Howard Winstone

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Howard Winstone was born on 15th April 1939 in Merthyr Tydfil and died on 30th September 2000. He was a world champion boxer.

As an amateur, Winstone won the Amateur Boxing Association bantamweight title in 1958 and a Commonwealth Games Gold Medal at the same weight later the same year. He turned professional as a featherweight in 1959, won the British featherweight title in 1961, and was unbeaten in his first 34 contests. Winstone also won the European title

Winstone became the World Featherweight Champion on his fourth attempt when he stopped Mitsunori Seki of Japan in nine rounds in June 1968.In a world title defence at Porthcawl, South Wales he was defeated and retired aged 29.

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