On January 6, 1970, Fighting Harada and Johnny Famechon met again in a rematch.
Harada came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 36% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 5 days.
Fighting Harada was defending his featherweight titles and, fighting for the featherweight WBC titles against Johnny Famechon and lost via KO in the 14th round, and adds a loss to his record at 55-7.
On July 28, 1969, a 26-year-old Fighting Harada (54-5, 21 KOs) got a shot at the featherweight WBC title held by Johnny Famechon.
Harada came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 35% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 24 days.
Fighting Harada was defending his featherweight titles and, fighting for the featherweight WBC titles against Johnny Famechon and lost via points decision in the 15-round featherweight fight, and adds a loss to his record at 54-6.
On April 2, 1969, a 25-year-old Fighting Harada (53-4, 21 KOs) and Alton Colter met in the ring.
Harada came in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 36% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 29 days.
Fighting Harada lost to Alton Colter via split decision in the 10-round fight, and adds a loss to his record at 53-5.
On February 27, 1968, the 24-year-old undisputed bantamweight world champion, Fighting Harada (50-3, 19 KOs), faced a 19-year-old Australian boxer Lionel Rose (27-2, 8 KOs) in an undisputed title defense fight.
Harada came in to the fight on a 19-fight win streak with a 35% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 30 days. Rose was on a 15-fight win streak with a 27% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 2 months and 16 days.
Lionel Rose defeated Fighting Harada via unanimous decision and wins the WBA, WBC, and The Ring bantamweight world champion — and becomes the undisputed bantamweight world champion — in his first world-title fight. Rose improves his record to 28-2, while Harada adds a loss to his record at 50-4.
On September 26, 1963, a 20-year-old Fighting Harada (31-2, 13 KOs) and a 25-year-old Mexican boxer José Medel (53-19-5, 33 KOs) met in the ring.
Harada came in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 39% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 19 days. Medel was on a 0-fight win streak with a 42% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 1 month and 9 days.
José Medel stopped Fighting Harada via TKO in the 6th round. Medel improves his record to 54-19-5 (34 KOs), while Harada adds a loss to his record at 31-3.
On January 12, 1963, Fighting Harada and Pone Kingpetch met again in an immediate rematch.
Harada came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 39% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 2 days. Kingpetch was on a -1-fight win streak with a 27% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months and 2 days.
Pone Kingpetch defeated Fighting Harada via majority decision in the rematch and wins the WBA and The Ring titles. Kingpetch improves his record to 26-4, while Harada adds a loss to his record at 27-2.
On June 14, 1962, a 19-year-old Fighting Harada (25-0, 10 KOs) and Edmundo Esparza met in the ring.
Harada came in to the fight on a 25-fight win streak with a 40% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 11 days.
Fighting Harada lost to Edmundo Esparza via split decision in the 10-round fight, and adds a loss to his record at 25-1.