With his Glory 80 fight against Arkadiusz Wrzosek around the corner, the Dutch-Moroccan kickboxing champion Badr Hari said his children are his “biggest motivation to continue practicing kickboxing.”
Talking to Dutch television, Hari said he intends to win this game for his children, some of whom have not seen him win. He said, “I won all these competitions. Now it’s time for me to regain my former glory.”
Glory, the world’s kickboxing league, has announced that Moroccan-Dutch kickboxer Badr Hari will face Polish heavyweight champion Wrzosek in a kickboxing match on March 19 at the Trixxo Arena in Hasselt. The match expects to draw around 16,000 spectators.
Hari is aware that his opponent is “very tall, he kicks very easily. His fists are very good. I think he is a great talent,” the kickboxing champion said.
The Polish champion knocked out Hari in September 2021. Now, the Dutch-Moroccan sees the upcoming fight as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for him to get revenge on the Wrzosek.
Hari has a record of 106 victories, including 92 by knockout (KO), out of 121 fights. However, he has had a four-fight losing streak since 2015. However, the “Golden Boy” aspires to come out of this poor performance streak when he gets back into the ring.
In a first-ever Glory contest between the two fighters, Belgian-Moroccan kickboxer Jamal Ben Saddik will face Dutch heavyweight kickboxer Levi Rigters in the same arena.
Moroccan Nordine Ben Moh will compete in Glory 80 for the first time, taking on French champion Guerric Billet.
Glory hosts events across the world in seven weight divisions (six men’s divisions and one women’s division). Glory had hosted roughly 80 events in its first seven years of operation by 2021. The first Glory event was held in 2012 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.
