Bracken Weald · Local circuit
Albert Henslow
Bert / Retired
- Contests
- 7
- Wins
- 4
- Losses
- 3
- Draws
- 0
- Stoppage wins
- 3
The boxer
Henslow’s supporters were most vocal before the opening round. Once the work began, the corner became very quiet. He appears to have understood silence as confidence, and usually returned to it between rounds. He brought pressure in a compact shape, accepting short answers as the cost of moving forward. An opponent who could keep the exchange at long range made that cost greater. Henslow’s record rewards attention to the room: his best passages depended on having somewhere definite to carry the other man. The better entries show pressure used to obtain position, rather than movement undertaken for its own sake.
Recorded style: Pressure fighter.
The recorded contests.
7 entries| Entry | Contest date | Participants | Result | Round | Room |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KBR-018 | Leonard C. Bibby“The Sidestep”vAlbert Henslow“Bert” | Loss | 8 | Greylock Exchange Room | |
| KBR-044 | Undated | Thomas Vale“The Slipway”vAlbert Henslow“Bert” | Loss | 8 | Greylock Exchange Room |
| KBR-048 | Undated | Frederick Mossley“Clockwork”vAlbert Henslow“Bert” | Win | 5 | Bracken Sporting Room |
| KBR-074 | Undated | Albert Henslow“Bert”vRowland Fleet“Roly” | Loss | 8 | Greylock Exchange Room |
| KBR-093 | Undated | Albert Henslow“Bert”vSydney Perran“Long Watch” | Win | 5 | North Quay Rooms |
| KBR-122 | Undated | Reginald Vane“Reg”vAlbert Henslow“Bert” | Win | 8 | Greylock Exchange Room |
| KBR-141 | Undated | Albert Henslow“Bert”vRupert Dunley“Dunley” | Win | 4 | North Quay Rooms |