Linus Udofia vs Denzel Bentley round by round results
Mandatory photo credit: Leigh Dawney/Wasserman Boxing
Linus Udofia (17-0, 9 KOs) and Denzel Bentley (15-1-1, 13 KOs) finally clash tonight on Friday, May 13, live and free on terrestrial TV.
The TV coverage will be broadcast from 10pm to 12:05am on Channel 5 and the undercard will be streamed live from 6:30pm on the SportBible Facebook Page and Boxing Social YouTube Channel.
BBN will also be keeping fight fans up to date with live reports right here:
First fight 6:30pm:
Katharina Thanderz vs Tereza Dvorakova
6×2 Super Lightweight
Katharina Thanderz earns a win via points, 58-56.
Dan Morley vs Ivan Njegac
6×3 Welterweight
Dan Morley wins by stoppage in Round 4.
Razor Ali vs Khvicha Gigolashvili
6×3 Featherweight
Razor was aggressive from the off, pushing his man back. In the first round, Ali was trying to whip in body shots and had spite behind everything he threw.
Gigolashvili tried to push his man back in the second, but Ali soon had him tracking back. The Georgian still put his shots in but on the backfoot with no power. Ali held his hands low and stepped in close, whipping in body shots and countering to the head. Ali was looking for a knockout.
Ali had bad intentions, he was looking to land big at every opportunity. He was putting big shots in but not enough to hurt his opponent. A good right hand came back from Gigolashvili in the third, but Razor responded with a good right hand to the temple himself that dropped his counterpart right on the bell.
Two right hands rocketed in from Ali in the fifth round.
After six rounds, Ali won 60-54.
Harvey Horn vs Alejandro Torres
10×3 Flyweight
Southpaw Horn was sharp behind his left-handed stance. Both boxers were elusive and sharp, lending to an interesting bout.
It was busy and entertaining, neither man really capable of seriously hurting the other. At the bell they both put their hands up in victory.
The score was read as 60-54 to Harvey Horn.
Constantin Ursu vs Boria Lopez
4×3 Super Lightweight
The southpaw whipped in a looping left body shot that took a few seconds delay for Lopez to go down from, just a minute into the contest. The Moldovian from Plymouth was relentless and he was looking to stop the fight.
The left hooks to the body were too much for the visitor but he was still there for round four. He even got to the final bell, somehow, where Ursu won on a points shutout.
Brad Pauls vs Ryan Kelly
10×3 British Middleweight Title Eliminator
Brad Pauls turned up the heat in the very first round when he found Ryan Kelly on the ropes. For the first round, the pair swapped jabs, Kelly coming on storng in the second part of the round.
It's a battle of the jabs here, but after a bit of a deadlock, it was Pauls who seemed to be growing in confidence and starting to put his punches together.
By round three, Pauls had Kelly on the backfoot.
By the mid-rounds, the pair had loosened up and were opening up. Pauls was orcing the action though.
It was back and forth, so ard to split!
Pauls was more aggressive in the final round. Fantastic finish between two very evenly-matched British boxers. The inish in style, warring away! Terrific fight!
Pauls took the tight contest with scores of 96-95, 97-95, 96-94.
Harlem Eubank vs Sean Dodd
10×3 Super Lightweight
Eubank took just two rounds to dispatch of Dodd. 'Masher' was aggressively hunting Harlem down, who was swiftly moving from side to side until a counter left hook caught Dodd cleanly and decked him instantly.
Chief Support
Josh Kelly vs Xhuljo Vrenozi
10×3 Super Welterweight
LATE CANCELLATION BY VRENOZI
Main Event
10pm: Udofia vs Bentley
12×3 British Middleweight Title Fight
Udofia started strongly and managed to outbox the former British titleholder for the first few rounds.
Four rounds in and Anthony Fowler said: "Great British title fight this, means a lot to both lads, I got Linus 3-1 up."
Bentley was kept at bay by the Luton man, who fired back in the third and exchanged for a time, with Udofia getting the better of the Battersea boxer.
It was a comfortable fourth round in the bag for Udofia, but it was in the fifth round when '2Sharp' began to come back into the contest, although he was carelessly caught with two straight rights at the end of the round.
In round seven, Bentley began to get hold of the bout, able to outmuscle Linus who momentarily touched down, his knee grazing the canvas but wasn't called as a knockdown.
Bentley continued to pile on the pressure right up to the final round, where Udofia strangely decided to get on his bike and didn't engage.
Bentley became a two-time British champion with a split decision points win with scores of 115-113 and 116-112 for and 114-115 against.
Fowler later called for the British title shot at Bentley.
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