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Just looking on youtube and found this interview with Henry Wharton. Has some footage of his fights with Benn, Eubank and Reid. He looked like an animal. Left hooking quite like Hatton, only without the holding;D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saikP57YJz8
Wharton was a rocked chinned slow paced slugger , he was commonwealth level.
A real tough nut but wasnt world class. A mover / jabber would box his ears off.
He was an honest pro.
I always think of him as a granite chin and big punch. Thought he was gonna KO Benn. Eubank had one of his most impressive performances against him, if I remember right, and it was coming off a poor showing so Wharton was well fancied
Give him European level at least. He did win the title against a future "world" champ ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Dark Lord Al
No :)Quote:
Originally Posted by FensterGive him European level at least. He did win the title against a future "world" champ ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Dark Lord Al
I agree Wharton was never anywhere near world class level - a tough cookie though from my neck of the woods.
Eubank Wharton was the first ever fight I went to so I will always remember him - paid £50 back in 1994. Thats when £50 was a lot of money.....:-\
Wharton should have lost against Castro and Robin Reid outboxed him which was his best chance of finally winning a title. He was a good guy and Benn outboxed him after he tried to knock his head off and it not working. He was made for Eubank's precise straight punches. Exciting fighter like Tommy Morrison with a bomb of a left hook but a lot better chin.
Wharton is one of the few men Eubank looked good against post Benn. Im disappointed he never went ahead with his all yorkshire clash with Crawford Ashley.
Decent left hook and good chin, not much else though.
I liked the reason/excuse he never fought Ashley and retired as he said he knew he had nothing left and did not want to cheat the fans. Many fighter would have gone on and made one last pay day eg Tyson, Jones etc
Some may view it as chickening out though. It was a fight in the pipeline for a while and when it finally came Wharton called it quits. Its certainly summat I remember about him when I look back. Whether he was scared or not is another question but the same goes for Collins and Calzaghe. Whether he likes it or not he backed out of a fight so people are going to form opinions on why.Quote:
Originally Posted by Master
That is harsh considering he went against the best and certainly better fighters than Crawford.Quote:
Originally Posted by GAMESome may view it as chickening out though. It was a fight in the pipeline for a while and when it finally came Wharton called it quits. Its certainly summat I remember about him when I look back. Whether he was scared or not is another question but the same goes for Collins and Calzaghe. Whether he likes it or not he backed out of a fight so people are going to form opinions on why.Quote:
Originally Posted by Master
Crawford went in with Nunn who is arguably better than anyone Wharton shared the ring withQuote:
Originally Posted by MasterThat is harsh considering he went against the best and certainly better fighters than Crawford.Quote:
Originally Posted by GAMESome may view it as chickening out though. It was a fight in the pipeline for a while and when it finally came Wharton called it quits. Its certainly summat I remember about him when I look back. Whether he was scared or not is another question but the same goes for Collins and Calzaghe. Whether he likes it or not he backed out of a fight so people are going to form opinions on why.Quote:
Originally Posted by Master
For christ sake, hes saying that Benn, Eubank and Reid are better fighters than Ashley. Not better fighters than whoever kicked Ashleys ass.Quote:
Originally Posted by GAMECrawford went in with Nunn who is arguably better than anyone Wharton shared the ring withQuote:
Originally Posted by MasterThat is harsh considering he went against the best and certainly better fighters than Crawford.Quote:
Originally Posted by GAMESome may view it as chickening out though. It was a fight in the pipeline for a while and when it finally came Wharton called it quits. Its certainly summat I remember about him when I look back. Whether he was scared or not is another question but the same goes for Collins and Calzaghe. Whether he likes it or not he backed out of a fight so people are going to form opinions on why.Quote:
Originally Posted by Master
Id take Eubank over Nunn any day. Eubank beat Rocchigiani comfortably when he was unbeaten and in Germany but Nunn lost to him and Nunn fought him after hed lost to Eubank then Maske Twice and Michalczewski.
. . . . and im saying Crawford had shared the ring with better than Wharton, spaz boy.Quote:
Originally Posted by rossFor christ sake, hes saying that Benn, Eubank and Reid are better fighters than Ashley. Not better fighters than whoever kicked Ashleys ass.Quote:
Originally Posted by GAMECrawford went in with Nunn who is arguably better than anyone Wharton shared the ring withQuote:
Originally Posted by MasterThat is harsh considering he went against the best and certainly better fighters than Crawford.Quote:
Originally Posted by GAMESome may view it as chickening out though. It was a fight in the pipeline for a while and when it finally came Wharton called it quits. Its certainly summat I remember about him when I look back. Whether he was scared or not is another question but the same goes for Collins and Calzaghe. Whether he likes it or not he backed out of a fight so people are going to form opinions on why.Quote:
Originally Posted by Master
Id take Eubank over Nunn any day. Eubank beat Rocchigiani comfortably when he was unbeaten and in Germany but Nunn lost to him and Nunn fought him after hed lost to Eubank then Maske Twice and Michalczewski.
Dont wana run Henry down cuz he is a nice bloke but he was never that good in the 1st place. Nardiello was the divisions punchbag and he had Henry on the deck so I think his chin is over rated. Just calling it how I see it. I think Ashely would have had him and Wharton knew it too and thats why he called it quits.
He was a bum, well actually that's harsh..he was ok. I had to laugh when Mickey Duff said that Wharton would have to be in the all time top 20 super middleweights list. The super middleweight division has only been around for about 20 years and I'm 12 stone, I reckon I could sneak in at 19 or 20 (lol)