Bantamweight · Japan
Fighting Harada 56-7-0 23 KO · 1960–1970
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Fighting Harada was a bantamweight boxer from Japan, born Apr 5, 1943. Record 56-7-0 with 23 knockouts over 1960–1970. World titles: WBA bantamweight (1965–1968), WBC bantamweight (1965–1968), WBA flyweight (1962–1963). Fighting Harada last fought Johnny Famechon on Jan 6, 1970 and lost by KO in round 14 of 15.
Also: Масахико Харада · Харада Масахіко · فايتنج هارادا +8 more فايتنغ هارادا · فایتینگ هارادا · ไฟติง ฮะระดะ · ファイティング原田 · 原田政彥 · Masahiko Harada · Харада, Масахико · ไฟติ้ง ฮาราด้า
Born Apr 5, 1943
Country 🇯🇵 Japan
Stance Orthodox
Height 160 cm
Reach 162.5 cm
Nickname Fighting
Debut Feb 21, 1960
Career 1960–1970
Rounds boxed 503
KO share 41%
Born in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
Titles WBA flyweight · 1962–1963; WBA, WBC bantamweight · 1965–1968
Boxerbook rating 1815 ± 291 · inactive since Jan 1970Why here › Confirmed bouts 8 of 63
Career record Record
56-7-0, 23 KOs · 1960–1970
Last result L
For WBC and The Ring featherweight titles KO 14/15 · Metropolitan Gym, Tokyo, 🇯🇵
The record 63 bouts, 1960–1970, newest first. Records under each bout are both boxers going in.
Bouts by source: English Wikipedia · 63, Wikipedia (ja) · 63, Wikipedia (ru) · 2
L
For WBC and The Ring featherweight titles KO 14/15 · Metropolitan Gym, Tokyo, 🇯🇵
Harada 56-6-0 · Famechon 54-4-6
W
Pat Gonzales
KO 8/10 · Fukui, Fukui, 🇯🇵
Harada 55-6-0 · Gonzales —
L
For WBC and The Ring featherweight titles PTS 15/15 · Sydney Stadium, Sydney, 🇦🇺
Harada 55-5-0 · Famechon 51-4-6
W
Vil Tumulak
UD 10/10 · Nagoya, Aichi, 🇯🇵
Harada 54-5-0 · Tumulak —
L
Alton Colter
SD 10/10 · Tokyo, 🇯🇵
Harada 54-4-0 · Colter —
W
Roy Amolong
KO 2/10 · Tokyo, 🇯🇵
Harada 53-4-0 · Amolong —
W
Nobuo Chiba
KO 7/10 · Sano, Tochigi, 🇯🇵
Harada 52-4-0 · Chiba —
W
Dwight Hawkins
UD 10/10 · Tokyo, 🇯🇵
Harada 51-4-0 · Hawkins —
L
For WBA, WBC, and The Ring bantamweight titles UD 15/15 · Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, 🇯🇵
Harada 51-3-0 · Rose 27-2-0
W
Soo Bok Kwon
KO 8/12 · Okayama City, Okayama, 🇯🇵
Harada 50-3-0 · Kwon —
W
Hajime Taroura
KO 2/12 · Osaka, Osaka, 🇯🇵
Harada 49-3-0 · Taroura —
W
Retained WBA, WBC, and The Ring bantamweight titles UD 15/15 · Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, 🇯🇵
Harada 48-3-0 · Caraballo —
W
Tiny Palacio
UD 12/12 · Fukuoka, Fukuoka, 🇯🇵
Harada 47-3-0 · Palacio —
W
Retained WBA, WBC, and The Ring bantamweight titles UD 15/15 · Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium, Nagoya, Aichi, 🇯🇵
Harada 46-3-0 · Medel —
W
Antonio Herrera
UD 12/12 · Osaka, Osaka, 🇯🇵
Harada 45-3-0 · Herrera —
W
Dio Espinosa
UD 10/10 · Sapporo, Hokkaido, 🇯🇵
Harada 44-3-0 · Espinosa —
W
Retained WBA, WBC, and The Ring bantamweight titles UD 15/15 · Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, 🇯🇵
Harada 43-3-0 · Jofre 44-1-4
W
Soo Kang Suh
PTS 12/12 · Nagoya, Aichi, 🇯🇵
Harada 42-3-0 · Suh —
W
Retained WBA, WBC, and The Ring bantamweight titles UD 15/15 · Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, 🇯🇵
Harada 41-3-0 · Rudkin —
W
Katsuo Saito
PTS 12/12 · Tokyo, 🇯🇵
Harada 40-3-0 · Saito —
Show all 63 bouts W
Won WBA, WBC, and The Ring bantamweight titles SD 15/15 · Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium, Nagoya, Aichi, 🇯🇵
Harada 39-3-0 · Jofre 44-0-3
W
Toru Nakamura
KO 2
Harada 38-3-0 · Nakamura —
W
Dommy Froilan
KO 6/10 · Tokyo, 🇯🇵
Harada 37-3-0 · Froilan —
W
KO 3/10 · Tokyo, 🇯🇵
Harada 36-3-0 · Aoki —
W
Oscar Reyes
PTS 10/10 · Tokyo, 🇯🇵
Harada 35-3-0 · Reyes —
W
Ray Asis
UD 10/10 · Sports Arena, Los Angeles, 🇺🇸
Harada 34-3-0 · Asis —
W
Somsak Laemfapha
KO 2/10 · Osaka, Osaka, 🇯🇵
Harada 33-3-0 · Laemfapha —
W
Avelino Estrada
KO 5/10 · Tokyo, 🇯🇵
Harada 32-3-0 · Estrada —
W
Emile de Leon
PTS 10/10 · Tokyo, 🇯🇵
Harada 31-3-0 · Leon —
L
TKO 6/10 · Tokyo, 🇯🇵
Harada 31-2-0 · Medel —
W
Dommy Balajada
UD 10/10 · Tokyo, 🇯🇵
Harada 30-2-0 · Balajada —
W
Thira Lodjarengabe
RTD 6/10 · Nagoya, Aichi, 🇯🇵
Harada 29-2-0 · Lodjarengabe —
W
Jose Cejuda
KO 1/10 · Naha, Okinawa, 🇯🇵
Harada 28-2-0 · Cejuda —
W
Tetsuro Kawai
UD 10/10 · Tokyo, 🇯🇵
Harada 27-2-0 · Kawai —
L
For WBA and The Ring flyweight titles MD 15/15 · National Stadium Gymnasium, Bangkok, 🇹🇭
Harada 27-1-0 · Kingpetch 25-4-0
W
Won WBA and The Ring flyweight titles KO 11/15 · Kokugikan, Kokugikan, 🇯🇵
Harada 26-1-0 · Kingpetch 25-3-0
W
Little Rufe
UD 10/10 · Tokyo, 🇯🇵
Harada 25-1-0 · Rufe —
L
Edmundo Esparza
SD 10/10 · Tokyo, 🇯🇵
Harada 25-0-0 · Esparza —
W
Baby Espinosa
PTS 10/10 · Korakuen Gym, Tokyo, 🇯🇵
Harada 24-0-0 · Espinosa —
W
Tadao Kawamura
UD 10/10 · Tokyo, 🇯🇵
Harada 23-0-0 · Kawamura —
W
Kozo Nagata
UD 10/10 · Tokyo, 🇯🇵
Harada 22-0-0 · Nagata —
W
Ryoji Shiratori
KO 6/8 · Nagoya, Aichi, 🇯🇵
Harada 21-0-0 · Shiratori —
W
UD 10/10 · Osaka, Osaka, 🇯🇵
Harada 20-0-0 · Maki —
W
Sombang Banbung
KO 3/10 · Tokyo, 🇯🇵
Harada 19-0-0 · Banbung —
W
RTD 8/10 · Tokyo, 🇯🇵
Harada 18-0-0 · Maki —
W
Shigeru Ito
UD 10/10 · Tokyo, 🇯🇵
Harada 17-0-0 · Ito —
W
UD 10/10 · Tokyo, 🇯🇵
Harada 16-0-0 · Perez —
W
Yasuo Fujita
UD 6/6 · Tokyo, 🇯🇵
Harada 15-0-0 · Fujita —
W
Riichi Tanaka
UD 6/6 · Tokyo, 🇯🇵
Harada 14-0-0 · Tanaka —
W
UD 6/6 · Tokyo, 🇯🇵
Harada 13-0-0 · Nakamura —
W
PTS 6/6 · Tokyo, 🇯🇵
Harada 12-0-0 · Ebihara 9-0-0
W
Yoshinori Hikita
KO 3/4 · Tokyo, 🇯🇵
Harada 11-0-0 · Hikita —
W
Hachiro Arai
UD 4/4 · Tokyo, 🇯🇵
Harada 10-0-0 · Arai —
W
Sadayoshi Yoshida
KO 4/4 · Tokyo, 🇯🇵
Harada 9-0-0 · Yoshida —
W
Yukio Suzuki
UD 4/4 · Tokyo, 🇯🇵
Harada 8-0-0 · Suzuki —
W
Masaru Kodangi
RTD 3/4 · Tokyo, 🇯🇵
Harada 7-0-0 · Kodangi —
W
Kazuo Morita
KO 1/4 · Shinagawa Hall, Tokyo, 🇯🇵
Harada 6-0-0 · Morita —
W
Masatake Ogura
TKO 3/4 · Tokyo, 🇯🇵
Harada 5-0-0 · Ogura —
W
UD 4/4 · Tokyo, 🇯🇵
Harada 4-0-0 · Morita —
W
Yuichi Noguchi
UD 4/4 · Tokyo, 🇯🇵
Harada 3-0-0 · Noguchi —
W
Goro Iwamoto
KO 3/4 · Asakusa Hall, Tokyo, 🇯🇵
Harada 2-0-0 · Iwamoto —
W
Mitsuo Motohashi
SD 4/4 · Tokyo, 🇯🇵
Harada 1-0-0 · Motohashi —
W
Isami Masui
TKO 4/4 · Tokyo, 🇯🇵
Harada 0-0-0 · Masui —
Ratings now Not in any current ranking.
World titles
Facts
What is Fighting Harada's record? Fighting Harada's professional record is 56-7-0 with 23 knockouts.
Who did Fighting Harada fight last? Fighting Harada last fought Johnny Famechon on Jan 6, 1970 and lost by KO in round 14 of 15.
Which world titles has Fighting Harada held? Fighting Harada has held 3 world title reigns: WBA bantamweight (1965–1968), WBC bantamweight (1965–1968), WBA flyweight (1962–1963). Sources Boxerbook ID 19207 · permanent link boxerbook.com/id/19207 . Wikidata (CC0), English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), photo from Wikimedia Commons. Last fetched: 2026-10-12. Spot a mistake? Every bout page has a link to report it.
