‘The whole thing is a scam’ – UFC legend dismisses Eddie Hall as he breaks Alex Pereira’s world’s hardest punch record
Eddie Hall has set a new record for the hardest punch in the world.
Just two weeks ago, UFC light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira obliterated Francis Ngannou's old record on the PowerKube, scoring 191,796 units of power to land the hardest punch in the world.
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The PowerKube is a device that measures the power of a single strike, with a padded target hooked up to a computer to deliver real-time data and feedback.
Anthony Joshua’s last opponent held the hardest punch record since 2018 after scoring 129,161, but he was displaced by UFC middleweight Joe Pyfer, who landed an ungodly blow that registered at 170,218 units.
Hall has now set a new benchmark by scoring 208,901 on the machine.
On Thursday, footage of the former World’s Strongest Man setting a new punching record went viral, and fans marvelled at his achievement on social media.
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One person said: “He threw all those 360lbs into that punch, no wonder he broke the record.”
Another commented: “They don’t call him The Beast for nothing.”
A third person added: “This is actually fkn INSANE.”
Someone else wrote: “I still got a feeling he could’ve hit harder.”
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“The whole thing is a scam. There is one sensor. The entire measurable count will be based upon where you hit in relation to the sensor.”
Hall put his punching power to the test in March 2022.
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The 36-year-old lost six-stone before getting in the boxing ring with his strongman rival, Hafthor Bjornsson, who famously portrayed ‘The Mountain’ in Game of Thrones.
Hall fell to a decision defeat, but it didn’t put him off combat sports.
Earlier this year, he was scheduled to make his MMA debut against the current World’s Strongest Man, Mitchell Hooper, as part of a four-man tournament also featuring Martyn Ford and Brian Shaw
Unfortunately, the event was scrapped, but Hall is still training for his first fight in MMA and has even linked up with interim UFC heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall for training.
It seems to be just a matter of time before fans see Hall flinging his recording-breaking power punches at someone in MMA.
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