Floyd Havard

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.

Boxing career Swansea born Havard was a successful amateur boxer. He missed out in representing Britain in the 1984 Olympics to Kevin Taylor, but took the 1985 Amateur Boxing Association British featherweight title. 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.

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. Despite Havard going down in the first round, he recovered to win the encounter on points.

Havard is one of only four Welshmen to have won the British super-featherweight title, alongside Robert Dickie, Neil Haddock and Gary Buckland.