Badr Hari
Amsterdam's Golden Boy, fast starts and heavy hands
- Born
- December 8, 1984, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Nationality
Morocco
Netherlands- Height
- 198 cm (6′6″)
- Reach
- 213 cm (7′0″)
- Style
- Explosive knockout artist
- Weight
- Heavyweight
- Active
- 2000–2023
- Status
- Retired · age 41
The record
Wikipedia infobox; Glory's athlete profile shows the same 106-17 with 92 KOs. Also 0-1 in MMA. record
The story
adr Hari, born in Amsterdam to Moroccan parents, was the heavyweight who could end a fight before the crowd had settled. He took the K-1 heavyweight title in 2007 with a 56-second knockout of Yusuke Fujimoto and, in 2009, stopped three-time Grand Prix winner Semmy Schilt in 45 seconds to become It's Showtime champion. The World Grand Prix itself eluded him: he was disqualified in the 2008 final against Remy Bonjasky and stopped by Schilt in the 2009 final. Trained for most of his career by Mike Passenier at Mike's Gym, he scored 92 of his 106 wins by knockout. Two losses to Rico Verhoeven and a string of late-career defeats followed, and in February 2026 he confirmed he was no longer an active fighter. Outside the ring he has had repeated trouble with the law.
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- K-1 Heavyweight champion (2007–2008)
- K-1 World Grand Prix runner-up (2008, 2009)
- It's Showtime Heavyweight champion (2009–2010)
- Glory Fight of the Year (2020)
Defining fights
- 2007WINvs Yusuke Fujimoto (KO 1 in 56 seconds, won K-1 heavyweight title)
- 2008LOSSvs Remy Bonjasky (DQ, K-1 World GP final)
- 2009WINvs Semmy Schilt (KO 1 in 45 seconds, won It's Showtime heavyweight title)
- 2009LOSSvs Semmy Schilt (TKO 1, K-1 World GP final)
- 2016LOSSvs Rico Verhoeven (TKO 2, arm injury)
Feint the jab to draw a reaction, then commit to a full right cross in the first exchange instead of waiting several rounds to open up, the way Hari hunted early finishes.
1972–1999
