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With a record of 37-15-2 (18 KO's) Arthur Howard born June 5th 1930 was a NA boxer with a 8 year career as a professional lasting from November 1951 to November 22nd, 2018. November 2018 was the last time Arthur Howard fought. Howard's longest KO streak is 3 fights long out of his 54 pro career fights.
In a successful debut, Howard fought Ollie Williams in a 6 round fight defeating him over the distance and becoming only the 6th person to defeat Williams. Howard's rise in boxing continued with 27 fights against fighters such as Ken Rowlands, Bruce Crawford and Jimmy Davis. He had a mixed start to his career but mostly successful so far.
Howard went into his next fight against Jimmy Davis on March 23rd, 1953 with a career record of 10 wins. Howard's first defeat came over the full distance against Jimmy Davis on March 23rd, 1953. The fight went to the judges in a PTS loss for Howard. Fights against boxers including Jimmy Davis, Bruce Crawford and Ken Rowlands followed where he won 10 fights taking his winning streak to 18 wins.
Howard went into his next fight against Albert Finch on March 23rd, 1954 with a career record of 18-2-2. Howard faced the first stoppage of his career against Albert Finch in the 8th round of a 12 round fight via TKO. Howard took on another 2 opponents next, racking up wins against Brian Anders and Al Allotey.
Taking another knock in his career, Jimmy Davis was next in line for Howard with Davis coming out victorious. Howard career was at 20-3-2 following the fight. Howard was beaten by Jimmy Davis in the 3rd round. Howard had only ever been stopped 2 times previously in his career.
Garnett Denny was Howard's next fight on April 13th, 1956 and also the next win in his career via TKO. This took his record to 27-7-2 showing a mainly successful career to date. Denny was stopped in the 1st round via TKO meaning Howard was the 2nd person to stop this opponent in his career.
Pushing his career further, Howard fought Billy Smith on December 11th, 1959 adding to his winning record. Howard's PTS win against Billy Smith came via judges decision of a 10 round fight. Howard became the 9th person to defeat Smith and secured a great win.
Howard's next defeat of his career came against Chic Calderwood on January 28th, 1960. This proved to be one fight too many for Howard's career, Calderwood was the victor becoming only the 3rd person to stop Howard. TKO in the 13th. Howard decided to call it a day after this fight.