Game of Thrones star Hafthor Bjornsonn showed he is fighting fit and has lost a staggering 40 POUNDS in just over three weeks.
Bjornsson, who played notorious brute ‘The Mountain’ in the hit HBO series, is already preparing for his highly-anticipated boxing fight against World Strongest Man rival Eddie Hall – even though it is scheduled for 2021.
Bjornsson has wasted no time in shedding some weight – just a month after the pair agreed to face off in the ring.
In an Instagram post to his followers, the Icelandic giant cut a completely different figure and revealed he has gone from 206kg to 188kg in the space of just over three weeks.
That works out at around 40 pounds – or two-and-a-half stone.
Hall, who was crowned the the World’s Strongest Man in 2017, accepted the invitation to fight in the sanctioned boxing bout after he broke his deadlift record.
The Icelandic actor took his title as he lifted 501kg to the delight of his partners in the gym.
And after joyously celebrating his feat, the 31-year-old proceeded to call out his rival.
He said: “CoreSports just offered me a seven-figure contract, I have signed it already.
“Eddie Hall has been running his mouth now for weeks and I know he has been given the same contract.
“So Eddie, I just knocked out your record. And now I’m ready to knock you out in the ring.
“It’s time to put your fist where your big mouth is, and sign the CoreSports contract.
“I’m ready. Are you ready?”
Hall wasted little time to respond to Bjornsson.
“1,000 per cent I’m going to sign those papers,” the Brit replied in a Facebook video.
“And you know why I’m going to sign those papers… it’s not the money, it’s not the dead lift feud we’ve got going on, nothing to do with that.
“It’s because you called me a cheat at World’s Strongest Man 2017.
“I can’t put that to bed, I can’t forget it. People may forget it, but you’ve never apologised.
“You think you should’ve won that year, regardless of the trophies or not, and you let people know that.”
