Iranian Hulk said he had coronavirus during his face-off with Martyn Ford and wants to fight a new opponent instead of the Brit.
Ford was set to meet Iranian Hulk - real name Sajad Gharibi - at The O2 arena on April 30 after their fight had already been rescheduled once from its original date. The Boxstar event will still go ahead, but the strongman rivals will not be fighting on the card.
Gharibi has refused to take the blame for the cancellation and put it down to contractual issues. Ford, also known as the World's Scariest Man, vented his frustration after " wasting six months of his life ".