The WBO have given the teams of and 20 days to successfully negotiate terms before a purse bid is called, after the Venezuelan's 8th-round stoppage win over Mikkel Nielsen on the Tim Tszyu-Joseph Spencer undercard, April 6.

"Those experiences are priceless because yes, I fell short at world level twice but after getting a taste of it, you need to go back. I have to get back there, so the whole motivation is this now. That desire doesn't discredit this win, the British middleweight title has always been historic for many fighters - me aswell - but yeah, I know what I want now."

Now his long-time promoter Warren has revealed he is ready to push the sanctioning body to make a decision on when their champion will have to make his next mandatory defence with Bentley ready and waiting to oblige.

Denzel Bentley has called for his mandatory challenge to unified WBO and IBF middleweight champion, Janibek Alimkhanuly, to land on the undercard of the upcoming undisputed heavyweight title fight between Oleksandr Usyk and Daniel Dubois. Ring Magazine and WBC, WBA and WBO champion, Usyk, and IBF title holder, Dubois, will meet at London’s Wembley Stadium on July 19th.

Denzel Bentley is adamant he'll be fighting for a world title in 2025 and has earmarked June as the ideal time to do so, whether it's against old foe Janibek Alimkhanuly or not.

Boxing fans expecting to see a ruthlessly aggressive Chris Eubank Jr in his upcoming grudge match with Conor Benn will be rudely shocked, according to one of the latter's chief sparring partners Denzel Bentley. Eubank Jr (34-3, 25 KOs) and Benn (23-0, 14 KOs) are set to clash in a money-spinning middleweight contest at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on April 26, over three decades on from their fathers' famous middleweight and super-middleweight title fights.

DENZEL BENTLEY has been told to play the waiting game in his quest for revenge against Ring Magazine No.1 Janibek Alimkhanuly. The 30-year-old’s last outing came back in December, when he outpointed Brad Pauls to win the British middleweight title for a third time as well as the European title.

For years, Nathan Heaney’s army of supporters have pushed him through fights, raised his profile helped him to achieve his dreams. Over the past few months, the 35 year-old from Stoke has learned that the support they give him away from the ring is just as vital to him as the noise they create when he is fighting inside it.

Last week, Denzel Bentley took the opportunity to escape to America for a quick New Year break before he gets his teeth into an important twelve months. The Ring’s No.10 ranked middleweight returned home to hear his name being called. As that isn’t a common occurrence, the Londoner’s ears immediately pricked up.

Denzel Bentley began 2024 as a man on a mission. Rather than allowing the previous November’s shock 12-round decision defeat by Nathan Heaney derail his career, the Londoner instead decided that it would mark a turning point.