Liam Harrison (kickboxer)
| Liam Harrison | |
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| Born | 5 October 1985 |
| Other names | The Hitman |
| Nationality | English |
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb; 9.9 st) |
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Light Welterweight Super Lightweight Lightweight |
| Style | Muay Thai |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Fighting out of | Leeds, England, UK |
| Team | Bad Company Thai Boxing Gym (England) Jitti Gym (Thailand) |
| Trainer | Richard Smith |
| Kickboxing record | |
| Total | 106 |
| Wins | 83 |
| By knockout | 41 |
| Losses | 21 |
| Draws | 2 |
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Liam "The Hitman" Harrison (born 5 October 1985) is an English light welterweight Muay Thai kickboxer currently fighting out of Bad Company (when based in the UK) and trains at Jitti Gym in Bangkok (when fighting in Thailand). He is a 8x time world champion in both kickboxing and Muay Thai, which includes holding the prestigious W.M.C. belt.
Brought up in his hometown of Leeds, Liam first started training in Muay Thai aged 13, when he joined the Bad Company gym in Harehills – a tough neighbourhood in the north-east of the city. At the Bad Company gym he trained under the tutelage of Richard Smith (still his current trainer) who was a former British, Commonwealth and European kickboxing champion. Liam was large for his age and made his amateur debut aged 14, winning in a no head contact fight. He made his pro debut not much later, just shy of his fifteenth birthday, defeating Martin Shivnan via knockout after around 30 seconds. Success on his pro debut lead to a number of victories on the local scene culminating in a bout for the S.I.M.T.A. Northern Area title, which he promptly won against opponent Abdul Arif, again by first-round knockout.
Between 2000 and 2004 Liam established himself as the top fighter in the United Kingdom in his weight class, having moved up from featherweight (52 kg/114.4 lbs) to light welterweight (63.5 kg/139.7 lbs]) and having beaten domestic and international competition including the likes of Ait Said Aberderahman, Preechapon Por Nuongubon, Satoruvasikoba and had fought as far afield as Japan. At the end of 2004, Liam travelled to Italy where he was supposed to face reigning champion Massimo Rizzoli for his W.A.K.O. low-kick kickboxing world title, although an injury suffered by Rizzoli meant that Liam would face the W.A.K.O. European champion Emannuel Di Profetis instead. Despite the late change of opponent and fighting in a rule set different from Muay Thai, Liam won the match by technical knockout to become world champion aged just 19 years old.
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