Daniel Bentley has art of inflicting KOs – and is hungry for title fights

There is an art to knocking out an opponent- and it seems that Battersea boxer Denzel Bentley has really got the knack of it.

The heavy-hitting middleweight searches for victory number 10 on April 27 at The SSE Arena, Wembley and he will be hoping to add a ninth knockout to his professional resume.

There isn’t many boxers in the country that can boast a better knockout percentage than Bentley’s and loading up with your punches isn’t the way to approach landing the lethal blow.

“It’s more to do with timing and slowing down my work” explains the 24-year-old.

“Because, when I first came here [to the Peacock gym] I was an amateur and it was all about fast work and a high work rate because it’s only three rounds.

“So, when I came to the pros it was all about settling down, picking my shots more and timing just comes naturally better because you’re thinking about your work.”

Bentley will be in a six-round contest when fighting on the undercard of stablemate Daniel Dubois’ heavyweight bout against Richard Lartey and will be looking to take his undefeated record into double digits.

The Londoner will be hoping another victory on April 27 will be the gateway to fighting for a title.

“The Southern Area title- I’ve been trying to chase that for a while now,” he said.

“The English title [ held by Reece Cartwright, who will be defending the belt against Jack Cullen in May] – if the winner is free and I can jump in with one of them, I’d be more than happy to do that.

“In actual reality, I’ll fight for any title to be honest. The 50-50 fights- I want them type of opponents.

“I don’t want to be hanging about fighting opponents I am meant to beat because I’m in here everyday training hard- sweating, putting my life into this, making sacrifices- so I don’t want to waste it on meaningless fights. I know you’ve got to build, but I want to get stuck in there.”

Daniel Dubois v Richard Lartey tops the bill at the SSE Arena, Wembley on April 27 on a card that also includes the Commonwealth super middleweight title fight between Lerrone Richards and Tommy Langford, as well as the Southern Area super-middleweight title clash between Zak Chelli and Jimmy Smith. WBO European super-flyweight champion Sunny Edwards and WBO European super-featherweight champion Archie Sharp also feature.

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