Lisa Howarth (born February 1974) is a British former professional

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practitioner. She is a multiple-time kickboxing and

world champion, in which she is a two-time

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champion, while also being the promotion’s

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Muay Thai world champion. She is also a former professional

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, and becoming a

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world champion in 1993.

Personal life

Lisa was first exposed to martial arts at

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around 6, with her first professional appearance at age 9 at a competition in the

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, while also starting to practice

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at age 11, and along started learning

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around 13, having her first professional fight at 13. She also practiced

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as a teen, becoming a world champion at the age of 19. She is an instructor of Muay Thai and Kickboxing, being the head coach of Northern Spirits Muaythai, a Muay thai and kickboxing gym in Sale, Cheshire, Greater Manchester, and a gym that she formally used to fight out of. She was also an avid fan of

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, playing for local clubs as a young child while learning martial arts on the side. Lisa Howarth's daughter

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Titles

*1997 - WPKL Women’s Super Flyweight World Title *1995 – WKA Super Bantamweight Muay Thai World Title *1993 – Full Contact Karate World Title *1993 -

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Women’s Bantamweight World Title *1987 – IFCF Bantamweight World Title *1987 – WKA Super Flyweight World Title (2 reigns, 1 defence)

Kickboxing record

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Professional boxing record

References

1950 births Year of birth missing (living people) Sportspeople from Sale, Greater Manchester English female Muay Thai practitioners Living people English female karateka English women boxers English female kickboxers Flyweight kickboxers Bantamweight kickboxers {{UK-martialart-bio-stub