Fighting Harada vs Bernardo Caraballo Complete TV Broadcast - 15 Round Bantamweight Title Fight

Well damn, didn't my man Masahiko salvage that 1st round or no?

 

Brutha Russell, that's why we're all kindred spirits here in Classic..the past still holds more of an allure than this day and age...it does for me in spades!! Keep up the great work with all your "care packages"...you're on one hell of a roll!!

 

Really enjoyed this until the 14th and 15th rounds which became clinch-fests. But here we go, 5 point must system in effect.

Round 1: 5-4 Harada (scores a knockdown)
Round 2: 5-5 Even
Round 3: 5-4 Caraballo
Round 4: 5-4 Caraballo
Round 5: 5-4 Harada
Round 6: 5-5 Even
Round 7: 5-4 Harada
Round 8: 5-4 Caraballo
Round 9: 5-4 Caraballo
Round 10: 5-4 Harada
Round 11: 5-3 Harada (Caraballo loses a point for excessive holding)
Round 12: 5-4 Caraballo
Round 13: 5-4 Harada
Round 14: 5-4 Harada
Round 15: 5-4 Harada

Total: 70-66 Harada

Good tactical fight until the late rounds, which as I said became a bit of a clinchfest. The first round is the only one where I really have to explain. Harada scored a knockdown late in the round as RC mentioned, which may have some scoring it as a 2 point round for Harada. However, I felt that was arguably the best round of Caraballo (even though he lost it) after having stunned Harada about three times during the round. I just could not give Harada a 2-pointer. I gave him the round, but just. How did you guys see it?

 

I'm a Harda fan. A very tough and durable type who usually gave the fans their monies worth. Its a pity he only fought in the USA once.

 

It's been a bit since I've seen this mate, I'll try to get round to watching it again. I recall it being a good, near even fight for the first two thirds with Harada only having a slight edge but then asserting his experience and pulling clear over the last third. Like scar says, a lot of clinching and mauling late on.

Caraballo was an excellent fighter at his best with that athletic, homespun, herky-jerky style. Sort of awkward but effective rhythm that he had with great speed and peripheral movement. Unlucky to have to face Jofre, who really took him apart, and Harada in his title shots- he beat a lot of good fighters and was a hero in Colombia. Supposedly a big inspiration for the likes of Valdez, Cervantes and Lora etc.

 

Amen to that.

 

Brutha Russell, that's why we're all kindred spirits here in Classic..the past still holds more of an allure than this day and age...it does for me in spades!! Keep up the great work with all your "care packages"...you're on one hell of a roll!!

 

McGrain, who did you give the first round to? I reflexively gave it to Harada, by virtue of that late kd, but upon thinking about it, Caraballo was really laying it on Harada early on in the round, and I wonder if that kd was enough to offset the Colombian's staggering and hurting of Harada before he was decked.