Boxing

There were mixed fortunes for South London fighters last weekend with Denzel Bentley losing his British middleweight title while Richard Riakporhe stayed on the trail of a WBO world cruiserweight title shot.

The 26-year-old, from Greenwich, is due to face Jarrell Miller in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia next month.

Bentley (18-2-1, 15 KOs) puts his domestic strap on the line at Manchester Arena as part of a stacked Queensberry Promotions show.

Dubois, 26, lost in nine rounds to unified world champion Oleksandr Usyk in August.

Riakporhe has not fought since a fourth-round stoppage win over Krzystof Glowacki in January.

Bromley’s  2BX Boxing Club are celebrating Alfie Rawley clinching a bronze medal at the England Boxing Development Championships.

Isaac Chamberlain produced a dominant performance to defeat Mikael Lawal at York Hall on Saturday evening  and claimed two cruiserweight belts in the process.

Joshua Buatsi is still expecting his next opponent to be Dan Azeez after the pair’s light-heavyweight clash was postponed last week.

All the judges scored for the Brixton fighter – 119-111 and 118-111 (twice).

Daniel Dubois’ promoter says that they will not just accept the WBA rejecting their appeal which was lodged after the South London boxer’s defeat to Oleksandr Usyk in August.  

The unbeaten South Londoners were due to meet at Greenwich’s 02 Arena on Saturday night.

Isaac Chamberlain is looking for an emphatic victory over Mikael Lawal next weekend to move himself a step closer to a rematch – and world title shot – with Chris Billam-Smith.

Ellis Zorro retained his WBO European cruiserweight title with a unanimous points win over Luca D’Ortenzi last weekend.

Ellie Scotney made her intentions clear regarding her next move after a dominant win over Argentinian veteran Laura Soledad Griffa at Wembley Arena on Saturday night.

Lynn AC were able to re-open their doors last week after The Matchroom Charitable Foundation made a £10,000 donation.

Ellie Scotney successfully made a defence of her IBF world super-bantamweight title at Wembley Arena last night.

The unbeaten Catford fighter, 25, is set to face experienced South American Laura Soledad Griffa at Wembley Arena.