Howard Winstone

Welsh boxer (1939-2000) Howard Winstone MBEPersonal informationNicknameThe Welsh WizardNationalityBritishBorn(1939-04-15)15 April 1939Merthyr Tydfil, WalesDied20 September 2000(2000-09-20) (aged 61)Merthyr Tydfil, WalesHeight5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)WeightFeatherweightBoxing careerStanceOrthodoxBoxing recordTotal fights67Wins61Win by KO27Losses6 Medal record Men's Boxing Representing Wales Commonwealth Games 1958 Cardiff Bantamweight Howard Winstone, MBE (15 April 1939 – 30 September 2000) was a Welsh 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. Boxing style In his early amateur days Winstone was very much a two-fisted fighter, but as a teenager, whilst working in a local toy factory, he lost the tips of three fingers on his right hand in an accident. As a result, he lost much of the punching power in his right hand and so had to change his style to rely much more on a straight left. Amateur career Winstone won 83 of his 86 amateur fights, and in 1958 he was the ABA bantamweight champion. Represen