Fighting Harada
- Born
- 1943
- Died
- —
- Nationality
- Japan
- Career
- 1960–1970
Ended Éder Jofre's unbeaten title reign.
Titles & Honours
- World Flyweight Champion
- World Bantamweight Champion
Career Timeline
1960–1970- Milestone
First recorded professional bout
vs Isami Masui · W TKO
- Milestone
25th recorded win
vs Baby Espinosa · PTS. Newspaper decisions excluded.
- Signature fight
vs Éder Jofre
W SD · Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium , Nagoya, Aichi , Japan. Archive selection: one of the first three wins over distinct fighters profiled here, not an expert-selected signature fight.
- Milestone
50th recorded win
vs Hajime Taroura · KO. Newspaper decisions excluded.
- Milestone
Latest recorded bout
vs Johnny Famechon · L KO. Not necessarily the retirement date.
Title wins · dates not yet documented
Derived from the current archive and profile honours. Title-reign years are not exact bout dates; title claims are not independently verified. Signature fights use existing profile selections, or clearly labelled wins over other archived fighters when no selections exist. Year-only dates retain their original precision.
Photo Archive
No freely licensed photographs of Fighting Harada are available in this archive.
Fight-by-Fight Record
| Date | Result | Opponent | Method | Round | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960-02-21 | W | Isami Masui | TKO | 4 | Tokyo, Japan |
| 1960-03-02 | W | Mitsuo Motohashi | SD | 4 | Tokyo, Japan |
| 1960-03-27 | W | Goro Iwamoto | KO | 3 | Asakusa Hall , Tokyo, Japan |
| 1960-04-04 | W | Yuichi Noguchi | UD | 4 | Tokyo, Japan |
| 1960-04-13 | W | Ken Morita | UD | 4 | Tokyo, Japan |
| 1960-06-10 | W | Masatake Ogura | TKO | 3 | Tokyo, Japan |
| 1960-06-24 | W | Kazuo Morita | KO | 1 | Shinagawa Hall , Tokyo, Japan |
| 1960-07-18 | W | Masaru Kodangi | RTD | 3 | Tokyo, Japan |
| 1960-09-01 | W | Yukio Suzuki | UD | 4 | Tokyo, Japan |
| 1960-10-28 | W | Sadayoshi Yoshida | KO | 4 | Tokyo, Japan |
| 1960-11-07 | W | Hachiro Arai | UD | 4 | Tokyo, Japan |
| 1960-12-11 | W | Yoshinori Hikita | KO | 3 | Tokyo, Japan |
| 1960-12-24 | W | Hiroyuki Ebihara | PTS | 6 | Tokyo, Japan |
| 1961-01-05 | W | Tsuyoshi Nakamura | UD | 6 | Tokyo, Japan |
| 1961-01-28 | W | Riichi Tanaka | UD | 6 | Tokyo, Japan |
| 1961-03-05 | W | Yasuo Fujita | UD | 6 | Tokyo, Japan |
| 1961-05-01 | W | Ray Perez | UD | 10 | Tokyo, Japan |
| 1961-06-19 | W | Shigeru Ito | UD | 10 | Tokyo, Japan |
| 1961-07-31 | W | Akio Maki | RTD | 8 | Tokyo, Japan |
| 1961-09-09 | W | Sombang Banbung | KO | 3 | Tokyo, Japan |
| 1961-10-09 | W | Akio Maki | UD | 10 | Osaka , Osaka, Japan |
| 1961-12-10 | W | Ryoji Shiratori | KO | 6 | Nagoya, Aichi , Japan |
| 1962-01-12 | W | Kozo Nagata | UD | 10 | Tokyo, Japan |
| 1962-03-18 | W | Tadao Kawamura | UD | 10 | Tokyo, Japan |
| 1962-05-03 | W | Baby Espinosa | PTS | 10 | Korakuen Gym, Tokyo, Japan |
| 1962-06-14 | L | Edmundo Esparza | SD | 10 | Tokyo, Japan |
| 1962-07-23 | W | Little Rufe | UD | 10 | Tokyo, Japan |
| 1962-10-10 | W | Pone Kingpetch | KO | 11 | Kokugikan , Tokyo, Japan |
| 1963-01-12 | L | Pone Kingpetch | MD | 15 | National Stadium Gymnasium , Bangkok , Thailand |
| 1963-03-21 | W | Tetsuro Kawai | UD | 10 | Tokyo, Japan |
| 1963-05-04 | W | Jose Cejuda | KO | 1 | Naha, Okinawa , Japan |
| 1963-06-19 | W | Thira Lodjarengabe | RTD | 6 | Nagoya, Aichi , Japan |
| 1963-08-07 | W | Dommy Balajada | UD | 10 | Tokyo, Japan |
| 1963-09-26 | L | José Medel | TKO | 6 | Tokyo, Japan |
| 1963-11-25 | W | Emile de Leon | PTS | 10 | Tokyo, Japan |
| 1964-01-02 | W | Avelino Estrada | KO | 5 | Tokyo, Japan |
| 1964-02-14 | W | Somsak Laemfapha | KO | 2 | Osaka , Osaka, Japan |
| 1964-07-06 | W | Ray Asis | UD | 10 | Sports Arena , Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| 1964-09-17 | W | Oscar Reyes | PTS | 10 | Tokyo, Japan |
| 1964-10-29 | W | Katsutoshi Aoki | KO | 3 | Tokyo, Japan |
| 1965-01-04 | W | Dommy Froilan | KO | 6 | Tokyo, Japan |
| 1965-03-04 | W | Toru Nakamura | KO | 2 | Not recorded |
| 1965-05-18 | W | Éder Jofre | SD | 15 | Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium , Nagoya, Aichi , Japan |
| 1965-07-28 | W | Katsuo Saito | PTS | 12 | Tokyo, Japan |
| 1965-11-30 | W | Alan Rudkin | UD | 15 | Nippon Budokan , Tokyo, Japan |
| 1966-02-15 | W | Soo Kang Suh | PTS | 12 | Nagoya, Aichi , Japan |
| 1966-05-31 | W | Éder Jofre | UD | 15 | Nippon Budokan , Tokyo, Japan |
| 1966-08-01 | W | Dio Espinosa | UD | 10 | Sapporo, Hokkaido , Japan |
| 1966-10-25 | W | Antonio Herrera | UD | 12 | Osaka, Osaka, Japan |
| 1967-01-03 | W | José Medel | UD | 15 | Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium , Nagoya, Aichi , Japan |
| 1967-04-04 | W | Tiny Palacio | UD | 12 | Fukuoka, Fukuoka , Japan |
| 1967-07-04 | W | Bernardo Caraballo | UD | 15 | Nippon Budokan , Tokyo, Japan |
| 1967-09-25 | W | Hajime Taroura | KO | 2 | Osaka, Osaka, Japan |
| 1967-11-28 | W | Soo Bok Kwon | KO | 8 | Okayama City, Okayama , Japan |
| 1968-02-27 | L | Lionel Rose | UD | 15 | Nippon Budokan , Tokyo, Japan |
| 1968-06-05 | W | Dwight Hawkins | UD | 10 | Tokyo, Japan |
| 1968-09-04 | W | Nobuo Chiba | KO | 7 | Sano, Tochigi , Japan |
| 1968-12-04 | W | Roy Amolong | KO | 2 | Tokyo, Japan |
| 1969-04-02 | L | Alton Colter | SD | 10 | Tokyo, Japan |
| 1969-06-04 | W | Vil Tumulak | UD | 10 | Nagoya, Aichi , Japan |
| 1969-07-28 | L | Johnny Famechon | PTS | 15 | Sydney Stadium , Sydney, Australia |
| 1969-10-01 | W | Pat Gonzales | KO | 8 | Fukui , Fukui , Japan |
| 1970-01-06 | L | Johnny Famechon | KO | 14 | Metropolitan Gymnasium , Tokyo, Japan |
Showing 63 of 63 recorded fights · last updated 2026-10-15. Imported record tables are not independently verified and may be incomplete. Early-era logs include newspaper decisions (NWS), which are not counted in the official totals above.
Record notes
Fight record last retrieved: 2026-10-11. Title histories remain subject to archival review.
Historical-era totals differ between record-keeping conventions (newspaper decisions, exhibitions).
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