Badr Hari is a Moroccan-Dutch kickboxer from Amsterdam. He is a former K-1 Heavyweight champion and It’s Showtime Heavyweight world champion. Hari has been officially praised by the King of Morocco, Mohammed VI in 2009 for his outstanding accomplishments in the sport.
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Badr Hari is a Moroccan-Dutch kickboxer from Amsterdam, fighting out of Mike’s Gym in Oostzaan. He is a former K-1 Heavyweight champion and It’s Showtime Heavyweight world champion. Hari has been officially praised by the King of Morocco, Mohammed VI in 2009 for his outstanding accomplishments in the sport. He has been coached by Mike Passenier, who has also trained Joerie Mes, Bjorn Bregy and Melvin Manhoef. His road to fame began with a pair of matches against Stefan Leko in 2005. At the age of 18 he had 36 fights on his record and was ready to fight at a professional level. In 2006, Hari was scheduled to participate in the K- 1 World Grand Prix 2006 in Amsterdam on 13 May 2006, but fought in the K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 in Auckland instead as a last-minute replacement. His opponent in the first round was Australian Peter \”The Chief\” Graham. In the actual fight Hari was knocked out by Graham’s trademark \”Rolling Thunder\”. The heel hit Hari on the head cold and broke his jaw in multiple places. He returned to the ring at the Elimination Elimination Final Elimination in Osaka, Japan against Ruslan Karaev. Six months later Hari left in anger and trashed his corner in the changing room. He would not respond, claiming his corner protested, claiming the kick was a foul, but the referee did not respond.
He then left the ring and refused to leave the ring until they were escorted out by officials. In 2009, he would go on to win his first K1 Super Heavyweight Tournament in Tokyo, Japan. He also won his first title in the It’s Showtime Super-Heavyweight division in January 2009. In 2010, he won his second title in the It’s Showtime Super Heavyweight Division in Tokyo, Japan against Johannes Siegfried. In 2011, he was the first Moroccan to win the WBC Heavyweight Championship and the IBF World Heavyweight Championship. In 2012, he became the first Moroccan to win the WCC Heavyweight title. In 2013, he definitely remained in contention for the WBC Champion and WCC Superheavyweight Trophy. In 2014, he lost his first fight in the WCT Heavyweight finals against Jorge Garcia. In 2015, he went on to become the first Morocco to win the WTC Heavyweight World Championship in the lightweight division. In 2016, he beat José Carrillo by a unanimous decision in the final of the WTC SuperHeavyweight finals in Tokyo. He won the WCO Heavyweight Grand Prix in the quarter-finals of the same event in Japan.
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