Floyd Havard
| Floyd Havard | |
|---|---|
| Statistics | |
| Real name | Floyd Havard |
| Weight(s) | super featherweight |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) |
| Nationality | Welsh |
| Born |
16 October 1965 (age 51) Swansea, Wales |
| Stance | Southpaw |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 36 |
| Wins | 34 |
| Wins by KO | 21 |
| Losses | 2 |
| Draws | 0 |
| No contests | 0 |
Floyd Havard (born 16 October 1965) is a Welsh former super featherweight boxer. He was twice British super featherweight champion, from 1988–1989 and 1994-1996. In 1994 he made an unsuccessful bid for the IBF super featherweight title against John John Molina.
Swansea born Havard was a successful amateur boxer. He missed out in representing Britain in the 1984 Olympics to Kevin Taylor, but took the ABA National Championships title in 1985. He turned professional that same year, and began his career with an encounter with journeyman Dean Bramhald at Cardiff. This began a long string of winning results, and by April 1988 he had recorded 17 professional victories. On 18 May 1988, Havard was given a shot at the British super-featherweight title against the holder, Pat Cowdell. Cowdell was a natural featherweight, and past holder of the European featherweight belt, before he moved up to super-featherweight in 1984. Cowdell then took the European super-featherweight title, followed by the British title briefly in 1986 and again in 1987. This was Havard's first professional title fight, and his first scheduled for twelve rounds. The fight only lasted eight rounds, with Havard stopping Cowdell via technical knockout. Cowdell retired from boxing soon after. Havard later stated that beating Cowdell was "...the best night of my career."
Havard followed up his British title win with points victories over Canadian John Kalbhenn and American Idabeth Rojas, before facing John Doherty in his first defence of his belt. Fought on the 6 September 1989 at Afan Lido in Wales, the twelve round fight ended with Havard's retirement in the eleventh. Ahead on points, Havard broke his hand during the bout, and in pain, turned his back on his opponent and quit the fight.
After losing his belt, Havard took 18 months away from boxing, before returning in March 1991 to face Tony Foster as the main undercard event to the Gary De Roux vs. Sean Murphy British featherweight title bout. Despite Havard going down in the first round, he recovered to win the encounter on points. Havard built on this result with wins over George Ayeh and Patrick Kamy towards the end of 1991, then stopped Harry Escott via technical knockout in March 1992.
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