Kickboxing goes on with or without Badr Hari.
The Final 16 for the K1 Grand Prix has just been announced. Glory is holding another heavyweight event, with many legendary names: Semmy Schilt, Remy Bonjasky, Peter Aerts… and NO Badr Hari.
It sounds like kickboxing returning to glory days of old, but without its one grand jewel: Badr Hari. And what a shame that someone as talented and young as Badr Hari should be wasting his prime years involved in petty, but violent crimes outside the ring.
Besides the crimes, he got involved in a sordid and tasteless affair with plastic surgery addict Estelle Gullit, and never even started a boxing career that he had long aspired to have.
Unless Badr Hari’s life changes in some major ways in the next few years, it’s hard not to remember his career as a cautionary tale about wasted talent.
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I realy don’t know, yes badr won two heavy weight world k1 titles a great achievement by any standards but he coukd have been the true king. It is not over yet badr can still achieve but more than any thing I would like to see him well in his life than anything else. We still love you Badr don’t blow your life away
I dont know who from these people all – is or are more stupid… ???
A man who is credulous ? In his light this Estelle thinks, she can still become little “famous” again? -By showing her pics beside BADR always..- Or these people who wants also to destroy BADR – who show always pics with him and this plastic Estelle – and want to scare away Badrs Fans like that !?
Now when the future of Badr Hari becomes unclear, Mike Passenier adds a new star fighter to his ranks: Gökhan Saki.
Here is the source with video interview in Dutch:
http://www.rijnmond.nl/sport/24-09-2012/saki-stapt-over-naar-coach-badr-hari
You can find this info in english on gloryworldseires.com Saki is training with mike to get ready for the glory grand slam heavywieght world title. You can also go to liverkick.com to find this story, both sources show a video by glory tv of Saki training. This can also be seen on youtube under Gokhan Saki.
Another video of Badr & Estelle:
Has any one heard the charlie sheen anger management with badr parody, sheen must think he real badass dogging a dude behind bars half a world a way. See the story at liverkick.com.
lol strange.
You had to see this coming. He has been relatively out of shape the last two fights – he was tired in the second round, how was he preparing to go 12? He gave up on the boxing thing quickly, no real plan existed. He has been clubbing and who knows what else.
Once you get in the crosshairs of the police it is really tough and being Moroccan does not help. Solitary is extreme punishment and I worry about him after the prison experience. I read on this site that he is a broken man and I hope that they will not be able to break him. He has overcome so much in his life.
He is still young enough to recover from this. Semmy is going strong at 38. There is a market for kickboxing – look at MMA in the US. It can be financially rewarding if they get the right investors in.
I don’t think that they will break him. Serve the time and restart. Marvin Hagler did it. Badr has the character to re-emerge. Keep the faith and don.’t let them get to you, Badr. We will wait patiently.
Badr is so lucky to have loyal fans such as yourself.