Fighting Harada boxer

Fighting Harada boxer
bouts
62
won
55
lost
7
draw
0
Status
inactive
Division
bantamweight
Debut
1960-02-21
Height
5′ 3″/160cm
Reach
64″/163cm
Age
-
Born
1943-04-05
Death
-
Nationality
Japan

Masahiko Harada (born April 5, 1943), better known as Fighting Harada, is a former world boxing champion in the Flyweight and Bantamweight divisions, and also challenged for the Featherweight title twice. He is currently the president of the Japanese boxing association.Harada was arguably one of Japan's most popular boxers; his fame reached international status, and Puerto Rico's Wilfredo Gómez declared that Harada was his idol as a child. Harada was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1995. In 2002, he was ranked as the 32nd greatest boxer of the past 80 years by Ring magazine.Harada began fighting as a professional on February 21, 1960, knocking out Isami Masui in round four, in Tokyo. He won his first twenty four bouts. Among the notables he beat during that span were Ken Morita, who later became a respected boxing official and who was beaten by Harada on June 26 in the first round, and future world champion Hiroyuki Ebihara, who was undefeated in nine fights before meeting Harada and who was beaten by Harada on December 24, by a decision in six rounds.On June 15, 1962, he suffered his first defeat, being beaten on points by Edmundo Esparza over ten rounds in Tokyo.After one more win, Harada received his first world title try: on October 10 of that year, he became the Lineal and WBA world flyweight champion by knocking out Pone Kingpetch in the eleventh round, in Tokyo.

Date Opponent Last Opponents' Results Place Result
1970-01-06 Johnny Famechon WWWWWW Metropolitan Gym LOST
KO
1969-10-01 Pat Gonzales WWWWLL Fukui WIN
KO
1969-07-28 Johnny Famechon WWWWWW Sydney Stadium, Sydney LOST
Points
1969-06-04 Vil Tumulak WWWWWL Nagoya WIN
Unanimous decision
1969-04-02 Alton Colter LWWWLW LOST
Split-decision
1968-12-04 Roy Amolong LLLLDW WIN
KO
1968-09-04 Nobuo Chiba LWWLWW Sano WIN
KO
1968-06-05 Dwight Hawkins WWWWWW WIN
Unanimous decision
1968-02-27 Lionel Rose WWWWWW Nippon Budokan LOST
Unanimous decision
1967-11-28 Soo Bok Kwon LL Okayama City WIN
KO
1967-09-25 Hajime Taroura LDDDWW Osaka WIN
KO
1967-07-04 Bernardo Caraballo WWWWDW Nippon Budokan WIN
Unanimous decision
1967-04-04 Tiny Palacio DDWLWD Fukuoka WIN
Unanimous decision
1967-01-03 Jose Medel WWWWWW Aichi Prefectural Gym, Nagoya WIN
Unanimous decision
1966-10-25 Antonio Herrera LWWLWL Osaka WIN
Unanimous decision
1966-08-01 Dio Espinosa WLLLLL Sapporo WIN
Unanimous decision
1966-05-31 Eder Jofre WWWWLD Nippon Budokan WIN
Unanimous decision
1966-02-15 Soo Kang Suh DL Nagoya WIN
Points
1965-11-30 Alan Rudkin WWWWWW Nippon Budokan WIN
Unanimous decision
1965-07-28 Katsuo Saito WWWLWL WIN
Points
1965-05-18 Eder Jofre WWWWWW Aichi Prefectural Gym, Nagoya WIN
Split-decision
1965-01-04 Dommy Froilan WLLWWW WIN
KO
1964-10-29 Katsutoshi Aoki WWDWWW WIN
KO
1964-09-17 Oscar Reyes LWDLWW WIN
Points
1964-07-06 Ray Asis WWLWWD Sports Arena, Los Angeles WIN
Unanimous decision
1964-02-14 Somsak Laemfapha LLWLWL Osaka WIN
KO
1964-01-02 Avelino Estrada LLLDL WIN
KO
1963-11-25 Emile de Leon WLDWLW WIN
Points
1963-09-26 Jose Medel WWLWLD LOST
Technical knockout
1963-08-07 Dommy Balajada LLLLL WIN
Unanimous decision
1963-06-19 Thira Lodjarengabe debut Nagoya WIN
Corner retirement
1963-05-04 Jose Cejuda WWLWLD Naha WIN
KO
1963-03-21 Tetsuro Kawai WWDWWW WIN
Unanimous decision
1963-01-12 Pone Kingpetch WWWWWL National Stadium Gymnasium, Bangkok LOST
Majority decision
1962-10-10 Pone Kingpetch WWWWWW Kokugikan WIN
KO
1962-07-23 Little Rufe WWDWLL WIN
Unanimous decision
1962-06-14 Edmundo Esparza LLWWWW LOST
Split-decision
1962-05-03 Baby Espinosa LLWLLL Korakuen Gym WIN
Points
1962-03-18 Tadao Kawamura WWWWWL WIN
Unanimous decision
1962-01-12 Kozo Nagata LLWLDW WIN
Unanimous decision
1961-12-10 Ryoji Shiratori LLLD Nagoya WIN
KO
1961-10-09 Akio Maki WWWWWL Osaka WIN
Unanimous decision
1961-09-09 Sombang Banbung debut WIN
KO
1961-07-31 Akio Maki DWWWWW WIN
Corner retirement
1961-06-19 Shigeru Ito WWWDWW WIN
Unanimous decision
1961-05-01 Ray Perez LWWLLW WIN
Unanimous decision
1961-03-05 Yasuo Fujita LWWWWL WIN
Unanimous decision
1961-01-28 Riichi Tanaka WWWWWW WIN
Unanimous decision
1961-01-05 Tsuyoshi Nakamura WWWLWW WIN
Unanimous decision
1960-12-24 Hiroyuki Ebihara WWWWWW WIN
Points
1960-12-11 Yoshinori Hikita LW WIN
KO
1960-11-07 Hachiro Arai LDL WIN
Unanimous decision
1960-10-28 Sadayoshi Yoshida L WIN
KO
1960-09-01 Yukio Suzuki debut WIN
Unanimous decision
1960-07-18 Masaru Kodangi LL WIN
Corner retirement
1960-06-24 Kazuo Morita debut Shinagawa Hall WIN
KO
1960-06-10 Masatake Ogura debut WIN
Technical knockout
1960-04-13 Ken Morita WWLDLW WIN
Unanimous decision
1960-04-04 Yuichi Noguchi debut WIN
Unanimous decision
1960-03-27 Goro Iwamoto debut Asakusa Hall WIN
KO
1960-03-02 Mitsuo Motohashi debut WIN
Split-decision
1960-02-21 Isami Masui debut WIN
Technical knockout