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Is Chris
Henry "The Man" at 175 lbs.? He and his
handlers would assert that to be the case. He
offered a reasonable argument in dispatching someone
who on paper might have appeared to be in his league, but who
clearly was not..
Henry's superior
power was evident early, as he pounded James into
the ropes and used a big right hand to score a
knockdown late in the round.
Round two began
messy, with the James doing some holding and
tackling, and the fighters tumbling to the canvas.
But Henry continued to blast.
James landed a counter
right but another right hand put James down again.
Henry
continued chasing James in round three.
James did land some solid shots.
But James' punches seemed to have
little effect on Henry, whose last fight was against
the 256-lb heavyweight Rafael Pedro on June 2nd in
Louisiana, when Henry won a ten-round unanimous decision.
Henry continued to
heap on the punishment in round four, at which point
James began to repeatedly complain to the referee
that Henry was hitting him in the back of the head.
Henry ripped big
shots to the head and body in round five, and James
answered back with several shots to the head of
Henry. But another right from Henry sent James down
again.
By round six it was
evident that James did not wish to be in the ring,
and a left hook from Henry sent him down for the
third and final time. The
fight was over at 1:06 of the sixth round.
Henry retains his N.A.B.F Light heavyweight title
belt, remaining undefeated at 21-0 with 17 KO's.
James falls to 20-7-1 with 11 KO's.
"He came to fight," said Henry after the match. "He
kept getting up after he got knocked down. He used
his head a lot. He tried to head butt me."
Henry is currently ranked 4th in the world by the
World Boxing Council.
"I'm trying to get to that number one spot," he
said, "trying to get that world title shot."
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