Denzel Bentley wanted to turn his WBO middleweight title into a UK unification fight with IBF champion Aaron McKenna. First, he has to defend it against Yoenli Hernandez. WBO president Gustavo Olivieri says their purse bid is tomorrow, September 29, putting Bentley’s preferred fight on hold while the business of facing his mandatory moves forward.
“TOMORROW-Purse Bid Bentley/Hernandez”
— Gustavo Olivieri, X
McKenna offered Bentley a fight British television could sell easily: two champions, a unification and a local audience that knows both men. Hernandez brings less commercial appeal and a much more dangerous fight on paper. The Cuban co
