Badr Hari biography: 13 things about kickboxer born in Amsterdam, Netherlands

Badr Hari (بدر حري) is a Moroccan-Dutch kickboxer and mixed martial artist born in Amsterdam, Netherlands to Moroccan parents. His fight names are Bad Boy and The Golden Boy.

From 2007 to 2008, Hari was a K-1 heavyweight world champion. From 2009 to 2010, he was an It’s Showtime heavyweight world champion.

Hari is 6’6″ tall. Here are 13 more things about him:

1. In 1991, his father sent him to a kickboxing gym.
2. On November 19, 2000, he made his professional kickboxing debut in Amsterdam where lost to Rocky Grandjean via spinning back kick.
3. On May 12, 2002, he made his professional MMA debut in Deventer, Netherlands where he lost to Edmunds Kirsis via forearm choke. 
4. In 2007, he and Dutch-Moroccan rapper Appa released a song titled “Stap Maar In De Ring”.
5. In 2009, King of Morocco, Mohammed VI praised him for his accomplishments in sport.
6. In 2011, he started dating Daphne Romani.
7. In 2012, Romani gave birth to their daughter Amber May Hari.
8. In 2016, he married Romani. That year, she gave birth to their daughter Houda Hari.
9. In 2019, Romani gave birth to their daughter Aicha Hari.
10. In January 2021, Romani gave birth to their twin children Nora Hari and Ayden Hari.
11. On May 5, 2023, he opened his first Punch gym in Casablanca, Morocco. On October 7, 2023, he lost to Uku Jürjendal via technical knockout at “Glory 89” in Burgas, Bulgaria, which downgraded his professional kickboxing record to 106 wins, 17 losses and 3 draws.
12. On December 8, 2023, he turned 39.
13. On March 9, 2024, he announced the opening of his third Punch gym in Morocco.