Liam Harrison
The Hitman from Leeds and his all-action style
- Born
- October 5, 1985
- Nationality
England- Height
- 170 cm (5′7″)
- Reach
- 174 cm (5′9″)
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Style
- All-action power puncher
- Weight
- Lightweight, Light Welterweight, Welterweight
- Active
- 2000–2025
- Status
- Retired · age 41
The record
Muay Thai per Wikipedia; ONE Championship record 2-4. ONE lists him as retired; a 2025 comeback bout with Soe Lin Oo was booked but did not take place.
The story
iam Harrison grew up in Leeds and joined the Bad Company gym at 13, where Richard Smith still coaches him. Nicknamed The Hitman, he stopped 50 of the 92 opponents he beat and became one of Britain's best-known Muay Thai fighters, often competing in Thailand. He won a WAKO Pro low-kick world title in 2004, WPMF and WMC world titles in 2006 and 2007, and the WBC world title in 2014, though he never solved Saenchai in three meetings. In ONE Championship he dropped Muangthai three times in the first round in 2022, a brawl that earned him a 100,000-dollar bonus, then lost a title bid to Nong-O's leg kicks. He returned in March 2025, aged 39, for a farewell fight in England and won the WBC Diamond belt.
- WBC Muaythai world champion (2014)
- WMC world lightweight champion (2007–2009, 1 defense)
- WPMF world champion, 63.5 kg (2006–2007, 2 defenses)
- WAKO Pro low-kick world champion, 62 kg (2004)
- Yokkao world 65 kg champion (2016)
- WBC Muaythai Diamond champion (2025)
- Muay Siam Magazine Foreign Fighter of the Year (2007)
- Leeds Sports Federation Sportsman of the Year (2006/07, 2007/08)
Defining fights
- 2007WINvs Numphon PK Sterio (KO 4, left hook, won WMC world lightweight title)
- 2009LOSSvs Saenchai (unanimous decision, London)
- 2014WINvs Mehdi Zatout (decision, won WBC world title)
- 2022WINvs Muangthai P.K. Saenchaimuaythaigym (TKO 1, three knockdowns, ONE 156)
- 2025WINvs Isaac Araya (TKO 3, leg kick, WBC Diamond belt)
Commit to full combinations: jab, right hand, left hook, then a low kick to finish, with the left hook as your knockout punch the way it was for him.
2016–now