On October 10, 1962, Pone Kingpetch (25-3, 8 KOs), the flyweight WBA and The Ring champion, defends his titles against Japanese challenger, Fighting Harada (26-1, 10 KOs).
Pone Kingpetch is coming in to the fight on a 13-fight win streak with a 28% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Kyo Noguchi, 4 months and 10 days ago. Fighting Harada is on a 1-fight win streak with a 37% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over Little Rufe, 2 months and 17 days ago.
The winning odds are at 67.5-32.5 in favor of Fighting Harada, but it is going to be a hard-earned victory. Pone Kingpetch is going to put on an exceptional fight, Harada better be prepared for one of the toughest fights of his life.
Fighting Harada stopped the champion via KO in the 11th round of the 15-round world-title fight, winning the first world titles of his career, and is crowned the new WBA and The Ring flyweight champion. Harada improves his record to 27-1 (11 KOs), while Kingpetch adds a loss to his record at 25-4.