Thor Bjornsson has hung up his gloves after talks broke down over a potential fight with heavyweight champion Tyson Fury.
Bjornsson, 32, started boxing in 2020 after challenging his strongman rival Eddie Hall to 'the heaviest boxing match in history'. He lost over 50kg and fought in three exhibition bouts before facing Hall, fighting to draws against former professional boxers Steven Ward and Simon Vallily before knocking out arm-wrestling champion Devin Larratt.
After dropping Hall twice on the way to a point decision in their fight earlier this year, Bjornsson challenged Fury to a fight after he retired from boxing in April. Fury even flew to Bjornsson's gym in Iceland in an attempt to goad his rival, but talks of the exhibition clash fizzled out and Bjornsson has now announced his retirement from boxing.
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