"War, Robbed in Houston!"

 
 
  Henry Survives "War"!!!
 

Light Heavyweight Chris Henry faced his most difficult fight as a pro against Rayco "War" Saunders, but remains undefeated after winning the split decision.

Henry's big power ruled in round one, as he ripped big shots to the body and head of Saunders. Saunders covered throughout much of the round, but finally came back with a right to the head near the bell. Henry continued to take the fight to Saunders in round two, although Saunders countershots became more frequent.
    
    
Henry continued to punch first in round three, with Saunders just walking in, gloves up, waiting for the big counter shot.  An accidental head butt opened a cut over Saunders' left eye.
 
Sauders' counter right hand began to land with more frequency in round four, and he began to advance on Henry. The referee warned Henry for pushing, but Henry continued to land more shots throughout the round. Henry has a tendency to stand with his left hand down near his waist though, exposing his chin, and Saunders repeatedly took advantage of the opening.
 
Henry took to the jab in round five, while Saunders continued to chop at the body.
 
The referee warned Henry for a low blow in round six, while Saunders continued to land quick inside combinations to the head. Henry came firing back with big rights of his own, and the two traded bombs for more than a minute straight.  Henry, who had knocked out all but one of his previous opponents, began to show some fatigue and frustration.
 
Henry continued to land the jab in round seven, while Saunders landed the solid counter shots.  A series of sharp countershots seemed to rattle Henry and the referee warned him again for a low blow.
 
Saunders landed three big rights early in round eight, but Henry blasted back with five unanswered shots to the body and head.  It was here that the referee eventually deducted a point from Henry for a low blow.
 
Henry was moving and sticking the jab in round nine, and Saunders continued to land the heavier counter shots.
     
      Saunders opened the tenth and final round with a big counter right again, but Henry opened up with a frenzied final assault, firing off multiple lefts and rights for more than a minute. Near the end of the round it appeared as though Henry had Saunders hurt, but Saunders came back with a couple more solid counters to end the bout.

      The point deduction made a difference on only one judge's scorecard who'd given each fighter 5 rounds resulting in a 95-94 advantage for the visiting Saunders.  Both other judges scored it 96-93 for the hometown fighter resulting in a Split Decision.  Boxingtalk.com scored the fight the same as the lone dissenting judge, and most of press row agreed.The crowd had gotten what they had paid for as the bitterly contested struggle took a thrilling turn as Saunders began beating Henry off of him and driving the champion into the ropes and all four corners of the squared circle. The last two rounds were hard fought with both tired young men fighting their hearts out and finishing toe to toe, leaving nothing for the dressing room as they received a loud standing ovation from the crowd at the final bell.