IRANIAN HULK has claimed he is training in in sub zero temperatures in a car park ahead of his fight with Martyn Ford.
The weightlifter – real name Sajjad Gharibi – is widely known for his 28 STONE frame.
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He is set to fight movie star Ford – dubbed the “world’s scariest man” – on April 30 at the O2 Arena.
Gharibi’s training methods have been called into question ahead of the celebrity boxing bout, which headlines a “BoxStar” event.
Bu speaking on Iranian TV, he responded: “I worked out in the worst conditions for six to seven years.
“I have worked out in hot weather, 50 degrees in Bushehr. In these few recent months, I have worked out in below zero degrees in a parking lot.
“Not even the trainer could come there. There are videos to prove I am right.
“It would make everyone wonder how I work out in a place like that, but I did anyway and I never said a word in objection.”
In the same interview, Gharibi, 30 broke down in tears as he revealing his parents have disowned him following a bust-up with Ford, 39.
The pair travelled to Dubai in February to promote the super-heavyweight fight when they came to blows.
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Gharibi was pushed to the ground and in turn lost his relationship with his parents when he came back to Iran.
He said: “I cannot call my family; when I returned I didn’t go to my family.
“I can’t talk to my father and my mother, when I spoke to her, said: ‘The person in this video that I saw was not my son, my son is way stronger than this’.
“It hurts my heart when I can’t talk to my family. I have lost my pride and I am destroyed. How can I explain?
“They deceived me and I fell to the ground. My family said that you will go there and finish him. They expected the other way around.
“How can I sleep or get any rest? I personally feel very bad and I cannot sleep but I am now taking sleeping pills.
“When a mum says that to her child, how can it be tolerated? There is a lot of pressure, if I got paid even one dollar to do that I can’t continue.”
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