The newest installment of Queensberry Promotions’ ‘Magnificent 7’ sequence will land in London.
Circuit regulars Brad Pauls and Denzel Bentley will meet within the Dec. 7 TNT Sports activities headliner from OVO Area Wembley. Corridor of Fame promoter Frank Warren confirmed the bout on Thursday together with the present’s full lineup.
Additionally on the present is the Queensberry debut of Lawrence Okolie (20-1, 15 KOs). The 2016 Olympian and former two-division titlist makes his heavyweight debut versus Hussein Muhammed (18-1, 14 KOs).
“That is one more thrilling card, absolutely consistent with our Magnificent Seven sequence, ” acknowledged Warren. “As soon as once more our fighters step up into severe title motion in largely even-money struggle. Brad Pauls in opposition to Denzel Bentley is nearly as good because it will get within the British middleweight division. The winner can anticipate to be pushed ahead in direction of a world title shot.”
Each fighters are coming off knockout victories of their most up-to-date outings.
Pauls (19-1-1, 11 knockouts) stopped beforehand unbeaten Nathan Heaney (18-0-1 on the time) atop the earlier version of ‘Magnificent 7.’ The 31-year-old Essex man ended the struggle within the twelfth spherical on July 20 at Resorts World Area in Birmingham, England.
The identical venue housed their 12-round cut up resolution draw simply 4 months prior. Pauls is now unbeaten in his final 4 begins since an upset resolution defeat to Tyler Denny final February.
Bentley (20-3-1, 17 KOs) has scored a pair of second-round knockouts on the yr. Each got here after his disappointing defeat to Heaney atop final November’s ‘Magnificent 7’ present in Manchester.
The 29-year-old Londoner stormed again with a three-knockdown efficiency versus Danny Dignum (16-2-1, 9 KOs) on Might 11 at Bethnal Inexperienced’s York Corridor. The win was adopted by a two-round blitzing of Derrick Osaze (13-2, 3 KOs) on Aug. 17, additionally at York Corridor.
Bentley’s title was beforehand teased as a possible opponent for top-rated middleweight Hamzah Sheeraz (21-0, 17 KOs). Such a matchup surfaced when it was believed that Janibek Alimkhanuly (16-0, 11 KOs) can be relieved (or vacated) his WBO title. Nevertheless, The Ring’s No. 1-rated middleweight nonetheless holds that and the IBF belt and was ordered by the WBO to barter a compulsory title protection versus Sheeraz.
That meant having to seek out one other matchup for Bentley, the WBO’s No. 2-rated middleweight. His willingness to tackle all comers made it straightforward for Queensberry to safe its Dec. 7 foremost occasion.
ADDITIONAL BOUTS
Sam Noakes (15-0, 14 KOs) defends his British light-weight title versus the resurgent Ryan Walsh (29-4-2, 13 KOs).
Solomon Dacres (9-0, 3 KOs) dangers his English heavyweight title versus David Adeleye (12-1, 11 KOs).
Pierce O’Leary (15-0, 8 KOs) will seem in a ten-round junior welterweight bout. An opponent was not but named.
Sean Noakes (8-0, 4 KOs), Sam’s older brother, faces Mathew Rennie (13-0-1, 1 KO) in an English welterweight title struggle.
Aloys Youmbi (8-1, 7 KOs) and Lewis Oakford (6-1, 0 KOs) collide in a ten-round cruiserweight tilt.
“Sam Noakes versus Ryan Walsh is an absolute belter,” insisted Warren. “We will anticipate fireworks at heavyweight from Sol Dacres and David Adeleye. [That fight] has been brewing for a while now. Plus, I’m excited to welcome Lawrence Okolie rapidly into the Queensberry ranks with a title struggle.
“Sean Noakes and Aloys Jr are two crowd-pleasers who we’re very happy with. I’m excited to see them each moving into actually difficult fights in opposition to Mathew Rennie and Lewis Oakford respectively. There’s something for everybody on this card. I’m delighted to move the Magnificent Seven idea to London for the primary time.”
