On January 3, 1967, Fighting Harada (45-3, 17 KOs), the undisputed bantamweight world champion, holding the WBA, WBC, and The Ring belts, defends his undisputed championship against Mexican challenger, José Medel (63-20-6, 39 KOs).
Fighting Harada is coming in to the fight on a 14-fight win streak with a 35% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Antonio Herrera, 2 months and 9 days ago. José Medel is on a 8-fight win streak with a 43% KO rate, with his last fight being a 7th round TKO win over Hiroshi Otomori, 2 months and 12 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Fighting Harada at 99-1 winning odds. José Medel really doesn't have much to present against Harada.
Fighting Harada defeated José Medel via unanimous decision in the rematch and successfully defended his WBA, WBC, and The Ring bantamweight titles. Harada improves his record to 46-3, while Medel adds a loss to his record at 63-21-6.