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Fighting Harada Record

55-7
Total Fights62
Wins55
Losses7
Draws0
No-Contests0
Title Wins5
Title Defenses4
Title-Fight KOs1
KO Wins22
KO Losses2
Fighting Harada Record & Stats
Fighting Harada's Record
Fighting Harada's boxing record and career infographic

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      What is Fighting Harada's boxing record?

      In a professional boxing career spanning nine years and 10 months, Fighting Harada fought 62 times with 55 wins and 7 losses.

      Harada retired from professional boxing with a record of 55-7, which included five world-title wins and four successful title defense fights at the bantamweight weight division. He had a 35.5% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 22 of his total 62 fights being knockout wins, one of which was in a title fight. Harada suffered two knockout losses in his career, one of which was against Johnny Famechon in a featherweight title fight.

      His last fight was a 14th round KO defeat to Johnny Famechon on January 6, 1970. Harada was fighting for the featherweight WBC title.

      Some of Harada's best fights and notable victories include wins over Hall-of-Famer Éder Jofre, Pone Kingpetch, José Medel, Hajime Taroura, Soo Bok Kwon, Alan Rudkin, and Roy Amolong.

      #DateAgeOpponentResVia
      62Jan 6, 197026Johnny FamechonLoss *KO14
      61Oct 1, 196926Pat GonzalesWinKO8
      60Jul 28, 196926Johnny FamechonLoss *PTS
      59Jun 4, 196926Vil TumulakWinUD
      58Apr 2, 196925Alton ColterLossSD
      57Dec 4, 196825Roy AmolongWinKO2
      56Sep 4, 196825Nobuo ChibaWinKO7
      55Jun 5, 196825Dwight HawkinsWinUD
      54Feb 27, 196824Lionel RoseLoss *UD
      53Nov 28, 196724Soo Bok KwonWinKO8
      52Sep 25, 196724Hajime TarouraWinKO2
      51Jul 4, 196724Bernardo CaraballoWin *UD
      50Apr 4, 196723Tiny PalacioWinUD
      49Jan 3, 196723José MedelWin *UD
      48Oct 25, 196623Antonio HerreraWinUD
      47Aug 1, 196623Dio EspinosaWinUD
      46May 31, 196623Éder JofreWin *UD
      45Feb 15, 196622Soo Kang SuhWinPTS
      44Nov 30, 196522Alan RudkinWin *UD
      43Jul 28, 196522Katsuo SaitoWinPTS
      42May 18, 196522Éder JofreWin *SD
      41Jan 4, 196521Dommy FroilanWinKO6
      40Oct 29, 196421Katsutoshi AokiWinKO3
      39Sep 17, 196421Oscar ReyesWinPTS
      38Jul 6, 196421Ray AsisWinUD
      37Feb 14, 196420Somsak LaemfaphaWinKO2
      36Jan 2, 196420Avelino EstradaWinKO5
      35Nov 25, 196320Emile de LeonWinPTS
      34Sep 26, 196320José MedelLossTKO6
      33Aug 7, 196320Dommy BalajadaWinUD
      32Jun 19, 196320Thira LodjarengabeWinRTD6
      31May 4, 196320Jose CejudaWinKO1
      30Mar 21, 196319Tetsuro KawaiWinUD
      29Jan 12, 196319Pone KingpetchLoss *MD
      28Oct 10, 196219Pone KingpetchWin *KO11
      27Jul 23, 196219Little RufeWinUD
      26Jun 14, 196219Edmundo EsparzaLossSD
      25May 3, 196219Baby EspinosaWinPTS
      24Mar 18, 196218Tadao KawamuraWinUD
      23Jan 12, 196218Kozo NagataWinUD
      22Dec 10, 196118Ryoji ShiratoriWinKO6
      21Oct 9, 196118Akio MakiWinUD
      20Sep 9, 196118Sombang BanbungWinKO3
      19Jul 31, 196118Akio MakiWinRTD8
      18Jun 19, 196118Shigeru ItoWinUD
      17May 1, 196118Ray PerezWinUD
      16Mar 5, 196117Yasuo FujitaWinUD
      15Jan 28, 196117Riichi TanakaWinUD
      14Jan 5, 196117Tsuyoshi NakamuraWinUD
      13Dec 24, 196017Hiroyuki EbiharaWinPTS
      12Dec 11, 196017Yoshinori HikitaWinKO3
      11Nov 7, 196017Hachiro AraiWinUD
      10Oct 28, 196017Sadayoshi YoshidaWinKO4
      9Sep 1, 196017Yukio SuzukiWinUD
      8Jul 18, 196017Masaru KodangiWinRTD3
      7Jun 24, 196017Kazuo MoritaWinKO1
      6Jun 10, 196017Masatake OguraWinTKO3
      5Apr 13, 196017Ken MoritaWinUD
      4Apr 4, 196016Yuichi NoguchiWinUD
      3Mar 27, 196016Goro IwamotoWinKO3
      2Mar 2, 196016Mitsuo MotohashiWinSD
      1Feb 21, 196016Isami MasuiWinTKO4

      * World-title fight

      Boxing career

      Fighting Harada is a 81-year old retired Japanese professional boxer. He was born in Tokyo, Japan on April 5, 1943. He is a former two-weight-class world champion. Harada was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in 1995. His professional boxing career spanned more than 9 years — from 1960 to 1970.

      Harada made his professional boxing debut against Isami Masui at the age of 16 on February 21, 1960, defeating Masui via 4th round TKO. He went on to win 24 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 9 wins via stoppage.

      He had his first world title fight at the age of 19 on October 10, 1962 after 27 professional fights, against Pone Kingpetch for the flyweight WBA and The Ring titles. He defeated Kingpetch via 11th round KO to become the flyweight champion of the world.

      Fighting Harada was a one-time undisputed bantamweight world champion, and has won five world titles at two weight classes. For all the details about Harada's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.

      Harada had a total of seven losses in his professional boxing career.

      His last professional fight was on January 6, 1970 against Johnny Famechon for Famechon's featherweight WBC title. Harada lost the fight via 14th round KO. It's been 54 years, 3 months, and 17 days since this fight.

      Championships

      Harada had a total of 10 world-title fights, which includes winning five world titles and four successful title defenses. He won six of these fights and lost four.

      Title Wins

      Fighting Harada fought for world titles in four fights and won two of these fights, winning one of them via way of stoppage. In total, he won five belts across two weight classes.

      DateOpponentDivisionTitles WonMethod
      May 18, 1965+Éder JofreBantamweightWBA, WBC, The RingSD
      Oct 10, 1962Pone KingpetchFlyweightWBA, The RingKO
      + Became undisputed world champion

      Title Defenses

      Fighting Harada had six world-title defense fights across two weight classes — flyweight and bantamweight (x5). He won four of them and lost two times.

      Following is the table of his successful title defense fights, the next section has the fights where he lost his titles.

      DateOpponentDivisionTitles DefendedMethod
      Jul 4, 1967Bernardo CaraballoBantamweightWBA, WBC, The RingUD
      Jan 3, 1967José MedelBantamweightWBA, WBC, The RingUD
      May 31, 1966Éder JofreBantamweightWBA, WBC, The RingUD
      Nov 30, 1965Alan RudkinBantamweightWBA, WBC, The RingUD

      Title Losses

      Fighting Harada lost two world-title defense fights, and lost a total of five titles in these fights.

      DateOpponentDivisionTitles LostMethod
      Feb 27, 1968Lionel RoseBantamweightWBA, WBC, The RingUD
      Jan 12, 1963Pone KingpetchFlyweightWBA, The RingMD

      Highlights

      Harada fought a total of 62 times during his professional career, which includes 10 world-title fights at three weight divisions. He put on some very good performances in these fights. These four fights are the highlight of his career.

      • October 10, 1962: Harada wins his first world titles by defeating Pone Kingpetch via 11th round KO. He is now the WBA and The Ring flyweight world champion.

      • May 18, 1965: Harada becomes the undisputed bantamweight world champion by defeating Éder Jofre via 15 round split decision. He now holds the WBA, WBC, and The Ring bantamweight world-champion belts.

      • May 31, 1966: Harada successfully defends the WBA, WBC, and The Ring bantamweight titles against Éder Jofre, winning the fight via 15 round unanimous decision.

      • January 3, 1967: Harada successfully defends the WBA, WBC, and The Ring bantamweight titles against José Medel, winning the fight via 15 round unanimous decision.

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