From mental health and anorexia struggles - how the 'World's Scariest Man' battled back
dailystar.co.ukDaily Star."We were walking down the street and my blood pressure, everything, was just at zero.“That's when I knew I needed to make my change.
I said to myself 'I’m gonna eat.' And I went home and almost force-fed myself."What had taken Ford to that point delved deeper than irrational self-destruction.Now 39, the bodybuilder dubbed the 'World's Scariest Man' is currently preparing for his heavyweight boxing clash with the 'Iranian Hulk', Sajjad Gharibi.The term 'heavyweight' perhaps doesn't do it justice, with Ford, also world-renowned as an actor and social media influencer, seven-foot-tall and weighing 23 stone.
His rival is almost a foot shorter, but more than five stone heavier in weight.But as a teenager, heavyweights and combat sports were anything but the priority.
A cricketer billed as a star in the making, Ford joined Warwickshire at the age of 12. Seven years later, the promising fast-bowler had cemented a place in the ECB Academy and offers came in from Essex and Kent.He declined both.
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