46 years old, it's not on his prime condition. He need to fight with Bjornsson which only 32 years old, the interesting thing he had couple fight before with Simon Vallily   and Steven Ward [1] both fight ended draw. Does this third match will be draw too? I guess it will.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haf%C3%BE%C3%B3r_J%C3%BAl%C3%ADus_Bj%C3%B6rnsson

He does not have to be in prime condition to beat Bjornsson. Bjornsson weighs as much as a truck and he will be slow. I do not think this will be a entertaining fight and it will be two fighters who will be exhausted by round 2. How many rounds are there? I hope there is not more than 3 rounds. I plan on watching it because I like Bjornsson from Game of thrones but I am not expecting a good fight. Devon Larret might be fitter than Bjnornsson and he has fought before even if that was wrestling he is used to fighting someone else.

[samcrypto]

Ah Devon Larratt was one of very famous and successful wrestler, does those money not enough for him? He's already 46 years old, it's not on his prime condition. He need to fight with Bjornsson which only 32 years old, the interesting thing he had couple fight before with Simon Vallily   and Steven Ward [1] both fight ended draw. Does this third match will be draw too? I guess it will.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haf%C3%BE%C3%B3r_J%C3%BAl%C3%ADus_Bj%C3%B6rnsson

Even if they didn't disclose that this match is just an exhibitions that aims to collect money from the viewers, its pretty obvious because they are not boxers at all. A great wrestler and now going into a boxing ring again to fight and we all know their real purpose for this match. Age may not be the basis but considering his record and success, Bjornsson has the advantage here, but then again we don't know their contract.

[AicecreaME]

I think this is gonna be like a street fight since neither of the two are boxers, but this is interesting, especially since Devon is fighting, I bet he has a lot of power in his punch compare to his opponent. I don't but this kind of matches gets in trend, since Logan Paul first boxing match, then other YouTubers or famous people started to join the trend. No matter what their reason is, this is gonna be fun to bet since we don't know who is the best puncher.

[babygun]

Ah Devon Larratt was one of very famous and successful wrestler, does those money not enough for him? He's already 46 years old, it's not on his prime condition. He need to fight with Bjornsson which only 32 years old, the interesting thing he had couple fight before with Simon Vallily   and Steven Ward [1] both fight ended draw. Does this third match will be draw too? I guess it will.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haf%C3%BE%C3%B3r_J%C3%BAl%C3%ADus_Bj%C3%B6rnsson

Larratt is still one of the best arm wrestlers around and is the nr 1 arm-wrestler in North America. Will try to watch the fight as it just sounds interesting and will hopefully be entertaining to watch. Bjornsson is already training a couple of months so he should have picked up something from it.

[LittleBitFunny]

I think this is gonna be like a street fight since neither of the two are boxers, but this is interesting, especially since Devon is fighting, I bet he has a lot of power in his punch compare to his opponent. I don't but this kind of matches gets in trend, since Logan Paul first boxing match, then other YouTubers or famous people started to join the trend. No matter what their reason is, this is gonna be fun to bet since we don't know who is the best puncher.

Well, watching these kinds of matches is fun. Having the uncertainty is enjoyable for me. These are also fun for like a refreshment. When are tensed about a high voltage match and don't know who will win that, these types of matches bring a wind of refreshment. You can just chill, sit back and relax and enjoy the match.

[YOSHIE]

Boxing finished and won by: Hafthor Bjornsson, I see Devon Larratt is not serious in this fight, even though Devon had a long range style to avoid hitting Hafthor, but in the end this boxing was won by Hafthor.

Hafthor and Devon they're both close friends.



I think as long as they're in the ring, it's not what the crowd expects, I mean not as aggressive, like other boxers, no emotions, etc., it seems they are just for fun (not serious in the fight) in the boxing arena this time.

Whether it's just for thrills or just for entertainment for the two of them.

[robelneo]

Boxing finished and won by: Hafthor Bjornsson, I see Devon Larratt is not serious in this fight, even though Devon had a long range style to avoid hitting Hafthor, but in the end this boxing was won by Hafthor.

Hafthor and Devon they're both close friends.



I think as long as they're in the ring, it's not what the crowd expects, I mean not as aggressive, like other boxers, no emotions, etc., it seems they are just for fun (not serious in the fight) in the boxing arena this time.

Whether it's just for thrills or just for entertainment for the two of them.

There's a big discrepancy on the height and strength, Bjornsson is overwhelming Larrat I agree with the referee stopping the fight, both are not fighters and it's the overall condition of the fighter should be considered, although Larrat is not receiving boxer punching power it's enough to inflict damage coming from a guy with that huge size, it's a good exhibition match short but full of action. 

[Ziskinberg]

Boxing finished and won by: Hafthor Bjornsson, I see Devon Larratt is not serious in this fight, even though Devon had a long range style to avoid hitting Hafthor, but in the end this boxing was won by Hafthor.

Hafthor and Devon they're both close friends.



I think as long as they're in the ring, it's not what the crowd expects, I mean not as aggressive, like other boxers, no emotions, etc., it seems they are just for fun (not serious in the fight) in the boxing arena this time.

Whether it's just for thrills or just for entertainment for the two of them.

There's a big discrepancy on the height and strength, Bjornsson is overwhelming Larrat I agree with the referee stopping the fight, both are not fighters and it's the overall condition of the fighter should be considered, although Larrat is not receiving boxer punching power it's enough to inflict damage coming from a guy with that huge size, it's a good exhibition match short but full of action. 

Nice win by Bjornsson but I commend what Larratt did in the fight as he was a real warrior, he was able to take the punches of a bigger and taller Bjornsson and I agree that the referee is doing a great job, this fight is short but is not boring, I liked it.

How about betting, has anyone here able to bet on this fight?

[Viscore]

I don't know these two but I made some research and I like Devon Larratt because he is a jolly guy, lol.

I was actually watching this video - WAL 504: Dave Chaffee vs Devon Larratt (Official Video) Full Match and I find him good at trash talking his opponent and he won this competition.
However, in this boxing fight it's different because he was the one that was dominated, he can't hit the taller guy while Bjornsson hit him with clean shots.

Congrats to Bjornsson by the way, it was a good win by him.

[babygun]

Nice win by Bjornsson but I commend what Larratt did in the fight as he was a real warrior, he was able to take the punches of a bigger and taller Bjornsson and I agree that the referee is doing a great job, this fight is short but is not boring, I liked it.

How about betting, has anyone here able to bet on this fight?

It was too easy for Bjornsson, Larratt had no good preparation and could you cleary see that. Bjornsson landed some punches and after 1 good punch, the fight was already over.
I am still curious to see the fight between Hall and Bjornsson as there is a lot rivalry between both.

[CryptoBuds]

I don't know these two but I made some research and I like Devon Larratt because he is a jolly guy, lol.

I was actually watching this video - WAL 504: Dave Chaffee vs Devon Larratt (Official Video) Full Match and I find him good at trash talking his opponent and he won this competition.
However, in this boxing fight it's different because he was the one that was dominated, he can't hit the taller guy while Bjornsson hit him with clean shots.

Congrats to Bjornsson by the way, it was a good win by him.

^ Thor Bjornsson got his third win after knocking out Devon Larratt. The referee had to stop the match as Devon was struggling after receiving the heavy punches from Thor. The match ended 24 seconds before the first round timer. I haven't watched any match of these before this one, but I liked how Thor Bjornsson played the match. He has a very good pack of punches with good speed in them . Though he got trash-talked, he was very nice to his opponent after the match. He thanked and credited him after the match which was a very nice gesture.

[Davidvictorson]

I don't know these two but I made some research and I like Devon Larratt because he is a jolly guy, lol.

I was actually watching this video - WAL 504: Dave Chaffee vs Devon Larratt (Official Video) Full Match and I find him good at trash talking his opponent and he won this competition.
However, in this boxing fight it's different because he was the one that was dominated, he can't hit the taller guy while Bjornsson hit him with clean shots.

Congrats to Bjornsson by the way, it was a good win by him.

^ Thor Bjornsson got his third win after knocking out Devon Larratt. The referee had to stop the match as Devon was struggling after receiving the heavy punches from Thor. The match ended 24 seconds before the first round timer. I haven't watched any match of these before this one, but I liked how Thor Bjornsson played the match. He has a very good pack of punches with good speed in them . Though he got trash-talked, he was very nice to his opponent after the match. He thanked and credited him after the match which was a very nice gesture.

Thor and Devon are friends and it's they good thing Thor showed sportsmanship. The ref was absolutely amazing by knowing that Devon was already in a bad shape and not letting him go any longer.

[TheNineClub]

Nice win by Bjornsson but I commend what Larratt did in the fight as he was a real warrior, he was able to take the punches of a bigger and taller Bjornsson and I agree that the referee is doing a great job, this fight is short but is not boring, I liked it.

How about betting, has anyone here able to bet on this fight?

It was too easy for Bjornsson, Larratt had no good preparation and could you cleary see that. Bjornsson landed some punches and after 1 good punch, the fight was already over.
I am still curious to see the fight between Hall and Bjornsson as there is a lot rivalry between both.

Yeah, I agree, it was an easy win for Thor, but the takeaway from this was the fact that he got the much-needed experience in the ring that might tip the scale to his favor in the eventual Hall fight. Overall it was better for him to get anyone he can a get that little extra confidence than to sit on the sidelines and wait for Hall.

Props to Larratt for stepping up, what a great guy. Hope he got paid well.

[freedomgo]

Nice win by Bjornsson but I commend what Larratt did in the fight as he was a real warrior, he was able to take the punches of a bigger and taller Bjornsson and I agree that the referee is doing a great job, this fight is short but is not boring, I liked it.

How about betting, has anyone here able to bet on this fight?

It was too easy for Bjornsson, Larratt had no good preparation and could you cleary see that. Bjornsson landed some punches and after 1 good punch, the fight was already over.
I am still curious to see the fight between Hall and Bjornsson as there is a lot rivalry between both.

Yeah, I agree, it was an easy win for Thor, but the takeaway from this was the fact that he got the much-needed experience in the ring that might tip the scale to his favor in the eventual Hall fight. Overall it was better for him to get anyone he can a get that little extra confidence than to sit on the sidelines and wait for Hall.

Props to Larratt for stepping up, what a great guy. Hope he got paid well.

Hopefully, he is paid well, I search for the purse of both boxers in this fight but I could not find one, instead I found this very interesting information.

Thor Bjornsson has bet $5,000 that he will be able to break opponent Devon Larratt's nose on Saturday night in Dubai.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/boxing/thor-bjornsson-devon-larratt-make-25000866

So Bjornsson won? Because it looks like he broke the nose of Devon Larratt in that fight, he hit him hard in the last round where the ref stopped the fight although he did not hit the canvass.

[fortunecrypto]

Thor and Devon are friends and it's they good thing Thor showed sportsmanship. The ref was absolutely amazing by knowing that Devon was already in a bad shape and not letting him go any longer.

Larrat did not complain when the referee stopped the fight he knew he is overwhelmed by a much bigger guy, there's awkwardness on both fighters, which really showed that both are amateurs but the best part is when both fighters show sportsmanship I hope Thor fight a fighter that has an equal size like him next time.

[Hippocrypto]

Is this a Wrestling match? Sorry, I don't follow wrestling a lot but I could bet on this fight if the odds are available.

As the fight is scheduled September 18, 2021, I was expecting that I can find betting odds for this fight, but I tried to search in the sportsbook I'm using, I could not find available odds for this fight.

As per topic it was a boxing match I guess, maybe they're still about to plan adding it on sportsbet sites that's why still we couldn't find it on sportsbook yet. I haven't yet seen the fight history of these fighters, and for now I am fairly not choosing any odds for them; I'll just wait for the available odds as soon as possible.

[Saisher]

I can't find where I have read it, I have to admit, but I think Thor himself posted that it's not an exhibition match. That being said, if someone is an amateur that does not mean he is engaging in exhibition matches, he is actually engaging in amateur boxing matches. What makes an exhibition match is a ruleset. Pro boxers also do exhibition matches. So being an amateur boxer does not mean you only do exhibition matches.

No wonder on their match he keeps pouring big punches and chasing Devon Larratt he treats it as a real boxing match, you don't inflict big damages on an exhibition match, the referee stoppage is unquestionable he did the right thing nose is busted and he is receiving big punches in the head not worth continuing anymore since it's not a title match.

[Gozie51]

I can't find where I have read it, I have to admit, but I think Thor himself posted that it's not an exhibition match. That being said, if someone is an amateur that does not mean he is engaging in exhibition matches, he is actually engaging in amateur boxing matches. What makes an exhibition match is a ruleset. Pro boxers also do exhibition matches. So being an amateur boxer does not mean you only do exhibition matches.

No wonder on their match he keeps pouring big punches and chasing Devon Larratt he treats it as a real boxing match, you don't inflict big damages on an exhibition match, the referee stoppage is unquestionable he did the right thing nose is busted and he is receiving big punches in the head not worth continuing anymore since it's not a title match.

This is a lesson here. Boxing is a physical game that is serious despite its purpose. If a promoter wants to organize such kind of exposition, they should rather look at other games because in the boxing ring, tempers can rise and the whole joke may turn soar to real fight. That is the situation there as punches became more hard and furious.