Martyn Ford believes Thor Bjornsson isn't "nasty" enough to be a major threat if the pair do decide to make their boxing match official.
Ford has been branded the "World's Scariest Man" for his monstrous 6'8", around 310lb frame and extensive tattoos. Meanwhile, Bjornsson is a former World's Strongest Man winner, and has won his two boxing matches against Eddie Hall and Devon Larratt over the past year.
Meanwhile, Ford has been desperate to step into either a boxing ring or MMA cage in an effort to prove his fighting credentials, but has struggled to secure an opponent. He was scheduled to face Sajjad Gharibi, known as the Iranian Hulk, in London in April, but pulled out of that meeting due to concerns over his rival's mental health.
And while he would rather face a legitimate MMA heavyweight in an organisation such as KSW, he believes that a fight with Thor could be interesting. However, he thinks he would end it easily by "roughing up" the former strongman, who he claims was "soft" during his meeting with Hall.
"I want to do the fighting because I want to shut people up," Ford said during an appearance on the Disruptors podcast with Rob Moore. "I only need one fight. The Thor fight has been offered, but the problem with that is that there are still issues with the fight between him and Eddie that need to be resolved. It's just finances and bulls***.
"Thor wants it and I want it, so there's potential there - that's an opportunity that potentially could happen, it would be a good payday, it would be awesome. Thor can't fight either which would be great. He's good for where he was but he's not nasty, he's soft, he's a soft kid and I said that when I went to Dubai and watched him fight. Technically he's alright, he's very slow but he's not nasty."
Ford is close friends with Hall, who is a long-time rival of Bjornsson's dating back to their days as strongmen. They had a feud relating to accusations of cheating, which ultimately led to the pair fighting it out in Dubai earlier this year, dropping each other multiple times before the Icelander ultimately took the decision.
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"Neither of them were nasty, and I was so disappointed," Ford said of the fight. "They f***ing hate each other, if you hate someone you don't step in, you stand there and just swing. "Get your head in there and f***ing give him one, that's what I'll do. I will 100 per cent just rough him up, that's what everyone wants to see, nobody wants to see two people fight that can't fight trying to fight properly.
"That's just c***, the whole point of these exhibitions is that I want to see two guys scrap. I just want to see you go at each other for three or four minutes, blood everywhere and give it 100 per cent, nobody wants to watch a street fight where they're jabbing and moving."
