[Rocco Del Sesto]

01/01/67

Mayfair, London, England
Harry Scott-MW, UK (24-18-4) vs. Johnny Hendrickson-LHW, UK (10-8-3)


Johnny Hendrickson - UK
Light Heavyweight 1962-68

12 wins / 14 losses / 4 draws / 9 KO

Hometown: London, England
Birthplace: St. Kitts, BWI

Rating by: Rocco Del Sesto

Hendrickson fought some fairly tough looking opponents throughout his career. In his 3rd career fight he squared off against Jack Bodell who was 8-1-0 thus far early in his career. Hendrickson was handled fairly easily though as Bodell won a 4th round TKO. Later opponents included a 7th round TKO win over Stan Cullis, a 2nd round KO win over Pekka Kokkonen, a draw and a win over a Bob Nicholson(19-7-3,9KO), and an 8 round decision over Leweni Waga(25-15-1,16). He lost fights though to Middleweight Freddie Cross(24-8-1,7) two times, to Billy Lotter(29-7-0,9), to Harry Scott in the Jan. 1967 fight. He lost three straight fights to Eddie Avoth(44-9-0,20) and John (Young) McCormack(33-8-1,27) both of whom held the British Light Heavyweight Title. McCormacK held the title when he fought Hendrickson. Hendrickson also between the Avoth and McCormack fights fought an 8 round draw with Giulio Rinaldi.


Harry Scott - UK
Middleweight 1960-1973

39 wins / 34 losses / 6 draws / 20 KO

Hometown: Bootle, Liverpool, England
Birthplace: Liverpool, England

Won the vacant British Central Area Middleweight Title in Sept. 1962. Lost in the final eliminator bout in May 1964 for the British Middleweight Title to Wally Swift and lost again in the final eliminator for that title in May 1970 to Bunny Sterling.

The attached website leads you to a story on Cyber Boxing Zone written by Harry Otty. It is a great piece on the boxing career for Scott. (Scott is rated in the game. I'm attaching an updated fighter file with the bio info and the website link)

The bout......

After coming out slow and a bit cautious in the first round of this scheduled 8 round bout, Harry Scott takes control of the fight over the next 5 rounds to build himself a lead that looked to be earning him a comfortable win. In the last two rounds though, Hendrickson fights back to win those round on two of the judges score cards. No knockdowns in this fight that was overall not overall that exciting to watch.
Final judges scorecards: Judge 1 76-76 Tie, Judge 2 77-75 Scott, Judge 3 79-73 Scott
Winner by Majority Decision : Harry Scott.