A car worker of Jamaican origin, Henry Rhiney made his professional debut in April 1973.
He won his first professional title in October 1976, stopping Mickey Ryce in the eighth round to become BBBofC Southern Area welterweight champion.
[1] In 1977 he lost to Steve Angell and Thomas in non-title fights before making a successful defence of his British title in February 1978 against Billy Waith.
In December 1978 he challenged for Josef Pachler's European welterweight title in Dornbirn, Austria; Rhiney stopped Pachler in the tenth round to add the European title to his British belt.
[3] In April 1979 he made a second defence of his British title against Kirkland Laing.