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Total Fights | 62 |
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Wins | 55 |
Losses | 7 |
Draws | 0 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 5 |
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Title Defenses | 4 |
Title-Fight KOs | 1 |
KO Wins | 22 |
KO Losses | 2 |
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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.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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62 | Jan 6, 1970 | 26 | Johnny Famechon | Loss * | KO14 |
61 | Oct 1, 1969 | 26 | Pat Gonzales | Win | KO8 |
60 | Jul 28, 1969 | 26 | Johnny Famechon | Loss * | PTS |
59 | Jun 4, 1969 | 26 | Vil Tumulak | Win | UD |
58 | Apr 2, 1969 | 25 | Alton Colter | Loss | SD |
57 | Dec 4, 1968 | 25 | Roy Amolong | Win | KO2 |
56 | Sep 4, 1968 | 25 | Nobuo Chiba | Win | KO7 |
55 | Jun 5, 1968 | 25 | Dwight Hawkins | Win | UD |
54 | Feb 27, 1968 | 24 | Lionel Rose | Loss * | UD |
53 | Nov 28, 1967 | 24 | Soo Bok Kwon | Win | KO8 |
52 | Sep 25, 1967 | 24 | Hajime Taroura | Win | KO2 |
51 | Jul 4, 1967 | 24 | Bernardo Caraballo | Win * | UD |
50 | Apr 4, 1967 | 23 | Tiny Palacio | Win | UD |
49 | Jan 3, 1967 | 23 | José Medel | Win * | UD |
48 | Oct 25, 1966 | 23 | Antonio Herrera | Win | UD |
47 | Aug 1, 1966 | 23 | Dio Espinosa | Win | UD |
46 | May 31, 1966 | 23 | Éder Jofre | Win * | UD |
45 | Feb 15, 1966 | 22 | Soo Kang Suh | Win | PTS |
44 | Nov 30, 1965 | 22 | Alan Rudkin | Win * | UD |
43 | Jul 28, 1965 | 22 | Katsuo Saito | Win | PTS |
42 | May 18, 1965 | 22 | Éder Jofre | Win * | SD |
41 | Jan 4, 1965 | 21 | Dommy Froilan | Win | KO6 |
40 | Oct 29, 1964 | 21 | Katsutoshi Aoki | Win | KO3 |
39 | Sep 17, 1964 | 21 | Oscar Reyes | Win | PTS |
38 | Jul 6, 1964 | 21 | Ray Asis | Win | UD |
37 | Feb 14, 1964 | 20 | Somsak Laemfapha | Win | KO2 |
36 | Jan 2, 1964 | 20 | Avelino Estrada | Win | KO5 |
35 | Nov 25, 1963 | 20 | Emile de Leon | Win | PTS |
34 | Sep 26, 1963 | 20 | José Medel | Loss | TKO6 |
33 | Aug 7, 1963 | 20 | Dommy Balajada | Win | UD |
32 | Jun 19, 1963 | 20 | Thira Lodjarengabe | Win | RTD6 |
31 | May 4, 1963 | 20 | Jose Cejuda | Win | KO1 |
30 | Mar 21, 1963 | 19 | Tetsuro Kawai | Win | UD |
29 | Jan 12, 1963 | 19 | Pone Kingpetch | Loss * | MD |
28 | Oct 10, 1962 | 19 | Pone Kingpetch | Win * | KO11 |
27 | Jul 23, 1962 | 19 | Little Rufe | Win | UD |
26 | Jun 14, 1962 | 19 | Edmundo Esparza | Loss | SD |
25 | May 3, 1962 | 19 | Baby Espinosa | Win | PTS |
24 | Mar 18, 1962 | 18 | Tadao Kawamura | Win | UD |
23 | Jan 12, 1962 | 18 | Kozo Nagata | Win | UD |
22 | Dec 10, 1961 | 18 | Ryoji Shiratori | Win | KO6 |
21 | Oct 9, 1961 | 18 | Akio Maki | Win | UD |
20 | Sep 9, 1961 | 18 | Sombang Banbung | Win | KO3 |
19 | Jul 31, 1961 | 18 | Akio Maki | Win | RTD8 |
18 | Jun 19, 1961 | 18 | Shigeru Ito | Win | UD |
17 | May 1, 1961 | 18 | Ray Perez | Win | UD |
16 | Mar 5, 1961 | 17 | Yasuo Fujita | Win | UD |
15 | Jan 28, 1961 | 17 | Riichi Tanaka | Win | UD |
14 | Jan 5, 1961 | 17 | Tsuyoshi Nakamura | Win | UD |
13 | Dec 24, 1960 | 17 | Hiroyuki Ebihara | Win | PTS |
12 | Dec 11, 1960 | 17 | Yoshinori Hikita | Win | KO3 |
11 | Nov 7, 1960 | 17 | Hachiro Arai | Win | UD |
10 | Oct 28, 1960 | 17 | Sadayoshi Yoshida | Win | KO4 |
9 | Sep 1, 1960 | 17 | Yukio Suzuki | Win | UD |
8 | Jul 18, 1960 | 17 | Masaru Kodangi | Win | RTD3 |
7 | Jun 24, 1960 | 17 | Kazuo Morita | Win | KO1 |
6 | Jun 10, 1960 | 17 | Masatake Ogura | Win | TKO3 |
5 | Apr 13, 1960 | 17 | Ken Morita | Win | UD |
4 | Apr 4, 1960 | 16 | Yuichi Noguchi | Win | UD |
3 | Mar 27, 1960 | 16 | Goro Iwamoto | Win | KO3 |
2 | Mar 2, 1960 | 16 | Mitsuo Motohashi | Win | SD |
1 | Feb 21, 1960 | 16 | Isami Masui | Win | TKO4 |
* World-title fight
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.
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.
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.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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May 18, 1965+ | Éder Jofre | Bantamweight | WBA, WBC, The Ring | SD |
Oct 10, 1962 | Pone Kingpetch | Flyweight | WBA, The Ring | KO |
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.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Defended | Method |
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Jul 4, 1967 | Bernardo Caraballo | Bantamweight | WBA, WBC, The Ring | UD |
Jan 3, 1967 | José Medel | Bantamweight | WBA, WBC, The Ring | UD |
May 31, 1966 | Éder Jofre | Bantamweight | WBA, WBC, The Ring | UD |
Nov 30, 1965 | Alan Rudkin | Bantamweight | WBA, WBC, The Ring | UD |
Fighting Harada lost two world-title defense fights, and lost a total of five titles in these fights.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Lost | Method |
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Feb 27, 1968 | Lionel Rose | Bantamweight | WBA, WBC, The Ring | UD |
Jan 12, 1963 | Pone Kingpetch | Flyweight | WBA, The Ring | MD |
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.
Harada knocked out 22 of his 62 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 35.5%. Of his total 55 wins, 22 of them were via KO (40%).
Harada's first world-title win were the WBA and The Ring belts at flyweight. He defeated Pone Kingpetch via 11 round KO to win the titles.
Harada won five world titles at two weight classes.
Harada had a total of six title defense fights. He was successful four times and lost two times.