Denzel Bentley Ntim-Mensah (born 29 January 1995) is a British professional boxer who has held the WBO middleweight title since July 2026, after becoming interim champion in April 2026. He is also a three-time British middleweight champion and one-time European middleweight title holder.
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.
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.
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.
He lost his title on 24 April 2021, against Commonwealth middleweight champion Felix Cash, by third round technical knockout at York Hall.
Bentley won the vacant British middleweight title on 13 May 2022, with a split decision success over Linus Udofia at Indigo at The O2 in London.
He went on to hold the championship until 18 November 2023, when he lost to Nathan Heaney by majority decision at Manchester Arena.
Bentley won the vacant WBO International middleweight title with a second round stoppage of Danny Dignum at York Hall on 11 May 2024.
At the same venue, he successfully defended his belt thanks to another second round stoppage on 17 August 2024, this time against Derrick Osaze.
Bentley became a three-time British middleweight champion, as well as claiming the vacant European title, with a unanimous decision win over Brad Pauls at Wembley Arena in London on 7 December 2024.
After 16 months out of the competitive boxing ring, Bentley returned to face Endry Saavedra for the vacant interim WBO middleweight title at The O2 Arena in London on 4 April 2026. He won by stoppage in the seventh round.
On 20 July 2026, Bentley was elevated to full WBO middleweight champion after Janibek Alimkhanuly vacated the title.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes26WinEndry SaavedraTKO7 (12), 4 Apr 202625Win21–3–1Brad PaulsUD127 Dec 202424Win20–3–1Derrick OsazeTKO2 (10), 17 Aug 202423Win19–3–1Danny DignumTKO2 (12), 11 May 202422Loss18–3–1Nathan HeaneyMD1211 Nov 202321Win18–2–1Kieran SmithKO1 (12), 15 Apr 202320Loss17–2–1Janibek AlimkhanulyUD1212 Nov 202219Win17–1–1Marcus MorrisonTKO4 (12), 16 Sept 202218Win16–1–1Linus UdofiaSD1213 May 202217Win15–1–1Sam EvansTKO3 (10), 6 Nov 202116Loss14–1–1Felix CashTKO3 (12), 24 Apr 202115Win14–0–1Mark HeffronRTD4 (12), 13 Nov 202014Draw13–0–1Mark Heffron1012 Sep 202013Win13–0Mick Hall6 (10), 25 Jul 202012Win12–0Adam GrabiecTKO2 (8), 21 Dec 201911Win11–0Kelcie BallTKO1 (6), 27 Sep 201910Win10–0Pavol GarajPTS627 Apr 20199Win9–0Julio CesarTKO2 (4), 8 Mar 20198Win8–0Emmanuel MoussingaTKO1 (8), 7 Dec 20187Win7–0Serge AmbomoTKO2 (6), 19 Nov 20186Win6–0Daniel UrbanskiKO1 (6), 29 Sep 20185Win5–0Christian Gomez614 Jul 20184Win4–0Martin KabrhelTKO2 (4)9 Jun 20183Win3–0Ashley DumetzKO1 (6), 10 Mar 20182Win2–0Sam Omidi1 (4), 8 Dec 20171Win1–0Casey Blair1 (4), 14 Oct 2017
See also List of male boxers List of British world boxing champions List of world middleweight boxing champions
References
External links
Denzel Bentley - Profile, News Archive & Current Rankings at Box.Live