Badr Hari
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| Born |
8 December 1984 Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Other names | Golden Boy |
| Nationality | Dutch / Moroccan |
| Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) |
| Weight | 252.4 lb (114.5 kg; 18.03 st) |
| Division | Super Heavyweight |
| Reach | 81.0 in (206 cm) |
| Style | Kickboxing, Muay Thai |
| Fighting out of |
 Morocco
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| Team | Mike's Gym (2005–present) Chakuriki Gym (2000–2005) Sitan Gym |
| Trainer | Mike Passenier Thom Harinck |
| Years active | 2000–present (Kickboxing) |
| Kickboxing record | |
| Total | 120 |
| Wins | 106 |
| By knockout | 92 |
| Losses | 13 |
| By knockout | 9 |
| Draws | 1 |
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| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
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Badr Hari (Arabic: بدر هاري; born 8 December 1984) is a Moroccan-Dutch super heavyweight kickboxer from Amsterdam, fighting out of Mike's Gym in Oostzaan. He is a former K-1 Heavyweight champion (2007—2008),It's Showtime Heavyweight world champion (2009-2010) and K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 finalist. Hari has been a prominent figure in the world of kickboxing and considered one of the best kickboxers in the world, however he has been involved in a number of controversies relating to his "unsportsmanlike conducts" in the sport and crimes of violence outside of the ring.
Hari has been officially praised by the King of Morocco, Mohammed VI, since 2009 for his outstanding accomplishments in the sport.
As of October 2016, he is ranked the #10 heavyweight in the world by Combat Press.
Born in Amsterdam, 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 of Mohammed Aït Hassou. When the Sitan Gym moved to Rotterdam, he joined the famous Chakuriki Gym ran by Thom Harinck. 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 attended 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 Thom Harinck. Mike Passenier became his new coach.
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