in that round. This was Harada's last fight as a professional. Harada led a rather quiet life after retirement. In 1996, he was elected into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, New York. Coincidentally, Wilfredo Gómez was inducted in the same ceremony. After Gómez expressed that Harada was his idol, Harada responded, using an interpreter, that Gómez had, in turn, become one of his favorite fighters as well. Eder Jofre, one of the boxers Harada beat to win world titles, is also enshrined at the IBHOF. Masahiko Harada became president of the Japanese Boxing Commission in 2002. On January 28, 2004, as he was driving home from his office, Harada experienced a headache and he was found to have a brain hemorrhage which required hospitalisation. By 2005 he was recovering steadily. On November 7, 2019 he presented the Muhammad Ali Trophy to Naoya Inoue after his victory over Nonito Donaire to win the 2018–19 World Boxing Super Series – bantamweight division tournament. Professional boxing record See also List of flyweight boxing champions List of bantamweight boxing champions List of Japanese boxing world champions Boxing in Japan References External links Fighting Harada Boxing Gym Masahiko "Fighting" Harada – CBZ Profile https://boxrec.com/media/index.php/National_Boxing_Association%27s_Quarterly_Ratings:_1962 |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- 1943 births Living people Flyweight boxers Bantamweight boxers Featherweight boxers World Boxing Association champions World Boxing Council champions The Ring (magazine) champions World flyweight boxing champions World bantamweight boxing champions International Boxing Hall of Fame inductees Boxing commentators Sportspeople from Tokyo Japanese male boxers Presidents of the Japan Pro Boxing Association