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 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's next fight was a rematch against Escott, 21 months later in December 1993. The match was Havard's only competitive before a big encounter with Puerto Rican
John John Molina the IBF Super featherweight champion. Havard took Escott to the full eight rounds and was awarded the result on points. On the 22 January 1994, Havard and Molina met at the Welsh Institute of Sport in Cardiff. 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. The twelve-round match lasted until the sixth when Havard's corner retired him due to cuts. Despite the loss Havard was back fighting two months later, with a challenge for his old title of British Super featherweight champion. The title was held by fellow Welshman
Neil Haddock, and when Havard stopped Haddock in the tenth he regained his belt. Floyd fought and won on seven more occasions, including two title defences against Dave McHale and Michael Armstrong. His final bout was the defeat of Carl Allen on 30 November 1996 in
Tylorstown. ==Later career==