Lisa Howarth (born February 1974) 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 (2 reigns, 1 defence)
Kickboxing record
|- bgcolor="c5d2ea" | 2001-11-04 || Draw ||align=left| Ilonka Elmont || || Amsterdam, Netherlands || Draw || || || |- |- bg color="FFBBBB" |- 1999-01-29 || Lose||aligh=left| Alicia Ashley || || Atlantic City, New Jersey || Decision || 6 || || |- ! style=background:white colspan=9 | |- bgcolor="CCFFCC" | 1997-06-19 || Win ||align=left| Chantal Nadon || || Toronto, Ontario, Canada || Decision || 6 || || |- |- bgcolor="FFBBBB" | 1995-05-30 || Loss ||align=left| Naoko Kumagai || || Tokyo, Japan || KO || 1 || || |- ! style=background:white colspan=9 | |- bgcolor="CCFFCC" | 1994-06-03 || Win ||align=left| Nora Daigle || || Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA || KO || 1 || || |- |- bgcolor="c5d2ea" | 1994-02-04 || Draw ||align=left| Bonnie Canino || || USA || Draw || || || |- |- bgcolor="FFBBBB" | 1993-11-12 || Loss ||align=left| Nancy Joseph || || Milan, Italy || Points || 10 || 2:00 || |- ! style=background:white colspan=9 | |- bgcolor="CCFFCC" | 1993-10-22 || Win ||align=left| Bonnie Canino || || Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA || Points || 10 || 2:00 || |- |- bgcolor="CCFFCC" | 1992-08-00 || Win ||align=left| Zelda Tekin || || Belgium || KO || 5 || || |- ! style=background:white colspan=9 | |- bgcolor="c5d2ea" | 1991-04-21 || Draw ||align=left| Michele Aboro || || London, England || Draw || || || |- |- bgcolor="c5d2ea" | 1991-00-00 || NC ||align=left| Naoko Kumagai || || Birmingham, England || No Contest || || || |- |- bgcolor="CCFFCC" | 1990-03-24 || Win ||align=left| Florence Suire || || Oldham, England || Points || || || |- |- bgcolor="CCFFCC" | 1990-02-03 || Win ||align=left| Kathy Long || || London, England || Points || 3 || 3:00 || |- |- bgcolor="CCFFCC" | 1987-00-00 || Win ||align=left| Yolanda Mol || || England || Points || 3 || || |- ! style=background:white colspan=9 | |- bgcolor="CCFFCC" | 1987-07-12 || Win ||align=left| Claudia || || Manchester, England || TKO || 3 || || |- |- bgcolor="CCFFCC" | 1986-11-23 || Win ||align=left| Dayle Baykey || || London, England || Points || 7 || 2:00 || |- ! style=background:white colspan=9 | |- bgcolor="CCFFCC" | 1986-00-00 || Win ||align=left| Cathy Paschy || || London, England || Points || || || |- |- bgcolor="CCFFCC" | 1986-00-00 || Win ||align=left| Sandra De Vries || || || || || ||
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Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes1Loss0–1 Alicia Ashley629 Jan 1999
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