Yoenli Hernandez’s attention-grabbing stoppage of former title challenger Terrell Gausha in March has pushed him toward a WBO middleweight title shot against interim champion Denzel Bentley
Frank Warren’s Queensberry Promotions are targeting a bout between newly crowned WBO interim middleweight champion Denzel Bentley and Liam Smith.
Denzel Bentley claimed the WBO interim middleweight title with a seventh round finish of Venezuela’s Endry Saavedra at London’s O2 Arena, writes Tom Ivers.
A short wait remains until we learn whether Derek Chisora and Deontay Wilder have anything left in the ring, but Friday’s weigh-in proved both showmen are still very much on their games.
Denzel Bentley tells Declan Warrington what it's like for a professional boxer to be on the sidelines for 16 months
Frank Warren insists that Janibek Alimkhanuly should have been stripped of the WBO middleweight title and that Denzel Bentley and Endry Saavedra should be contesting it on Saturday.
These two hard-hitting heavyweights will headline at The O2 Arena in London.
Bentley will finally fight Saavedra at London’s O2 Arena on the undercard of Deontay Wilder-Derek Chisora – nine after the WBO ordered the eliminator against Saavedra.
No Limit expect the WBO to elevate what had been on course to be an eliminator between Denzel Bentley and Endry Saavedra to a contest for their interim middleweight title
A long-ago-ordered Denzel Bentley-Endra Saavedra elimination fight is nearing closure, it was confirmed on Thursday during the WBO 38th annual convention.