Rose, Famechon and Harada.

Just come across this.

THEY WERE KINGS
When they buried Lionel Rose, it prompted a memory in my cousin, Steven Carter, who was working on the television show This Is Your Life back in 1977 when Rose was featured. After filming in Epping was completed, there was a party held for the guest of honour at the Texas Tavern, Kings Cross. So it was that just after midnight, the three famous boxers, Lionel Rose, Fighting Harada and Johnny Famechon got out of a cab to walk to the bar when a drunken lout, who was not alone, flicked his lit cigarette butt into the chest of Lionel Rose and started to unleash vicious racial epithets. Fighting Harada, who speaks very little English but knows ugliness when he sees it, instantly moved to cut off the drunk, even as the bum tried to shirt-front Rose. The great Aboriginal boxer, who could have dropped the punk without blinking, restrained himself and moved the other way, still pursued by the drunk. This time Johnny Famechon, bless him, used his trademark speed, grabbed the drunken lout by the collar and pulled back his left hook, locked and loaded on a hair trigger, waiting ... just waiting ... for the drunk's next racial slur. (Altogether after me: Please ...? Just one ...?) The crowd closed in as Harada moved to stand by Famechon, shoulder to shoulder, as Lionel kept walking. A dignified man, Lionel had been in this bad movie before too many times, wanted no part of it, and knew that his mates had his back. Luckily at this point one of the drunken lout's slightly less drunken mates stepped forward and dragged him away into the night, with his babbles of, "I could have taken all three of them" soon fading into Kings Cross night. Situation sorted, Lionel was on the steps of the Texas Tavern waiting for the other two to catch up. "Thanks," he said, and they went go inside. A champion man. And I am reliably informed that next year will be the first time in more than four decades that Fighting Harada won't send Lionel a birthday card. Another champion. As is Johnny Famechon.

 

Yes, nice little story isn't it. I'm gonna be meeting up with Fammo next month in Melbourne.

 

There is a bit more about Rose returning from Japan on it but that's it. Here's the link anyway
http://www.smh.com.au/sport/the-fitz-files/hewitt-the-paradox--ever-the-fighter-20111230-1pfod.html

 

Probably a good thing Fammo didn't take that ***** but it would of been nice.
I just can't see how the fight never came off, it would of been a classic.
Who would you of had your money on, the summer of 69?

 

Yes, it's a real pick'em. I see it as a chess match, Lionel had a great jab as well and was very sharp. He would of been comfortable at featherweight then as well.
I really can't pick it!

 

They would of been big in Japan