The world’s most active light heavyweight, WBC fourth ranked Chris “Hard Hittin” Henry’s reign of terror on his opposition surfaced once again at the Grand Plaza Hotel in Houston at Rock Solids’ latest installment of Thursday Night Fights.

The recipient of this latest annihilation was one Derrick James (20-7-1-1), a former cruiserweight contender from the first Clinton administration era that fights out of Dallas.

Henry jumped into action at the opening bell, firing hard salvos to the head and body that had James in full survival mode, and punched him to the floor with a right hand, left hook combination with 10 seconds left in the opening frame.

James turned to dirty tactics in the second round, grabbing and holding and hitting, and at one point tackling Henry in an attempt to avoid further punishment, but more hard shots dropped him yet again.

The next few rounds saw James down several more times, and he kept turning the back of his head into Henry in an attempt to foul out, complaining to the referee constantly.

James did manage to score on a few desperate swings, one of which raised a lump below the USNBC Champion’s right eye, but it was all Henry as he waylaid James, sending waves of agony through his torso with paralyzing, debilitating body punches that drove the life out of him, bruising and scrambling his insides.

Referee Ruben Carrion seemed unable to appropriately control the action and incorrectly deducted a point from Henry. But Henry made the matter academic, he scored six official knockdowns en route to administering a fearful beating and ending matters with a wicked left hook to the temple at the 1:06 mark of the sixth stanza.

With the win, Henry improves to 21-0 with 17 KO’s. He wants the winner of the upcoming Antonio Tarver – Chad Dawson bout. One with have to favor Henry over the faded Tarver or the inexperienced Dawson with enough bad habits that make him an easy target for the powerful Henry.

The card was presented by Cameron Parks’ Rock Solid Promotions, and the ballroom was packed full of fight fans, and a good time was had by all as the main ballroom and corridors were packed to capacity.

The ladies in attendance (including the Hooters girls) were all gorgeous, and the ring card girls drew loud shouts and cheers every time they displayed their cards.

The undercard began with one Cedrick Blake (0-7) going down for the count at the one minute mark of the first round from a left jab by Cornelius White who was making his pro debut in the super middleweight division.

Blake needs to seriously consider another line of work—he is not cut out for the brutal world of professional prizefighting.

Welterweight Jerome Adams improved to 2-1 as he won a wild swinging four rounder over veteran loser Starr Johnson who drops to (3-16-1).

Heavyweight Steve Collins improved to 15-1 as he won a unanimous duke over flabby Travis Fulton who slides down to 15-19. Collins dropped Fulton in the third but was unable to finish him off as Fulton clutched on throughout the final round and a half.

Power punching heavyweight Eugene Hill upped his undefeated ring ledger to 5-0, 5 KO’s as he blasted obese Othello Jackson (0-2) out at the one minute mark of the first round with vicious left hooks underneath.

Talented light heavyweight prospect Alfonso Lopez (3-0, 2 KO’s) KO’d inept Jason “Sideburns” Lane at the 1:23 mark of the second round in the evening’s semi-final bout.

Lane drops to 0-6 and needs to make another career choice as boxing is not his forte, while Lopezs’ fistic future looks quite bright in comparison.