On July 24, 1968, the Cuban boxer, José Legrá, who became a Spanish national in 1965, wins the world featherweight title against Howard Winstone, who held the world throne in the category and with whom Legrá already fought in 1965 when he aspired to obtain the European featherweight title, which he undeservedly lost on points and was his only defeat until then.
In the first round he made him fall to the canvas on two occasions and in the second he punished his left eye, which was the trigger for the technical KO in the fifth round, after two very hard crochets and the referee stopping the fight three times to observe the state of the eye of a "groggy" Winstone who was unable to defend himself.
Legrá, at the age of 25, aspired to the world title since his status as European champion, which he won by KO and in just three rounds against the Frenchman Yvea Desniarts.
