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 |
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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 |
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1968-12-04 | Roy Amolong | LLLLDW | WIN KO |
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1968-09-04 | Nobuo Chiba | LWWLWW | Sano | WIN KO |
1968-06-05 | Dwight Hawkins | WWWWWW | WIN Unanimous decision |
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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 |
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1965-05-18 | Eder Jofre | WWWWWW | Aichi Prefectural Gym, Nagoya | WIN Split-decision |
1965-01-04 | Dommy Froilan | WLLWWW | WIN KO |
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1964-10-29 | Katsutoshi Aoki | WWDWWW | WIN KO |
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1964-09-17 | Oscar Reyes | LWDLWW | WIN Points |
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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 |
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1963-11-25 | Emile de Leon | WLDWLW | WIN Points |
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1963-09-26 | Jose Medel | WWLWLD | LOST Technical knockout |
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1963-08-07 | Dommy Balajada | LLLLL | WIN Unanimous decision |
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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 |
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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 |
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1962-06-14 | Edmundo Esparza | LLWWWW | LOST Split-decision |
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1962-05-03 | Baby Espinosa | LLWLLL | Korakuen Gym | WIN Points |
1962-03-18 | Tadao Kawamura | WWWWWL | WIN Unanimous decision |
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1962-01-12 | Kozo Nagata | LLWLDW | WIN Unanimous decision |
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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 |
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1961-07-31 | Akio Maki | DWWWWW | WIN Corner retirement |
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1961-06-19 | Shigeru Ito | WWWDWW | WIN Unanimous decision |
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1961-05-01 | Ray Perez | LWWLLW | WIN Unanimous decision |
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1961-03-05 | Yasuo Fujita | LWWWWL | WIN Unanimous decision |
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1961-01-28 | Riichi Tanaka | WWWWWW | WIN Unanimous decision |
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1961-01-05 | Tsuyoshi Nakamura | WWWLWW | WIN Unanimous decision |
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1960-12-24 | Hiroyuki Ebihara | WWWWWW | WIN Points |
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1960-12-11 | Yoshinori Hikita | LW | WIN KO |
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1960-11-07 | Hachiro Arai | LDL | WIN Unanimous decision |
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1960-10-28 | Sadayoshi Yoshida | L | WIN KO |
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1960-09-01 | Yukio Suzuki | debut | WIN Unanimous decision |
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1960-07-18 | Masaru Kodangi | LL | WIN Corner retirement |
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1960-06-24 | Kazuo Morita | debut | Shinagawa Hall | WIN KO |
1960-06-10 | Masatake Ogura | debut | WIN Technical knockout |
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1960-04-13 | Ken Morita | WWLDLW | WIN Unanimous decision |
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1960-04-04 | Yuichi Noguchi | debut | WIN Unanimous decision |
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1960-03-27 | Goro Iwamoto | debut | Asakusa Hall | WIN KO |
1960-03-02 | Mitsuo Motohashi | debut | WIN Split-decision |
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1960-02-21 | Isami Masui | debut | WIN Technical knockout |