Howard Winstone MBE | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 15 April 1939 Merthyr Tydfil, Wales | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 20 September 2000 (aged 61) Merthyr Tydfil, Wales | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||
| Other names | The Welsh Wizard | ||||||||||||||
| Statistics | |||||||||||||||
| Weight(s) | Featherweight | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (165 cm) | ||||||||||||||
| Stance | Orthodox | ||||||||||||||
| Boxing record | |||||||||||||||
| Total fights | 67 | ||||||||||||||
| Wins | 61 | ||||||||||||||
| Wins by KO | 27 | ||||||||||||||
| Losses | 6 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Howard Winstone, MBE (15 April 1939 – 30 September 2000) was a Welsh[1] world champion boxer, born in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. As an amateur, Winstone won the Amateur Boxing Association bantamweight title in 1958, and a Commonwealth Games Gold Medal at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff.
- ^ Davies, Sean (11 April 2002). "BBC Sport-Boxing-5. Howard Winstone". BBC website. BBC. Retrieved 28 October 2009.