On November 18, 2023, a 28-year-old Denzel Bentley (18-2-1, 15 KOs) and Nathan Heaney met in the ring in a middleweight bout.
Bentley came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 71% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 7 months and 3 days.
Denzel Bentley lost to Nathan Heaney via unanimous decision in the 12-round middleweight fight, and adds a loss to his record at 18-3-1.
On November 12, 2022, a 27-year-old Denzel Bentley (17-1-1, 14 KOs) got a shot at the middleweight WBO title held by 29-year-old Kazakhstani boxer Janibek Alimkhanuly (12-0, 8 KOs).
Bentley came in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 73% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 27 days. Alimkhanuly was on a 12-fight win streak with a 66% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months and 22 days.
Janibek Alimkhanuly defeated Denzel Bentley via unanimous decision and successfully defended his WBO middleweight title — in his first world-title fight. Alimkhanuly improves his record to 13-0, while Bentley adds a loss to his record at 17-2-1.
On April 24, 2021, a 26-year-old Denzel Bentley (14-0-1, 12 KOs) and a 28-year-old fellow English boxer Felix Cash (13-0, 9 KOs) met in the ring in a middleweight bout.
Bentley came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 80% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 11 days. Cash was on a 13-fight win streak with a 69% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 8 months and 10 days.
Felix Cash stopped Denzel Bentley via TKO in the 3rd round. Cash improves his record to 14-0 (10 KOs), while Bentley adds a loss to his record at 14-1-1.