Brad Pauls will face Denzel Bentley in a middleweight clash to headline the latest installment of Queensberry Promotion’s “Magnificent 7” series, which will appear in London for the first time on a December 7 card at Wembley Arena.
Bentley, 20-3-1 (17 KOs), lost to current middleweight titleholder Janibek Alimkhanuly in late 2022 by unanimous decision, though he managed to win four rounds on two judges’ scorecards. Pauls, 19-1-1 (11 KOs), is less tested against the elite. The fighters share a common recent opponent in Nathan Heaney, against whom Pauls drew before scoring a TKO in their immediate rematch earlier this year. Bentley lost to Heaney by majority decision in 2023.
Also on the card (to be broadcast on TNT Sports in the U.K.) is a matchup of lightweights Sam Noakes, 15-0 (14 KOs), and Ryan Walsh, 29-4-2 (13 KOs). Further down the bill, Sam’s old brother Sean, 8-0 (4 KOs), will take on the 13-0-1 (1 KO) Matthew Rennie.
Heavyweight Lawrence Okolie, 20-1 (15 KOs), will fight on the card, and although Queensbury did not list his opponent, he is scheduled to face Hussein Muhamad, 18-1 (14 KOs), according to his BoxRec fighter page.
Another heavyweight, David Adeleye, 12-1 (11 KOs), will return in his first bout since being stopped by Fabio Wardley in October 2023, against Solomon Dacres, 9-0 (3 KOs).
At cruiserweight, Aloys Junior, 8-1 (7 KOs), will attempt to continue his ascent against Lewis Oakford, 6-1 (0 KOs).