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Badr Hari | |
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Born | Amsterdam, Netherlands | December 8, 1984
Native name | بدر هاري |
Other names | The Golden Boy Bad Boy |
Nationality | ![]() ![]() |
Height | 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) |
Weight | 106 kg (234 lb; 16 st 10 lb) |
Division | Super Heavyweight |
Style | Muay Thai |
Team | Mike's Gym (2005-present) Chakuriki Gym (2000-2005) Sitan Gym |
Trainer | Mike Passenier Thom Harinck Naazim Richardson |
Years active | 2000-present (Kickboxing)[1] |
Kickboxing record | |
Total | 44 |
Wins | 33 |
By knockout | 26 |
Losses | 11 |
By knockout | 7 |
Mixed martial arts record | |
Total | 1 |
Wins | 0 |
Losses | 1 |
By submission | 1 |
Other information | |
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
Last updated on: January 28, 2012 |
Badr Hari[2] born December 8, 1984[3] in Amsterdam, Netherlands[4]) is a Moroccan-Dutch [5] super heavyweight kickboxer from the Netherlands, fighting out of Mike's Gym in Amsterdam. He is a former K-1 Heavyweight champion (2007—2008)[6] and K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 finalist.[7] As of May 2011, Hari is ranked the #2 heavyweight in the world by LiverKick.com.[8] Hari has been a prominent figure in the world of kickboxing and considered one of the best kickboxers in the world,[9] however he has been involved in a number of controversies relating to his "unsportsmanlike conducts" in the sport and alleged crimes of violence outside of the ring.[10]
He was disqualified in the final match of the K-1 World GP 2008 Finals due to "unsportsmanlike conduct" against Remy Bonjasky.[11] In May 2009 he knocked out Semmy Schilt in the first round and became the first ever It's Showtime World Heavyweight champion.[12] However he lost this title when he was again disqualified after another unsportsmanlike conduct against Hesdy Gerges at the It's Showtime 2010 Amsterdam.[13] Aside from the sport, he has been arrested multiple times since 2006 on various assault charges against others.[14]
Hari has been officially praised by the king of Morocco, Mohammed VI, since 2009 for his outstanding accomplishments in the sport.[15]
In late 2011, Hari announced he would leave kickboxing as of 2012, to pursue a career in boxing. His farewell match was on January 28, 2012 against Gokhan Saki, whom he knocked out in the first round. Hari will move to Philadelphia to train with Naazim Richardson, and is anticipated to become a contestant for the heavy weight world champion title.
Early life
Born in Amsterdam, Netherlands,[16] Badr Hari began practicing kickboxing at the age of seven, under the guidance of former World Champion Mousid Akamrane. As a teenager he trained at the Sitan Gym. When the Sitan Gym moved to Rotterdam, he joined the famous Chakuriki Gym ran by Thom Harinck.[17] Under Harinck, Hari developed into one of the greatest kickboxing talents of the Netherlands. Badr Hari was fighting under the Dutch flag till he lost his match against Stefan Leko in 2005. It was the first time his parents attented one of his fights and he asked for the microphone to say some words to the Dutch audience. Hari couldn't be understood as the audience proceeded to boo him, after which Hari was quoted saying "I thought to myself, I have never witnessed such ungratefulness". From that day Hari decided to represent Morocco and stopped working with Tom Harinck. Mike Passenier became his new coach.[18]
Kickboxing career
Early career
Under Harinck's coaching, Hari suffered few losses. In 2003 he replaced Melvin Manhoef with only a few days notice, to fight Alexey Ignashov. Hari, outweighed by more than 18 kg, lost the fight by knockout (body punch), but gained a lot of respect for stepping up to such an opponent under those circumstances.
In January 2005, Hari left the Chakuriki Gym and joined Simon Rutz's It's Showtime team. After a few months' training at the Mejiro Gym he returned to Harinck's, but left again a couple of weeks later. Since then he has been coached by Mike Passenier, who has also trained Joerie Mes, Bjorn Bregy and Melvin Manhoef.
Road to K-1
Hari's road to fame began with a pair of matches against Stefan Leko in 2005. The first took place at the It's Showtime 2005 event in June 2005. Hari, who was generally known for his big mouth and slow ring entrance started some trash talk between them before the fight, making the hype even greater. Hari's long ring entrance took longer than the actual fight, where Hari was knocked out by Leko's trademark spinning back kick.
Hari got his chance for revenge in November 2005 when he entered the K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 tournament as a reserve fighter against Leko, making his K-1 World GP debut at the age of 20.[19] Hari knocked Leko out by a spinning back high kick to the jaw at 1:30 in the second round.[20] After all the bad blood between both fighters, Hari helped his opponent up and escorted the dazed German to the corner.
K-1 New Zealand 2006
In 2006 Badr Hari was scheduled to participate in the K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 in Amsterdam on May 13, 2006, but fought in the K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 in Auckland, in New Zealand, instead as a last minute replacement. His opponent in the first round was Australian Peter "The Chief" Graham. Hari once again showed his bad boy reputation by abusing Graham and starting a street fight at the press conference. In the actual fight Hari was knocked out by Graham's trademark "Rolling Thunder". The heel hit Hari hard on the head and knocked him out cold. Graham's kick broke Hari's jaw in multiple places and sidelined Hari for several months.[21]
Return to K-1
Hari returned to the ring at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 Final Elimination in Osaka, Japan against Ruslan Karaev. Karaev hurt Badr with a straight right that left Hari slouching over in the corner, then Karaev delivered a kick to Hari's face; Hari was counted out by the referee but immediately he and his corner protested, claiming the kick was a foul. When the referee did not respond, Hari and his cornermen caused a commotion and refused to leave the ring until they were escorted out by K-1 officials. Hari left in anger and trashed his changing room. Six months later, Hari was awarded a rematch against the Russian. After being knocked down by Karaev in the second round, Hari stood back up, slipped a punch and delivered a KO blow with a straight right to Karaev.[22]
Despite being knocked out, Hari was once again picked as a reserve fighter in the K-1 Grand Prix 2006 Finals against Paul Slowinski. He won the fight by unanimous decision.[23] Hari then fought the Danish Nicholas Pettas at the K-1 Premium 2006 Dynamite!! extravaganza and broke Pettas's left shoulder in the second round with a right high kick.[24]
Hari got his revenge against Karaev at the K-1 World GP 2007 in Yokohama. Karaev and Hari's matchup was one of two bouts to qualify for the first K-1 Heavyweight Title Match, scheduled on April 28, 2007 in Hawaii. Hari was knocked down in the second round and was just able to make it to his feet when Karaev intended to finish the fight with a swinging punch which Hari ducked, and landed a right cross to score a KO.[25]
K-1 Heavyweight champion
On April 28, at K-1 World GP 2007 in Hawaii, Badr Hari and Yusuke Fujimoto fought for the newly introduced Heavyweight belt. Hari won the fight in 56 seconds with a kick to the chin. With the knockout Hari became the world's first ever K-1 Heavyweight champion.[26]
Hari got his chance for revenge against Peter Graham, whose turning kick broke his jaw in 2006, in Hong Kong at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 in Hong Kong.[27] He dropped Graham with a body punch and won by unanimous decision. After the bout, Hari and Graham seemed to bury the hatchet, hugging each other, although the two started taunting each other again at the post-fight press conference.[28]
In September 2007 at the K-1 World GP 2007 Final Elimination, Badr Hari beat the K-1 World GP 2007 in Las Vegas tournament champion, Doug Viney, by a second round KO and qualified for his first K-1 World GP Final, held on December 8 in Yokohama, Japan.[29] His winning streak came to an end with a decision loss to Remy Bonjasky, during quarter final.
2008
K-1 World GP 2008
All of Hari's wins in 2008 were by knockouts, by beating Ray Sefo in Yokohama, Glaube Feitosa (whom he defended his heavyweight title) in Fukuoka and Domagoj Ostojic in Hawaii. On his next fight in Seoul he qualified for the K-1 World GP 2008 Final by TKO win over the Korean giant Hong Man Choi.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Bonjasky_vs_Hari.jpg/220px-Bonjasky_vs_Hari.jpg)
In the quarterfinals on December 6, Hari defeated three time K-1 World champion Peter Aerts by TKO in the second round. In the semis he knocked out Errol Zimmerman and headed to his first K-1 Final against Remy Bonjasky. After suffering a knockdown in the first, Hari was disqualified in the second round for unsportsmanlike conduct by stomping and punching an already downed Bonjasky. First the referee Nobuaki Kakuda issued a yellow card and one point deduction. Meanwhile Hari proceeded to Bonjasky’s corner shouting, and quarreled with his opponent's trainer Ivan Hippolyte who then also approached Hari aggressively, but the officials prevented any further physical contact between them.[30] After the five-minute recovery time elapsed, the doctor reported Bonjasky was seeing double and could not continue. Hari was issued a red card and Bonjasky was declared the K-1 World GP 2008 champion.[11]
In later interviews Hari claimed Bonjasky was acting, and that "Remy's corner was screaming at him to stay down".[31] At a press conference before the K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 in Yokohama, where Alistair Overeem attended along with Bonjasky, Overeem handed Bonjasky a statue which looked exactly like the statue of Oscar, implying Bonjasky was acting.[32]
Although numerous Japanese media sources assumed that K-1 would suspend Hari indefinitely,[33] he was not suspended,[34] but he received the most severe punishment ever in the history of K-1.[35] K-1 stripped him of his heavyweight title, his runner-up title in the tournament, his prize money from the tournament and the full amount of his fee for participation in the tournament.[36]
Dynamite!! 2008
While there were many rumours of his and his opponent's participation, it was finally announced that Hari would face MMA Heavyweight Alistair Overeem in a K-1 rules match on K-1's New Year's Eve extravaganza Dynamite!! 2008.[37] Hari lost the fight by a left hook KO at 2:02 in the first round.[38] After the match, Hari commented that this would be the last time he would participate in the Dynamite!! series, and that he would stick to stand-up fighting so he would never have an MMA rules match with Overeem.[38]
2009
In May 2009 at the It's Showtime 2009 Amsterdam, Hari fought Semmy Schilt in a long-awaited bout for the newly introduced It's Showtime World Heavyweight title. Hari came out very aggressively and knocked Schilt down twice in the first round. The fight was stopped after the second knockdown and Hari took the heavyweight title in 45 seconds.[12] Simon Rutz, the president of It's Showtime, has referred to this as one of his favorite bouts in the history of It's Showtime.[39]
In September 2009 at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Final 16, Hari again used his trademark right body shot to score a first round knockout over Zabit Samedov.[40]
At the selection for the K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Final Hari chose to fight Ruslan Karaev for the third time. He ran through the tournament with first round knockouts over Karaev and Alistair Overeem in a rematch, to make it to the World Grand Prix Final for the second year against Semmy Schilt. In their rematch Hari lost by KO after being knocked down 3 times in the first round.
2010
His first fight in 2010 was at the It's Showtime 2010 Prague in the Czech Republic, where Hari defended his Showtime heavyweight title with a second round knockout over Mourad Bouzidi.[41] In April Hari defeated Alexey Ignashov in the K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Yokohama.[42] The fight went to decision, Hari's first non-knockout win in 3 years.
It's Showtime 2010 Amsterdam
Hari's Showtime title was again on the line against his former Chakuriki fellow Hesdy Gerges in Amsterdam in May. Before the match, he claimed in a press interview that his opponent at the event was originally planned to be Remy Bonjasky but Bonjasky refused to fight Hari, stating Bonjasky was afraid to lose.[43]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Badr_Hari.jpg/220px-Badr_Hari.jpg)
The It's Showtime 2010 Amsterdam event took place at the Amsterdam Arena in May 2010.[44] Hari dominated most of the first round, hitting Gerges many times and having him on the ropes. Hesdy surprised everyone on the night for taking the punishment. In the second round Gerges came forward, Hari counter-attacked forcefully and Gerges fell, when Gerges was standing up Badr Hari kicked him in the face. Badr was again disqualified and did not speak in the ring after Gerges was announced the winner. Instead, training partner Melvin Manhoef apologized to the fans on Badr's behalf but was booed by the crowd because of Badr's unsportsmanship Gerges became the new "Its Showtime" Heavyweight champion.[45]
2011
After the Gerges fight, Hari took a year off from kickboxing.[46] He stated that it was his own choice.[47] He made his return to the ring at It's Showtime 2011 Lyon against French Kickboxer, Gregory Tony. Rather than using the catwalks for his entrance he decided to walk through his adoring fans, to where the fight was actually delayed because he was unable to get to the ring without security holding his fans away. What was expected to be a great warm up fight for Hari, turned out to be one-sided as Hari, with ease, won by TKO in round one with 3 quick knockdowns.
Though the biggest interest was for Badr to rematch Hesdy Gerges for the Showtime heavyweight title it was announced that he would fight Romanian Daniel Ghita in September. Ghita has been ranked as one of the best 5 kickboxers in the world and lost a decision against Gerges earlier in the year, but many feel he was robbed and is viewed as a tough opponent for Hari.[46]
The fight never materialised, however, and he instead announced that he would retire from kickboxing and transition to boxing. He stated that he will compete in the 2011 K-1 World Grand Prix in October and December, and then face Gökhan Saki in the Netherlands on January 28, 2012 as his final match.[48] The K-1 World Grand Prix was cancelled, however, due to financial difficulties.
2012
Hari faced Gökhan Saki at It's Showtime 2012 in Leeuwarden on January 28, 2012 in his latest kickboxing match. He defeated Saki by scoring three knockdowns in the first round before the referee stopped the fight, which earned him a TKO victory. He dropped Saki for the first time with a right uppercut. The second knockdown came from a right hook. Finally, he landed a right uppercut which dropped Saki and ended the fight. In April 2012 the new organization K-1 Global Limited President, Mr. Mike Kim, announced that Hari will make his comeback in K1. Hari's first fight will take place on May 27 in Madrid, Spain. If he wins, he will also participate in the final qualifications in October in Asia and the K-1 World Grand Prix Final in New York in December. [49][50]
Titles
- 2009 K-1 World Grand Prix runner up
- 2009-2010 It's Showtime Heavyweight world champion +95 kg (1st title defence)
- 2008 K-1 World Grand Prix runner up (Disqualification-Illegal kick)
- 2007-2008 K-1 Heavyweight champion -100 kg (1st title defence)
- 2002 WPKL Dutch Muay Thai champion
Kickboxing record
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33Wins (26 (T)KO's, 7 decisions), 11 Losses
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MMA record | ||||||||||||||||
0 Wins, 1 Loss
Legend: Win Loss Draw/No contest Notes |
See also
References
- ^ "Badr Hari Wants to Become the K-1 World Grand Prix Champion!".
- ^ "Badr Hari: Het was een gekkenhuis", May 17, 2009, Telesport Template:Nl icon
- ^ Profile of Badr Hari K-1
- ^ "Morocco wants kickboxer Badr Hari as a boxer in Olympics", March 16, 2010, Algemeen Dagblad Template:Nl icon
- ^ "K1-vechter Badr Hari wil 'als gigant terugkeren'", November 25, 2010, Algemeen Dagblad Template:Nl icon or "Kickboxer Badr Hari is still in custody", October 28, 2010, De Telegraaf Template:Nl icon or "Kickbokser Badr Hari nog veertien dagen vast", October 29, 2010, Trouw Template:Nl icon
- ^ "Police are looking for K1 champion", June 4, 2010, De Telegraaf Template:Nl icon
- ^ "Even voorstellen: alle K-1-finalisten", December 5, 2009, Telesport Template:Nl icon
- ^ LiverKick.com heavyweight rankings: May 2011
- ^ "Kickbokser Badr Hari weer op vrije voeten", November 23, 2010, Algemeen Dagblad Template:Nl icon or "Kickboxer Badr Hari is still in custody", October 28, 2010, De Telegraaf Template:Nl icon
- ^ "Controversial kickboxer Badr Hari will stay in Morocco", September 8, 2010, Algemeen Dagblad Template:Nl icon
- ^ a b "Bonjasky Wins K-1 World GP; Hari Loses It", December 6, 2008, K-1
- ^ a b "Badr wins dramatically!! May 16 It's Showtime results", May 18, 2009, K-1 Template:Ja icon
- ^ "Badr Hari weer gediskwalificeerd", May 30, 2010, Algemeen Dagblad Template:Nl icon
- ^ "K1-bokser Badr Hari gezocht na geweld", March 23, 2010, Het Parool Template:Nl icon Google translation
- ^ "Badr Hari krijgt Bentley van Marokkaanse Koning !", August 16, 2010, Crime-Bron Template:Nl icon
- ^ "Bonjasky wint na 'rood' voor Hari", December 8, 2008, Het Parool Template:Nl icon
- ^ "Badr hari volledig interview", May 28, 2010 Template:Nl icon Google translation
- ^ http://www.uitzendinggemist.nl/afleveringen/1102838
- ^ "Stefan 'Blitz' Leko vs. Badr Hari", November 20, 2005, Livedoor Sports Template:Ja icon
- ^ "November 19, K-1 World GP 2005 in Tokyo Finals results", November 20, 2005, Livedoor Sports Template:Ja icon
- ^ DiPietro, Monty. "Aerts Stops Schilt; Slowinski Wins K-1 Oceania". K-1 GP Website. Retrieved 2008-11-30.
- ^ DiPietro, Monty. "Europeans Excellent at K-1 WGP Final Elimination". K-1 GP Website. Retrieved 2008-11-30.
- ^ "K-1 World GP 2006 in Tokyo : Finals, Bout 9 : Superfight, Badr Hari vs. Paul Slowinski", December 2, 2006, Sports Navi - Yahoo! Japan Template:Jp icon
- ^ "K-1 Premium 2006 Dynamite!! : Bout 6 : Badr Hari vs. Nicholas Pettas", December 31, 2006, Sports Navi - Yahoo! Japan Template:Jp icon
- ^ DiPietro, Monty. "Schilt Captures K-1 Super Heavyweight Belt in Yokohama". K-1 GP Website. Retrieved 2008-11-30.
- ^ DiPietro, Monty. "Hawaiian Punch Courtesy Mighty Mo; Hari Wins the Belt". K-1 GP Website. Retrieved 2008-11-30.
- ^ "K-1 World GP 2007 in Hong Kong Press Conference 1/2 : Badr Hari getting something unusual", August 3, 2007, Sports Navi - Yahoo! Japan Template:Ja icon
- ^ "K-1 World GP 2007 in Hong Kong : Bout 8, Badr Hari vs. Peter Graham", August 5, 2007, K-1 Template:Jp icon
- ^ "K-1 World GP 2007 Final, Bout 2 : Badr Hari vs. Doug Viney", September 20, 2007, K-1 Template:Ja icon
- ^ Wild finish gives Remy Bonjasky K-1 World GP championship Jim Murphy December 06, 2008
- ^ "Badr Hari may face punishment from K-1" by Matt De La Rosa, December 7, 2008, Pro MMA Now
- ^ "K-1 : Alistair confers the Best Actor Award to Bonjasky", March 27, 2009, Livedoor Sports Template:Ja icon
- ^ Badr Hari to be stripped of K-1 title, suspended indefinitely? by Lyman Hoyt, December 8, 2008, FansOfK1.com
- ^ "Toch excuses Badr Hari", May 30, 2010, Telesport Template:Nl icon
- ^ Sportsnavi's news article, December 17, 2008, Sports Navi - Yahoo! Japan Template:Ja icon
- ^ "K-1 gives punishment to Badr Hari" by Zach Arnold, December 17, 2008, FightOpinion.com or "FEG announces penalties against Badr Hari (official statement)", December 17, 2008, K-1
- ^ "Dynamite!! : December 31 Alistair declares war on Badr Hari 'Fight me in MMA the next time!'", December 29, 2008, Livedoor Sports Template:Ja icon
- ^ a b "K-1 2008 Dynamite!! results : Badr Hari vs. Alistair Overeem", December 31, 2008, Sponichi Template:Ja icon
- ^ "It's Showtime Reports from the Netherlands : Interview with Simon Rutz (2/2)", January 27, 2011, J Sports Press Template:Ja icon or the primary source : "Simon Rutz Interview Part 2", January 25, 2011, LiverKick.com
- ^ "Fight #9 : FieLDS K-1 World GP 2009 in Seoul Final 16", September 26, 2009, K-1
- ^ "K-1 official news : It's Showtime Prague pictures arrives", February 18, 2010, K-1 Template:Ja icon
- ^ "Badr Hari wins a sweeping victory, intercepting Ignashov", April 4, 2010, Daily Sports Template:Ja icon
- ^ "It's Showtime Reports from the Netherlands : Badr Hari 2/2" by Fumiyasu Endo, May 26, 2010, J Sports Press Template:Ja icon
- ^ "Badr Hari ignores stop sign", May 30, 2010, Sp!ts Template:Nl icon
- ^ "Badr Hari Does It Again, DQ'd for Kicking Hesdy Gerges on the Ground" by Michael David Smith, May 29, 2010, MMA Fighting
- ^ a b Walsh, Dave : "Badr Hari to Return to Action in May", January 21, 2011, LiverKick.com
- ^ Hari, Badr : "It's Showtime Reports from the Netherlands : Badr Hari's official statement about his self-discipline", reported on June 4, 2010 by Fumiyasu Endo on J Sports Press Template:Jp icon Template:Nl icon
- ^ Badr Hari retires from kickboxing
- ^ Badr Hari drops Gökhan Saki three times in an impressive performance at It's Showtime 55
- ^ Badr Hari Retires, Daniel Ghita the Man to Beat at Heavyweight
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