Fighting Harada
Career, Record, Stats
Fighting Harada is a 81-year-old retired Japanese professional boxer. He is a two-weightclass world champion with 5 world-title wins. In a career spanning 9 years, 10 months, and 16 days, Harada amassed a record of 55-7, which includes 22 wins via KO, 1 of which was in a world-title fight. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in 1995.
Fighting Harada's Boxing Career
Fighting Harada was born in Tokyo, Japan on April 5, 1943. He made his professional debut at the age of 16 years on February 21, 1960 against Isami Masui. Harada defeated Masui via 4th round TKO, making a successful beginning of his pro career.
Harada became a world champion fight at the age of 19 after 27 professional fights. He challenged Pone Kingpetch for the WBA and The Ring flyweight titles and stopped the champion in the 11th of the 15-round fight, winning his first world titles.
He then went on to successfully win the bantamweight (WBA, WBC, The Ring) titles also to become a two-division world champion — and undisputed at bantamweight.
Harada's last fight was a 14th-round KO loss to Johnny Famechon at age 26, on January 6, 1970, in which he was fighting for the WBC featherweight title.
Some of Fighting Harada's best fights have been against Éder Jofre (HOFer), Pone Kingpetch (HOFer), José Medel, and Hiroyuki Ebihara. For a complete list of Harada's best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Fighting Harada".
Harada has 7 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Fighting Harada Losses".
Fighting Harada's Boxing Record
| # | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
62 | Jan 06, 1970 | 26 |  Johnny Famechon | loss | KO 14 |
61 | Oct 01, 1969 | 26 | Pat Gonzales | win | KO 8 |
60 | Jul 28, 1969 | 26 | Johnny Famechon | loss | PTS 15 |
59 | Jun 04, 1969 | 26 | Vil Tumulak | win | UD 10 |
58 | Apr 02, 1969 | 25 | Alton Colter | loss | SD 10 |
57 | Dec 04, 1968 | 25 | Roy Amolong | win | KO 2 |
56 | Sep 04, 1968 | 25 | Nobuo Chiba | win | KO 7 |
55 | Jun 05, 1968 | 25 | Dwight Hawkins | win | UD 10 |
54 | Feb 27, 1968 | 24 | 
Lionel Rose 19 27-2  | loss | UD 15 |
53 | Nov 28, 1967 | 24 | Soo Bok Kwon | win | KO 8 |
52 | Sep 25, 1967 | 24 | Hajime Taroura | win | KO 2 |
51 | Jul 04, 1967 | 24 | Bernardo Caraballo | win | UD 15 |
50 | Apr 04, 1967 | 23 | Tiny Palacio | win | UD 12 |
49 | Jan 03, 1967 | 23 | 
José Medel 28 63-20-6 | win | UD 15 |
48 | Oct 25, 1966 | 23 | Antonio Herrera | win | UD 12 |
47 | Aug 01, 1966 | 23 | Dio Espinosa | win | UD 10 |
46 | May 31, 1966 | 23 | 
Éder Jofre 30 47-1-4 | win | UD 15 |
45 | Feb 15, 1966 | 22 | Soo Kang Suh | win | PTS 12 |
44 | Nov 30, 1965 | 22 | Alan Rudkin | win | UD 15 |
43 | Jul 28, 1965 | 22 | Katsuo Saito | win | PTS 12 |
42 | May 18, 1965 | 22 |
Éder Jofre 29 47-0-3 | win | SD 15 |
41 | Jan 04, 1965 | 21 | Dommy Froilan | win | KO 6 |
40 | Oct 29, 1964 | 21 | Katsutoshi Aoki | win | KO 3 |
39 | Sep 17, 1964 | 21 | Oscar Reyes | win | PTS 10 |
38 | Jul 06, 1964 | 21 | Ray Asis | win | UD 10 |
37 | Feb 14, 1964 | 20 | Somsak Laemfapha | win | KO 2 |
36 | Jan 02, 1964 | 20 | Avelino Estrada | win | KO 5 |
35 | Nov 25, 1963 | 20 | Emile de Leon | win | PTS 10 |
34 | Sep 26, 1963 | 20 |
José Medel 25 53-19-5 | loss | TKO 6 |
33 | Aug 07, 1963 | 20 | Dommy Balajada | win | UD 10 |
32 | Jun 19, 1963 | 20 | Thira Lodjarengabe | win | RTD 6 |
31 | May 04, 1963 | 20 | Jose Cejuda | win | KO 1 |
30 | Mar 21, 1963 | 19 | Tetsuro Kawai | win | UD 10 |
29 | Jan 12, 1963 | 19 | 
Pone Kingpetch 27 25-4 | loss | MD 15 |
28 | Oct 10, 1962 | 19 |
Pone Kingpetch 27 25-3 | win | KO 11 |
27 | Jul 23, 1962 | 19 | Little Rufe | win | UD 10 |
26 | Jun 14, 1962 | 19 | Edmundo Esparza | loss | SD 10 |
25 | May 03, 1962 | 19 | Baby Espinosa | win | PTS 10 |
24 | Mar 18, 1962 | 18 | Tadao Kawamura | win | UD 10 |
23 | Jan 12, 1962 | 18 | Kozo Nagata | win | UD 10 |
22 | Dec 10, 1961 | 18 | Ryoji Shiratori | win | KO 6 |
21 | Oct 09, 1961 | 18 | Akio Maki | win | UD 10 |
20 | Sep 09, 1961 | 18 | Sombang Banbung | win | KO 3 |
19 | Jul 31, 1961 | 18 | Akio Maki | win | RTD 8 |
18 | Jun 19, 1961 | 18 | Shigeru Ito | win | UD 10 |
17 | May 01, 1961 | 18 | Ray Perez | win | UD 10 |
16 | Mar 05, 1961 | 17 | Yasuo Fujita | win | UD 6 |
15 | Jan 28, 1961 | 17 | Riichi Tanaka | win | UD 6 |
14 | Jan 05, 1961 | 17 | Tsuyoshi Nakamura | win | UD 6 |
13 | Dec 24, 1960 | 17 | 
Hiroyuki Ebihara 20 9-0 | win | PTS 6 |
12 | Dec 11, 1960 | 17 | Yoshinori Hikita | win | KO 3 |
11 | Nov 07, 1960 | 17 | Hachiro Arai | win | UD 4 |
10 | Oct 28, 1960 | 17 | Sadayoshi Yoshida | win | KO 4 |
9 | Sep 01, 1960 | 17 | Yukio Suzuki | win | UD 4 |
8 | Jul 18, 1960 | 17 | Masaru Kodangi | win | RTD 3 |
7 | Jun 24, 1960 | 17 | Kazuo Morita | win | KO 1 |
6 | Jun 10, 1960 | 17 | Masatake Ogura | win | TKO 3 |
5 | Apr 13, 1960 | 17 | Ken Morita | win | UD 4 |
4 | Apr 04, 1960 | 16 | Yuichi Noguchi | win | UD 4 |
3 | Mar 27, 1960 | 16 | Goro Iwamoto | win | KO 3 |
2 | Mar 02, 1960 | 16 | Mitsuo Motohashi | win | SD 4 |
1 | Feb 21, 1960 | 16 | Isami Masui | win | TKO 4 |