GB's Bentley elevated to WBO middleweight champion
Britain's Denzel Bentley is elevated to WBO middleweight champion after Janibek Alimkhanuly relinquished the belt.
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"Great news for Denzel Bentley. A huge achievement for him, [manager] Martin Bowers and the whole team."
— Frank Warren , Executive
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Denzel Bentley is a British professional boxer elevated to WBO middleweight champion.
Promoter in the boxing industry.
Janibek Alimkhanuly is a boxer from Kazakhstan who relinquished the WBO middleweight title.
Martin Bowers is the manager of boxer Denzel Bentley.
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Britain's Denzel Bentley is elevated to WBO middleweight champion after Janibek Alimkhanuly relinquished the belt.
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