Lisa Howarth
Lisa Howarth is a British former professional kickboxer, and Muay thai practitioner. She is a multiple-time kickboxing and Muay thai world champion, in which she is a two-time World [Kickboxing Association] super flyweight champion, while also being the promotion’s super bantamweight Muay Thai world champion. She is also a former professional boxer, and a karateka, representing Great Britain, and becoming a Full contact karate world champion in 1993.
Personal life
Lisa was first exposed to martial arts at Thai boxing around 6, with her first professional appearance at age 9 at a competition in the Netherlands, while also starting to practice Judo at age 11, and along started learning Kickboxing around 13, having her first professional fight at 13. She also practiced full contact karate 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 football, playing for local clubs as a young child while learning martial arts on the side.Lisa Howarth's daughter Dakota Ditcheva is a professional MMA fighter.
Titles
- 1997 - WPKL Women’s Super Flyweight World Title
- 1995 – WKA Super Bantamweight Muay Thai World Title
- 1993 – Full Contact Karate World Title
- 1993 - ISKA Women’s Bantamweight World Title
- 1987 – IFCF Bantamweight World Title
- 1987 – WKA Super Flyweight World Title
Kickboxing record
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Professional boxing record
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
| 1 | Loss | 0–1 | abbr|SD|Split decision |
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