Bentley, now WBO champion, recounts street trauma and boxing politics
The Battersea fighter spoke in raw detail about catastrophe and trauma on the streets around his old council estate, where friends were stabbed or shot…
Bentley fought Alimkhanuly for the WBO title in Las Vegas in November 2022. He later entered a spell in the wilderness, on the verge of a world title…
The Battersea fighter spoke in raw detail about catastrophe and trauma on the streets around his old council estate, where friends were stabbed or…
That buried pain, he indicated, put boxing’s shenanigans into sobering perspective. Many of his friends have been murdered.
Bentley fought Alimkhanuly for the WBO title in Las Vegas in November 2022. He later entered a spell in the wilderness, on the verge of a world title yet trying for Amazon delivery work. Denzel Bentley, 31, was upgraded to WBO world middleweight champion in July after Janibek Alimkhanuly vacated the title.
The Battersea fighter spoke in raw detail about catastrophe and trauma on the streets around his old council estate, where friends were stabbed or shot dead, before turning to the latest round of boxing politics.
That buried pain, he indicated, put boxing’s shenanigans into sobering perspective. Many of his friends have been murdered.