Jeff Harding (born 5 February 1965 in Sydney) is a retired world champion boxer from Australia, known as "Hit Man".
Early life and career Harding lived in South Grafton N.S.W. Australia and was a student at South Grafton High School. He trained with Steve Cansdell in Grafton before relocating to Sydney where he was first trained by John Lewis at the Newtown Police Boys' Club from where he won his first amateur title (NSW State).
Professional career Harding a rugged come forward type fighter turned professional in 1986 and in 1989 won the WBC Light Heavyweight Title with a 12th-round TKO over Dennis Andries in only his 15th professional fight with Johnny Lewis in his corner. He had taken the fight with only three weeks notice. He defended the title twice before losing the belt via KO in 1990 in a rematch with Andries. In 1991 he recaptured the WBC Light Heavyweight Title by taking a majority decision over Andries in their third match. He defended the belt twice before losing the title in 1994 to Mike McCallum by unanimous decision. Harding retired after the bout. Harding was the 2004 Inductee for the Australian National Boxing Hall of Fame Moderns category.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes25Loss23–2Mike McCallumUD1223 Jul 199424Win23–1David VedderUD123 Dec 199223Win22–1Christophe TiozzoTKO8 (12)5 Jun 199222Win21–1Dennis Andries12 11 Sep 199121Win20–1Bobby JenningsTKO7 (10), 2 Jun 199120Win19–1 David VedderUD1014 Dec 199019Win18–1Stacy McSwainKO3 (10)13 Oct 199018Loss17–1Dennis AndriesKO7 (12), 28 Jul 199017Win17–0Nestor Hipolito GiovanniniTKO11 (12), 18 Mar 199016Win16–0Tom CollinsRTD2 (12), 24 Oct 198915Win15–0Dennis AndriesTKO12 (12), 24 Jun 198914Win14–0Nestor Hipolito GiovanniniUD1010 May 198913Win13–0Art JimmersonUD101 Mar 198912Win12–0Carlos Antunes FonsecaKO9 (10)7 Dec 198811Win11–0Charlie Dean MooreTKO8 (10)5 Sep 198810Win10–0Don Vincent Lee8 (10), 18 Jul 19889Win9–0Jorge Juan SalgadoTKO5 (8)6 Jun 19888Win8–0Doug SamTKO5 (12)28 Apr 19887Win7–0Apollo Sweet1016 Mar 19886Win6–0Mosese ViliaTKO2 (?), 11 Dec 19875Win5–0Luka JoelKO2 (10)25 Sep 19874Win4–0Johnny Taupau Sr.TKO2 (10)24 Jul 19873Win3–0Materati ValuKO2 (10)19 Jun 19872Win2–0Emmanuel Otti5 (10)5 Feb 19871Win1–0Tommy Roberts4 (10)7 Nov 1986
See also Rugby league team he follows is the Canterbury Bankstown bulldogs List of Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing List of world light-heavyweight boxing champions Australian National Boxing Hall of Fame
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