He missed out in representing Britain in the 1984 Olympics to Kevin Taylor, but took the 1985 Amateur Boxing Association British featherweight title.
[2] 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.
[4] 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.
[2] 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.
Havard had broken his nose two weeks earlier during sparring, and he later stated that he was in a poor frame of mind during the buildup to the fight and should have pulled out.
[6] Havard is one of only four Welshmen to have won the British super-featherweight title, alongside Robert Dickie, Neil Haddock and Gary Buckland.