Denzel Bentley

Denzel Bentley Ntim-Mensah (born 29 January 1995),^[1] better known as Denzel Bentley, is an English professional boxer who held the British middleweight title from 2020 to April 2021.

Professional career[]

Bentley made his professional debut on 14 October 2017, scoring a first-round knockout (KO) victory against Casey Blair at the York Hall in London.^[4]

After compiling a record of 13–0 (11 KOs) he faced Mark Heffron in an eliminator for the British middleweight title on 12 September 2020 at the York Hall. Bentley scored a knockdown in the second round en route to a unanimous draw, with all three judges scoring the bout 95–95.^[5]

The pair fought in a rematch two months later on 13 November at the BT Sport Studio in London, with the vacant British middleweight title on the line. Bentley landed a right hand in the second round, causing damage to Heffron's left eye. Bentley began to target Heffron's damaged eye over the next two rounds. At the end of the fourth, Heffron's eye was swollen shut, forcing his trainer to pull Heffron out of the fight, handing Bentley a fourth-round stoppage victory via corner retirement (RTD) to capture the British title.^[6][7]

His next bout took place on 24 April 2021 against Commonwealth middleweight champion Felix Cash.^[8]

Professional boxing record[]

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
16	Loss	14–1–1	Felix Cash	TKO	3 (12) 1:24	24 Apr 2021	York Hall, London, England	Lost British middleweight title; For Commonwealth middleweight title
15	Win	14–0–1	Mark Heffron	RTD	4 (12), 3:00	13 Nov 2020	BT Sport Studio, London, England	Won vacant British middleweight title
14	Draw	13–0–1	Mark Heffron	UD	10	12 Sep 2020	York Hall, London, England
13	Win	13–0	Mick Hall	RTD	6 (10), 3:00	25 Jul 2020	BT Sport Studio, London, England
12	Win	12–0	Adam Grabiec	TKO	2 (8), 1:35	21 Dec 2019	Copper Box Arena, London, England
11	Win	11–0	Kelcie Ball	TKO	1 (6), 1:12	27 Sep 2019	Royal Albert Hall, London, England
10	Win	10–0	Pavol Garaj	PTS	6	27 Apr 2019	The SSE Arena, London, England
9	Win	9–0	Julio Cesar	TKO	2 (4), 1:42	8 Mar 2019	Royal Albert Hall, London, England
8	Win	8–0	Emmanuel Moussinga	TKO	1 (8), 2:07	7 Dec 2018	Hilton Hotel, London, England
7	Win	7–0	Serge Ambomo	TKO	2 (6), 1:55	19 Nov 2018	Hilton Hotel, London, England
6	Win	6–0	Daniel Urbanski	KO	1 (6), 1:11	29 Sep 2018	York Hall, London, England
5	Win	5–0	Christian Gomez	PTS	6	14 Jul 2018	York Hall, London, England
4	Win	4–0	Martin Kabrhel	TKO	2 (4)	9 Jun 2018	Alexandra Palace, London, England
3	Win	3–0	Ashley Dumetz	KO	1 (6), 1:28	10 Mar 2018	Camden Centre, London, England
2	Win	2–0	Sam Omidi	TKO	1 (4), 0:44	8 Dec 2017	Hilton Hotel, London, England
1	Win	1–0	Casey Blair	KO	1 (4), 0:44	14 Oct 2017	York Hall, London, England

References[]

External links[]

• Boxing record for Denzel Bentley from BoxRec