Trivia

Resides in Hollywood, California. He charges $120 an hour to teach self-defense. He offers free classes at North Hollywood park on Tuesday afternoons at 3:00p.m. across from Gold's Gym. (February 2004)

Harold Diamond aka Harold Roth has been reported as having a kickboxing record of 17-0-0 (17 knockouts) ; yet, he has two confirmed losses to Steve Shepherd. Also, Diamond is reported to have an undefeated (67-0-0) full-contact karate record, but he has at least one documented loss to Germany's Peter Harbrecht.

In the mid 1970s, Diamond (Roth) fought on two professional boxing cards in Miami Beach, Florida. His matches were kickboxing bouts and Diamond (aka Roth) won both by first round knockouts.

In 1977 at the WAKO World Championships in West Berlin, Germany, Roth lost in the finals to Peter Harbrecht in full-contact karate.

In 1979 in Tampa, Florida, Roth came in second to Franz Haller at the WAKO World Championships.

In 1975, Roth defeated Glen McMorris in one of his biggest victories in Karate.

In February 1975 in Tampa, Florida, Roth lost by third round technical knockout to future world middleweight kickboxing champion Steve Shepherd.