Fighting Harada

Japanese boxer

ファイティング原田 · 原田政彥

Born

5 April 1943, Setagaya

Citizenship

Japan

Sport

boxing

Discipline

bantamweight, flyweight

Occupation

boxer

Height

160 cm (5 ft 3 in)

Recorded fight record

55 wins, 7 losses

Masahiko Harada (born April 5, 1943), better known as Fighting Harada, is a Japanese former professional boxer. He is a world champion in two weight classes, having held the NYSAC, WBA, and The Ring undisputed flyweight titles from 1962 to 1963 and the WBA, WBC, and The Ring undisputed bantamweight titles from 1965 and 1968. 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.

Awards and honours

• International Boxing Hall of Fame 1995
• The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette
• The Ring World Bantamweight Champion
• The Ring World Flyweight Champion
• WBA World Bantamweight Champion
• WBA World Flyweight Champion
• WBC World Bantamweight Champion

External links

• Wikipedia
• BoxRec
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q952577 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.