Badr Hari

Badr Hari
بدر هاري
Born December 8, 1984 (1984-12-08) (age 27)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Other names The Golden Boy
Nationality Moroccan
Dutch
Height 1.97 m (6 ft 5 1⁄2 in)
Weight 105 kg (231.5 lb; 16.5 st)
Division Super Heavyweight
Style Muay Thai
Team Mike's Gym (2005 - present)
Chakuriki Gym (2000 - 2005)
Sitan Gym
Trainer Mike Passenier
Thom Harinck
Ismail Elouafiq
Years active 2000-present (Kickboxing)
Kickboxing record
Total 88
Wins 77
By knockout 63
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: May 30, 2010

Badr "The Golden Boy" Hari[1] (Arabic: بدر هاري born December 8, 1984[2] in Amsterdam, Netherlands[3]) is a Moroccan-Dutch[4] super heavyweight kickboxer, fighting out of Mike's Gym in Amsterdam. He is a former K-1 Heavyweight champion (2007—2008)[5] and K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 finalist.[6] As of May 2011, Hari is ranked the #2 heavyweight in the world by LiverKick.com.[7] Hari has been a prominent figure in the world of kickboxing and considered one of the best kickboxers in the world,[8] 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.[9]

He was disqualified in the final match of the K-1 World GP 2008 Finals due to "unsportsmanlike conduct" against Remy Bonjasky.[10] In May 2009 he knocked out Semmy Schilt in the first round and became the first ever It's Showtime World Heavyweight champion.[11] However he lost this title when he was again disqualified after another unsportsmanlike conduct against Hesdy Gerges at the It's Showtime 2010 Amsterdam.[12] Aside from the sport, he has been arrested multiple times since 2006 on various assault charges against others.[13]

Hari has been officially praised by the king of Morocco, Mohammed VI, since 2009 for his outstanding accomplishments in the sport.[14]

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Early life

Born in Amsterdam, Netherlands,[15] Badr Hari began practicing kickboxing at the age of seven, under the guidance of former World Champion Mousid Akamrane. As a teenager he trained under Ismail Elouafiq, at the Sitan Gym. When the Sitan Gym moved to Rotterdam, he joined the famous Chakuriki Gym ran by Thom Harinck.[16] Under Harinck, Hari developed into one of the greatest kickboxing talents of the Netherlands.

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.[17] Hari knocked Leko out by a spinning back high kick to the jaw at 1:30 in the second round.[18] 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.[19]

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 delievered a KO blow with a straight right to Karaev.[20]

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.[21] 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.[22]

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.[23]

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.[24]

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.[25] 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.[26]

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.[27] 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.

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.[28] 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.[10]

In later interviews Hari claimed Bonjasky was acting, and that "Remy's corner was screaming at him to stay down".[29] 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.[30]

Although numerous Japanese media sources assumed that K-1 would suspend Hari indefinitely,[31] he was not suspended,[32] but he received the most severe punishment ever in the history of K-1.[33] 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.[34]

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.[35] Hari lost the fight by a left hook KO at 2:02 in the first round.[36] 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.[36]

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.[11] 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.[37]

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.[38]

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.[39] In April Hari defeated Alexey Ignashov in the K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Yokohama.[40] 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.[41]

The It's Showtime 2010 Amsterdam event took place at the Amsterdam Arena in May 2010.[42] 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 who were more happy when Badr was disqualified and Gerges became the new "Its Showtime" Heavyweight champion.[43]

2011

After the Gerges fight, Hari took a year off from kickboxing.[44] He stated that it was his own choice.[45] 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.[44]

The fight never materialised, however, and he instead announced that he would retire from kickboxing and transition to boxing. He has stated that he will compete in the 2011 K-1 World Grand Prix in October and December, and then face Gokhan Saki in the Netherlands on January 28, 2012 as his final match.[46]

Titles

Kickboxing record

Kickboxing record
77 Wins (63 (T)KO's, 14 decisions), 11 Losses
2012-01-28 Gokhan Saki It's Showtime Leeuwarden, Netherlands
2011-05-14 Win Gregory Tony It's Showtime 2011 Lyon Lyon, France TKO (Ref Stop/3 Knockdowns) 1 2:43
2010-05-29 Loss Hesdy Gerges It's Showtime 2010 Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands DQ (Kicked downed opponent) 2 0:48
Lost his It's Showtime World Heavyweight title.
2010-04-03 Win Alexey Ignashov K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Yokohama Yokohama, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2010-02-13 Win Mourad Bouzidi It's Showtime 2010 Prague Prague, Czech Republic KO (Right uppercut) 2 2:55
Defends his It's Showtime World Heavyweight title.
2009-12-05 Loss Semmy Schilt K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Final Yokohama, Japan KO (Left middle kick) 1 1:48
Fight was for K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 title.
2009-12-05 Win Alistair Overeem K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Final Yokohama, Japan TKO (Referee Stoppage) 1 2:14
2009-12-05 Win Ruslan Karaev K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Final Yokohama, Japan KO (Right hook) 1 0:38
2009-09-26 Win Zabit Samedov K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Final 16 Seoul, South Korea KO (Right body shot) 1 2:15
2009-05-16 Win Semmy Schilt It's Showtime 2009 Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands KO (Right cross) 1 0:45
Wins It's Showtime World Heavyweight title.
2009-02-08 Win Frederic Sinistra Fights at the Border presents: It's Showtime 2009 Antwerp, Belgium KO (Right Cross) 1 2:06
2008-12-31 Loss Alistair Overeem Dynamite!! 2008 Saitama, Japan KO (Left hook) 1 2:02
Fight was for K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 title.
2008-12-06 Loss Remy Bonjasky K-1 World GP 2008 Final Yokohama, Japan DQ (Illegal kick) 2 0:53
2008-12-06 Win Errol Zimmerman K-1 World GP 2008 Final Yokohama, Japan KO (Right Cross) 3 2:15
2008-12-06 Win Peter Aerts K-1 World GP 2008 Final Yokohama, Japan TKO (Referee Stoppage) 2 1:39
2008-09-27 Win Hong Man Choi K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Seoul Final 16 Seoul, Korea TKO (Corner Stoppage) 4 0:00
2008-08-09 Win Domagoj Ostojic K-1 World GP 2008 in Hawaii Honolulu, Hawaii, USA KO (Left cross) 1 0:19
2008-06-29 Win Glaube Feitosa K-1 World GP 2008 in Fukuoka Fukuoka, Japan KO (Right Cross) 1 2:26
Retains K-1 Heavyweight (-100kg) title.
2008-04-13 Win Ray Sefo K-1 World GP 2008 in Yokohama Yokohama, Japan TKO (Referee Stoppage) 1 2:43
2007-12-08 Loss Remy Bonjasky K-1 World GP 2007 Final Yokohama, Japan Decision (Majority) 3 3:00
2007-09-29 Win Doug Viney K-1 World GP 2007 in Seoul Final 16 Seoul, Korea KO (Right cross) 2 1:23
2007-08-05 Win Peter Graham K-1 World GP 2007 in Hong Kong Hong Kong Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
Wins K-1 Heavyweight (-100kg) title.
2007-04-28 Win Yusuke Fujimoto K-1 World GP 2007 in Hawaii Honolulu, Hawaii, USA KO (High kick) 1 0:56
2007-03-04 Win Ruslan Karaev K-1 World GP 2007 in Yokohama Yokohama, Japan KO (Right Cross) 2 2:46
2006-12-31 Win Nicholas Pettas K-1 Premium 2006 Dynamite!! Tokyo, Japan TKO (Arm injury) 2 1:28
2006-12-06 Win Paul Slowinski K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2006-09-30 Loss Ruslan Karaev K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 in Osaka Opening Round Osaka, Japan KO (Right punch) 1 0:52
2006-03-05 Loss Peter Graham K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 in Auckland Auckland, New Zealand KO (Rolling thunder) 3 2:54
2005-11-19 Win Stefan Leko K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 Tokyo, Japan KO (Spinning Right High Heel kick) 2 1:30
2005-06-12 Loss Stefan Leko It's Showtime 2005 Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands KO (Spinning back mid kick) 1 1:44
2005-04-16 Win Vitali Akhramenko K-1 Italy 2005 Oktagon Milan, Italy Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2005-03-11 Win Domagoj Ostojic Ultimate Nokaut 1 Karlovac, Croatia KO (Right hook) 2 0:10
2004-12-12 Win Gary Turner Rings Fightgala "Born Invincible" Utrecht, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00
2004-10-10 Win Gokhan Saki 2 Hot 2 Handle Rotterdam, Netherlands TKO (Corner stoppage) 2 3:00
2004-05-20 Win Aziz Khattou It's Showtime 2004 Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands KO (Knees) 2 1:45
2004-03-21 Win Errol Parris Profighters Gala in Almere Almere, Netherlands KO (Right hook) 5
2003-09-27 Win Antoni Hardonk Rings Fightgala Utrecht, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00
2003-06-08 Loss Alexey Ignashov It's Showtime 2003 Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands KO (Right cross) 3 2:55
2003-03-30 Win Dennis Strijbis Rings Fightgala Utrecht, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00
2003-02-02 Win Ahmed Lakus Killerdome II Amsterdam, Netherlands TKO 4
2002-11-24 Loss Karim Mrabet Xena Sports Victory or Hell Netherlands Decision 3 3:00
2002-10-20 Win Ahmed Lakus Warriors Fight Night Dordrecht, Netherlands TKO (Doctor Stoppage) 5
2002-02-17 Win Willy Schneider WPKL Gala in Hogendorphal Amsterdam, Netherlands TKO (Doctor stoppage) 3
2000-11-19 Loss Rocky Grandjean WPKL Gala in Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands KO (Spinning back kick) 1 1:39
MMA record
0 Wins, 1 Loss
Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time
2002-05-12 Loss Edmunds Kirsis Lords of the Ring Gala Deventer, Netherlands Submission (Forearm choke) 1 0:22

Legend:       Win       Loss       Draw/No contest       Notes

See also

References

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  2. ^ Profile of Badr Hari K-1
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  4. ^ "K1-vechter Badr Hari wil 'als gigant terugkeren'", November 25, 2010, Algemeen Dagblad (Dutch) or "Kickboxer Badr Hari is still in custody", October 28, 2010, De Telegraaf (Dutch) or "Kickbokser Badr Hari nog veertien dagen vast", October 29, 2010, Trouw (Dutch)
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  6. ^ "Even voorstellen: alle K-1-finalisten", December 5, 2009, Telesport (Dutch)
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  16. ^ "Badr hari volledig interview", May 28, 2010 (Dutch) Google translation
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  28. ^ Wild finish gives Remy Bonjasky K-1 World GP championship Jim Murphy December 06, 2008
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  44. ^ a b Walsh, Dave : "Badr Hari to Return to Action in May", January 21, 2011, LiverKick.com
  45. ^ 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 (Japanese) (Dutch)
  46. ^ Badr Hari retires from kickboxing

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