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 an 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 an 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 an 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 an loss to his record at 25-1.