Denzel Bentley Faces Shane Mosley Jr. On Zuffa Debut

The announcement gives Bentley a scheduled fight at home after a $200,000 purse bid for his mandatory defense against Yoenli Hernandez. It also strengthens the Chris Billam-Smith–Cheavon Clarke card with two experienced middleweights who can punch.

Bentley’s reported multi-fight deal also helps explain the choice of Mosley Jr., who is already signed to Zuffa. The promotion gets a matchup between two of its own middleweights, while Bentley moves toward a London fight instead of the ordered Hernandez defense. Whether he can retain his WBO title remains unresolved.

Warriors Boxing won the Hernandez purse bid with an uncontested $200,000 offer. Queensberry did not bid. That left Bentley facing an unbeaten mandatory challenger on another promoter’s card, with proposed December dates in the United States.