Featherweight · United Kingdom
Howard Winstone 61-6-0 27 KO · 1959–1968
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Howard Winstone was a featherweight boxer from United Kingdom, born Apr 15, 1939. Record 61-6-0 with 27 knockouts over 1959–1968. World titles: WBC featherweight (1968). Howard Winstone last fought José Legrá on Jul 24, 1968 and lost by TKO in round 5 of 15.
Also: Говард Вінстон · هوارد وينستون · ハワード・ウィンストン
Born Apr 15, 1939
Died Sep 30, 2000
Country 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Stance Orthodox
Nickname The Welsh Wizard
Debut Feb 24, 1959
Career 1959–1968
Rounds boxed 569
KO share 44%
Born in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales
Titles WBC featherweight · 1968
Boxerbook rating 1823 ± 295 · inactive since Jul 1968Why here › Confirmed bouts 5 of 67
Career record Record
61-6-0, 27 KOs · 1959–1968
Last result L
For WBC featherweight title TKO 5/15 · Coney Beach Arena, Porthcawl, 🇬🇧
The record 67 bouts, 1959–1968, newest first. Records under each bout are both boxers going in.
L
For WBC featherweight title TKO 5/15 · Coney Beach Arena, Porthcawl, 🇬🇧
Winstone 61-5-0 · Legrá 102-5-4
W
PTS 10/10 · Empire Pool, London, 🇬🇧
Winstone 60-5-0 · Anderson —
W
Won vacant WBC featherweight title TKO 9/15 · Royal Albert Hall, London, 🇬🇧
Winstone 59-5-0 · Seki —
L
For WBA, WBC, and The Ring featherweight titles TKO 12/15 · Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, 🇲🇽
Winstone 59-4-0 · Saldivar 33-1-0
L
For WBA, WBC, and The Ring featherweight titles PTS 15/15 · Ninian Park, Cardiff, 🇬🇧
Winstone 59-3-0 · Saldivar 32-1-0
W
Richard Sue
PTS 10/10 · Royal Albert Hall, London, 🇬🇧
Winstone 58-3-0 · Sue —
W
Lennie Williams
Retained British & European featherweight titles TKO 8/15 · Afan Lido, Port Talbot, 🇬🇧
Winstone 57-3-0 · Williams —
W
Don Johnson
DQ 4/10 · Free Trade Hall, Manchester, 🇬🇧
Winstone 56-3-0 · Johnson —
W
Jean De Keers
Retained European featherweight title TKO 3/15 · Empire Pool, London, 🇬🇧
Winstone 55-3-0 · Keers —
W
Andrea Silanos
Retained European featherweight title TKO 15/15 · Teatro Verdi, Sassari, 🇮🇹
Winstone 54-3-0 · Silanos —
W
Brian Cartwright
TKO 9/10 · National Sporting Club, London, 🇬🇧
Winstone 53-3-0 · Cartwright —
L
For WBA, WBC, and The Ring featherweight titles PTS 15/15 · Earls Court Arena, London, 🇬🇧
Winstone 53-2-0 · Saldivar 28-1-0
W
PTS 10/10 · Winter Gardens, Blackpool, 🇬🇧
Winstone 52-2-0 · Legrá 52-4-4
W
Eduardo Guerrero
TKO 5/10 · Empire Pool, London, 🇬🇧
Winstone 51-2-0 · Guerrero —
W
Don Johnson
PTS 10/10 · Market Hall, Carmarthen, 🇬🇧
Winstone 50-2-0 · Johnson —
W
Yves Desmarets
Retained European featherweight title PTS 15/15 · Palazzetto dello Sport, Roma, 🇮🇹
Winstone 49-2-0 · Desmarets —
W
PTS 10/10 · Ice Rink, Nottingham, 🇬🇧
Winstone 48-2-0 · Belouard —
W
Baby Luis
PTS 10/10 · Empire Pool, London, 🇬🇧
Winstone 47-2-0 · Luis —
W
Jose Bisbal
PTS 10/10 · Midland Hotel, Manchester, 🇬🇧
Winstone 46-2-0 · Bisbal —
W
TKO 7/10 · National Sporting Club, London, 🇬🇧
Winstone 45-2-0 · Lundgren —
Show all 67 bouts W
Lino Mastellaro
Retained European featherweight title TKO 8/15 · Empire Pool, London, 🇬🇧
Winstone 44-2-0 · Mastellaro —
W
Rafiu King
PTS 10/10 · Empire Pool, London, 🇬🇧
Winstone 43-2-0 · King —
L
Don Johnson
PTS 10/10 · Olympia, London, 🇬🇧
Winstone 43-1-0 · Johnson —
W
Retained British & European featherweight titles PTS 15/15 · National Sporting Club, London, 🇬🇧
Winstone 42-1-0 · O'Brien —
W
Miguel Calderin
PTS 10/10 · Corwen Pavilion, Corwen, 🇬🇧
Winstone 41-1-0 · Calderin —
W
Billy Calvert
Retained British & European featherweight titles PTS 15/15 · Coney Beach Arena, Porthcawl, 🇬🇧
Winstone 40-1-0 · Calvert —
W
Won European featherweight title TKO 14/15 · Maindy Stadium, Cardiff, 🇬🇧
Winstone 39-1-0 · Serti —
W
Juan Cardenas
PTS 8/8 · National Sporting Club, London, 🇬🇧
Winstone 38-1-0 · Cardenas —
W
TKO 8/10 · Sophia Gardens Pavilion, Cardiff, 🇬🇧
Winstone 37-1-0 · Lamperti —
W
Johnny Morrisey
Retained British featherweight title TKO 11/15 · Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, 🇬🇧
Winstone 36-1-0 · Morrisey —
W
Teddy Rand
TKO 3/10 · National Sporting Club, London, 🇬🇧
Winstone 35-1-0 · Rand —
W
Freddie Dobson
TKO 3/8 · Kings Hall, Manchester, 🇬🇧
Winstone 34-1-0 · Dobson —
L
Leroy Jeffery
TKO 2/10 · Queens Hall, Leeds, 🇬🇧
Winstone 34-0-0 · Jeffery —
W
Billy Davis
TKO 7/10 · Empire Pool, London, 🇬🇧
Winstone 33-0-0 · Davis —
W
George Bowes
PTS 10/10 · Newtown Pavilion, Newtown, 🇬🇧
Winstone 32-0-0 · Bowes —
W
Dennis Adjei
PTS 8/8 · Sophia Gardens Pavilion, Cardiff, 🇬🇧
Winstone 31-0-0 · Adjei —
W
Harry Carroll
Retained British featherweight title RTD 6/15 · Maindy Stadium, Cardiff, 🇬🇧
Winstone 30-0-0 · Carroll —
W
Derry Treanor
Retained British featherweight title TKO 14/15 · Empire Pool, London, 🇬🇧
Winstone 29-0-0 · Treanor —
W
Oripes dos Santos
PTS 8/8 · Royal Albert Hall, London, 🇬🇧
Winstone 28-0-0 · Santos —
W
PTS 8/8 · Ice Rink, Nottingham, 🇬🇧
Winstone 27-0-0 · Mäki —
W
Gene Fosmire
PTS 10/10 · Sophia Gardens Pavilion, Cardiff, 🇬🇧
Winstone 26-0-0 · Fosmire —
W
Aryee Jackson
PTS 10/10 · Liverpool Stadium, Liverpool, 🇬🇧
Winstone 25-0-0 · Jackson —
W
Won British featherweight title TKO 10/15 · Empire Pool, London, 🇬🇧
Winstone 24-0-0 · Spinks —
W
PTS 10/10 · Sophia Gardens Pavilion, Cardiff, 🇬🇧
Winstone 23-0-0 · Robertson —
W
Roy Jacobs
PTS 10/10 · Market Hall, Carmarthen, 🇬🇧
Winstone 22-0-0 · Jacobs —
W
PTS 10/10 · Empire Pool, London, 🇬🇧
Winstone 21-0-0 · Renard —
W
TKO 8/10 · Sophia Gardens Pavilion, Cardiff, 🇬🇧
Winstone 20-0-0 · Renard —
W
Sergio Milan
TKO 6/10 · Ynys Field, Aberdare, 🇬🇧
Winstone 19-0-0 · Milan —
W
Phill Jones
PTS 10/10 · Coney Beach Arena, Porthcawl, 🇬🇧
Winstone 18-0-0 · Jones —
W
TKO 3/10 · Embassy Sportsdrome, Birmingham, 🇬🇧
Winstone 17-0-0 · Hazard —
W
Con Mount Bassie
PTS 10/10 · Embassy Sportsdrome, Birmingham, 🇬🇧
Winstone 16-0-0 · Bassie —
W
George Carroll
TKO 4/10 · Vetch Field, Swansea, 🇬🇧
Winstone 15-0-0 · Carroll —
W
Gordon Blakey
RTD 8/10 · Sophia Gardens Pavilion, Cardiff, 🇬🇧
Winstone 14-0-0 · Blakey —
W
Terry Rees
TKO 8/10 · Sophia Gardens Pavilion, Cardiff, 🇬🇧
Winstone 13-0-0 · Rees —
W
Colin Salcombe
TKO 6/8 · Embassy Sportsdrome, Birmingham, 🇬🇧
Winstone 12-0-0 · Salcombe —
W
Robbie Wilson
PTS 8/8 · National Sporting Club, London, 🇬🇧
Winstone 11-0-0 · Wilson —
W
George O'Neill
RTD 7/8 · Drill Hall, Cardiff, 🇬🇧
Winstone 10-0-0 · O'Neill —
W
Billy Calvert
PTS 8/8 · National Sporting Club, London, 🇬🇧
Winstone 9-0-0 · Calvert —
W
Joe Taylor
TKO 4/8 · Welfare Ground, Ebbw Vale, 🇬🇧
Winstone 8-0-0 · Taylor —
W
Billy Calvert
TKO 7/8 · Ynys Field, Aberdare, 🇬🇧
Winstone 7-0-0 · Calvert —
W
Hugh O'Neill
PTS 6/6 · Welfare Ground, Ebbw Vale, 🇬🇧
Winstone 6-0-0 · O'Neill —
W
Ollie Wyllie
PTS 6/6 · Ynys Field, Aberdare, 🇬🇧
Winstone 5-0-0 · Wyllie —
W
Jake O'Neale
PTS 6/6 · Coney Beach Arena, Porthcawl, 🇬🇧
Winstone 4-0-0 · O'Neale —
W
Jackie Bowers
PTS 6/6 · Sophia Gardens Pavilion, Cardiff, 🇬🇧
Winstone 3-0-0 · Bowers —
W
Tommy Williams
PTS 6/6 · Sophia Gardens Pavilion, Cardiff, 🇬🇧
Winstone 2-0-0 · Williams —
W
Peter Sexton
PTS 6/6 · Stow Hill Drill Hall, Newport, 🇬🇧
Winstone 1-0-0 · Sexton —
W
Billy Graydon
PTS 6/6 · Wembley Stadium, London, 🇬🇧
Winstone 0-0-0 · Graydon —
Amateur career 🥇 Commonwealth Games 1958 bantamweight
Ratings now Not in any current ranking.
World titles
Facts
What is Howard Winstone's record? Howard Winstone's professional record is 61-6-0 with 27 knockouts.
Who did Howard Winstone fight last? Howard Winstone last fought José Legrá on Jul 24, 1968 and lost by TKO in round 5 of 15.
Which world titles has Howard Winstone held? Howard Winstone has held 1 world title reign: WBC featherweight (1968). Sources Boxerbook ID 10832 · permanent link boxerbook.com/id/10832 . Wikidata (CC0), English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), photo from Wikimedia Commons. Last fetched: 2026-10-12. Spot a mistake? Every bout page has a link to report it.
