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He ticks all the boxes: top-notch ability, excellent resume and one of the finest weight-climbers in history.
He was better schooled and had more dimensions to his game than Pacquiao in my opinion. One facet of Harada’s arsenal I think gets constantly overlooked is his jab. While I wouldn’t put it in the same category as top-notch traditional jabbers as Ohba, Kalambay and Winstone, it was nonetheless beautifully integrated into his style and an important part of his attack as a distance-cutter and distraction.
Don’t forget to include Rudkin, Medel, and Caraballo.
I would love to see the Ebihara bout.
As you say, it's a masterclass.
It’s sad how forgotten Rose is today, such a lovely boxer.
Have you seen Rose-Castillo, Benny?
Even if it has been years since I watched it, I still remember that I thought there is no way in hell Famechon won that fight. Harada should’ve been handed the crown.
Well done, Willie Pep!
Bundana is right on the money. Shirai was a bit unlucky to bump into a monster in Pascual Perez.
It would've been interesting if he had came along a decade or so later in the 1960’s, right into the mix with Kingpetch, Ebihara, Accavallo, Burruni, Torres, Chionoi, and McGowan.
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