Middleweight world champion Denzel Bentley has signed a multi-fight deal with Zuffa Boxing and will fight on November 7 at the Copper Box Arena, live on Sky Sports. Battersea's Bentley takes on quality American middleweight Shane Mosley Jr on the loaded ZUFFA BOXING 12 bill headlined by Chris Billam-Smith vs Cheavon Clarke. Tickets are available now via Ticketmaster.
Bentley is a world-class middleweight who became the WBO champion after his tough victory over Endry Saavedra at London's O2 arena in April. In a hard-fought battle with Saavedra, Bentley came back to take out the dangerous Venezuelan with a strong seventh-round finish. That saw him win the WBO Interim title which was later upgraded to full world championship.
Bentley has had to battle his way through adversity. A former British champion, he lost his first world title fight when he challenged Zhanibek Alimkhanuly. He then bounced back from a surprise loss to Nathan Heaney, beating Danny Dignum, Derrick Osaze and Brad Pauls to set himself up for the Saavedra bout.
"That's an achievement ticked off, that's one of my goals. I can leave the sport knowing that I was a world champion. But now it's time to try and achieve more and raise my potential.
I don't think many people tipped me to be a world champion when I first started," Bentley told Sky Sports. "I didn't really know if I could even get a chance to compete for one rather than actually win one. "It's the highest accolade in the sport so you have to do a lot to get there but I just bit down and went through the process and made it there." Mosley Jr is the son of boxing legend Shane Mosley.
He is also coming off an outstanding win in his last fight when he halted strong Ukrainian fighter Serhii Bohachuk in six rounds in Las Vegas. The American has fought at the highest level, beating former world champion Daniel Jacobs and missing out on the WBC Interim title when he boxed Jesus Alejandro Ramos last year. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player British rivals Billam-Smith and Clarke clash in the headline event of ZUFFA BOXING 12 at the Copper Box Arena in London.
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