
Denzel Bentley claims WBO interim 160lbs title and takes aim at champion
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.
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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.

Endry Saavedra has refused to criticize the WBO for allowing Janibek Alimkhanuly to remain their middleweight titleholder.

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

Denzel Bentley will fight before the end of 2025, according to his promoter Frank Warren

Janibek Alimkhanuly will have plenty of time to terrorize the rest of the middleweight division as sanctioning bodies struggle to secure mandatory challengers...