Helenius, Robert

Robert Helenius grew up in southern Finland. From the age of 14 he studied with his father, Karl.

Robert began his amateur career in 1998 . The silver medalist of Finland in 2001 and three-time winner of the gold medal of Finland in 2003–2005.

His first international success was in 2000 at the European Cadet Championship (U17), where he finished third.

In 2001, he won a bronze at the Junior European Championship, losing in the semifinal to Russian Islam Timurziev .

In 2005, he won on points Briton David Price .

In 2006, at the European Championships, he took the second place, losing in the final battle to the Russian Islam Islam .

In an amateur career, he lost the famous Canadian Bermeyn Stivernu and defeated the famous MMA fighter Sergey Kharitonov .

In general, the amateur ring Helenius spent 144 match. 105 won, of which 51 by knockout. At 38, he was defeated; in one battle a draw was fixed.

After an amateur career, the Finn moved to professional boxing. The debut in the professional ring took place on May 17, 2008 in the heavy weight category, where he knocked out his opponent, German, Gene Pucall (14-11-2).

The next four contenders Helenius won on points, among which was an aspiring undefeated boxer, Swiss, Nikola Vasinkovich (3-0).

2009-2011

The fifth match was held against the German, Enrico Garmendia (11-2-1), twice knocked him down in the first round, after which the German signaled the referee that refuses to continue the fight.

In May 2009, Helenius knocked out in the 6th round of the former British champion Scott Gammer.

Fight with Taras Bidenko

His first serious fight, Helenius had already led to the 10th bout, where he defeated the well-known Ukrainian boxer Taras Bidenko ahead of time. In battle, Helenius struck the Ukrainians with a strong cut ^[2] .

Fight with Lamon Brewster

Less than three months later, Robert defeated former world champion, Lamon Brewster , by TKO in the 8th round, after sending the eminent American to the ring flooring in the second round. Prior to that, Brewster prematurely lost only in the second fight with Wladimir Klitschko . From the severe beating in the battle with Helenius, Brewster detached the retina of his left eye, because of which he had to have an operation urgently and Lymon ended his career after this fight ^[3] .

Fight with Gbenga Oloukun

On March 26, 2010, Helenius defeated on points the champion of Africa, Gbengu Hollowon ^[4] .

Fight with Tony Gregory

After this fight, in August 2010 , Robert knocked out an undefeated French boxer, Gregory Tony , in the 6th round and won the EBU-EU European Champion title ^[5] .

Fight with Attila Levin

In November 2010, Helenius met with the famous Swedish boxer, Attila Levin , in a battle with whom he defended his title, and won another belt of the intercontinental world champion in the WBO version ^[6] .

Fight with Samuel Peter

In April 2011, Samuel Peter had a fight with boxing world avenue, Robert Helenius. The battle did not start very actively, Helenius kept his distance with jabs, but Peter from time to time carried out his explosive attacks, which often came in defense of Helenius. After several rounds of pressure, Peter was asleep, and his fatigue was very noticeable. In the 9th round, Helenius sent Peter to a knockdown. Peter got up with difficulty, and Helenius immediately began to finish off Peter, and sent Peter to the deep knockout with an exact single jab ^{[7] [8]} .

Fight with Sergey Lyakhovich

On August 4, 2011, Helenius entered the ring with former world champion Sergey Lyakhovich . The fight was very spectacular and bright. The first half of the battle was quite a bright and competitive struggle, with a lot of bright episodes from the Finnish side, which was Belarusian, but by the second half of the bout Lyakhovich began to get tired and miss the shots more. In the 8th round, Helenius sent Sergey Lyakhovich to a knockdown, and already in the first seconds of the 9th round he brought a crushing hail of blows at the Belarusian. Only the intervention of the judge saved Lyakhovich from a clean knockout, because after stopping the fight, from the final blows of the Finn, Lyakhovich collapsed on the floor. Helenius brightly and confidently won ^[9] .

Fight with Derek Chisora

On December 4, 2011, in a battle for the vacant European title, Helenius met with the famous Briton, Derek Chisora. No one considered Chisor a serious opponent after a clean defeat from Tyson Fury , but the Englishman did an incredible and put pressure on Helenius. However, at the end of the bout, the judges unexpectedly gave the victory to Helenius. The meeting was held in a bright and competitive fight. During the whole fight the rivals showered each other with the hardest blows. Aggressor in the fight was Derek Chisora , who constantly went forward. Helenius also did not hold back his strikes, although their number was in many ways inferior to that of the British. And if in the first half the fight was of a competitive nature, then the second part of Chisor took more confidently. All the experts agreed that Chisora ​​was robbed by the judges and deserved at least a draw. Helenius claimed that he had injured his arm in a battle with Chisora ​​and this did not allow him to convincingly win ^{[10] [11]} .

2012—2014

After getting injured in a fight with Chisora, Helenius recovered for a long time and only in August he moved on to full-fledged training.

Fight with Sherman Williams

Long before the announcement of a new opponent Finn, the upcoming date of his fight was already known. Helenius's original rival was his unbeaten compatriot, Jarno Rosberg ^[12] . But three weeks before the fight, the official rival was announced. He became a Bahamian boxer, Sherman Williams ^[13] . In the record of Williams appear 35 wins and 11 defeats. But despite the defeat, Sherman prematurely lost only once, and it was in 1999. None of the subsequent, experienced opponents of Williams could not knockout the Bahamian boxer.

To make a resounding knockout victory over Williams Helenius failed. The boxers went the entire distance of the 10-round bout, with a slight Finn advantage. Several rounds were equal, and in the 6th the Bahamian boxer was more convincing when Helenius was seriously shaken, but the Finn managed to hold out until the gong ^{[14] [15]} .

Fight with Michael Sprott

March 23, 2013 in the vague and unattractive duel Helenius uncertainly won on points Briton Michael Sprott .

In December 2013, it became known that Robert Helenius wanted to terminate his contract with the German promotional company Sauerland Event ^[16] .

2015—2017

On March 21, 2015, after a two-year hiatus, he returned to the ring and won by technical knockout of the Hungarian András Csömör in the first round ^[17] .

Fight with Franz Rill

December 19, 2015 won by unanimous decision of the German Franz Rill and won the vacant belt of the European champion, which he owned earlier.

Fight with Joan Duap

On April 2, 2016, there was a fight for the vacant WBC Silver belt, between the former WBC challenger Joan Duap and the undefeated Finnish boxer Robert Helenius, Duopa sensationally defeated Helenius, stopping the final in the sixth round. Thus, inflicting the first defeat of Helenius in a professional career.

Fight with Dillian White

On October 28, 2017, the second fight took place in Helenius’s career for the vacant WBC Silver belt. Rival Robert was a Jamaican-born Briton Dillian White . White confidently defeated Helenius, by a unanimous decision with the scores of 119–109, 119–109, 118-110. Thus, inflicting a second defeat Helenius in a professional career.