Fighting Harada vs. Bernardo Caraballo

Fighting Harada 118 lbs beat Bernardo Caraballo 118 lbs by UD in round 15 of 15

• Date: 1967-07-04
• Location: Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan
• Referee: Ko Toyama 72-66
• Judge: Ken Morita 72-68
• Judge: Hal Drake 71-68

"Japan's Fighting Harada Tuesday defended his world bantamweight title for the 4th time by scoring a unanimous 15 round decision over Columbia's Bernardo Caraballo. Harada scored the only knockdown of the fight in the 1st round when he landed a right to the jaw after Caraballo had stung him with hard lefts and rights early in the round. Caraballo, with superior footwork and fast hands, gave Harada his toughest fight in his four title defenses." -United Press International

• Harada opened a cut over Caraballo's left eye in the 5th round and suffered a cut over his own left eye in the 8th.
• Harada was warned for butting and Caraballo lost a point in the 11th round for holding.
• Most of Japan's sportswriters were predicting a Caraballo victory due to the fact that Harada had to boil down from 147 to 118 within three months and they felt that he would not have sufficient stamina to cope with Caraballo's speed for 15 rounds.
• Unofficial UPI scorecard - 72-69 Harada
• Unofficial AP scorecard - 72-68 Harada

Post fight comments

• "He is a fast and good boxer. I still have lots to learn from the boxing trade after looking back on tonight's close match." -Fighting Harada

• "Tonight, the best man won. I was in the best fighting condition of my career, but the champion was the better of the two of us. I would like to fight him again, but it has to be in Los Angeles." -Bernardo Caraballo