Denzel Bentley Ntim-Mensah (born 29 January 1995), is an English professional boxer who held the British

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title from 2020 to 2021.

Professional career

Bentley made his professional debut on 14 October 2017, scoring a first-round

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(KO) victory against Casey Blair at the York Hall in London. After compiling a record of 13–0 (11 KOs) he faced

Mark Heffron Mark Heffron (born 18 November 1991) is an English professional boxer who has held the British and Commonwealth super middleweight titles since 2022. As an amateur he won a silver medal at the 2009 European Youth Championships. Professional ca ...

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. 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. His first loss occurred on 24 April 2021 against the Commonwealth middleweight champion

Felix Cash Felix Cash (born 31 March 1993) is an English professional boxer who has held the Commonwealth middleweight title since 2019 and the British middleweight title since April 2021. Professional career Cash made his professional debut on the u ...

. He is currently set to contest the

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middleweight title against the current world champion Janibek Alimkhanuly.

Professional boxing record

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bentley, Denzel Living people 1995 births British male boxers Boxers from Greater London English sportspeople of Ghanaian descent Middleweight boxers British Boxing Board of Control champions