Robert Helenius parents: Meet Karl Helenius

Robert Gabriel Helenius (born 2 January 1984) is a Finnish professional boxer. At the regional level, he has held multiple heavyweight championships, including the European title twice between 2011 and 2016. As an amateur, he won a silver medal at the 2006 European Championships. He holds notable wins over former world heavyweight champions Lamon Brewster, Samuel Peter, and Siarhei Liakhovich.

Helenius began training in boxing under his father at the mere age of 5. In the early 2000s, Tony Halme was one of Helenius’ first sparring/training partners. Helenius won the bronze medal in 2000 at the European “cadets” (U 17) championships in Patras; he lost to Croatian Mario Preskar. In 2001 at the Junior European Championships in Sarajevo, he earned another bronze, losing to hard-hitting Russian Islam Timurziev.

At the 2001 Finnish Amateur Boxing Championships, in the super heavyweight division, Helenius lost to eventual gold medallist Janne Katajisto in the first round. The following year, Katajisto defeated Helenius in the final.

In 2005 at Mianyang Helenius beat David Price on points but then lost to Rustam Saidov.

2006, however, was his breakthrough year. At the 2006 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Plovdiv, he finished second, again beaten by Timurziev, this time on points. By this time all of Helenius’s victories had come by knockout including Bogdan Dinu.

Since 2006 Helenius has been fighting in Germany in the Box-Bundesliga (Premier League) for Hertha BSC. Promoter Sauerland-Boxstall had bought an option in case Helenius turned pro after the Olympics. At the Olympic qualifiers, he lost to Marko Tomasović and Jaroslavas Jakšto. Helenius also faced MMA heavyweight fighter Sergei Kharitonov in the amateurs, beating him by points.

 

Robert Helenius’s parents: Meet Karl Helenius

The names of his parents are Karl and Stina Helenius. However, aside from their names, little is known about them.

Not much is known about Karl Helenius, the dad of Robert Helenius. Robert Helenius was born on January 2, 1984, in Stockholm, Sweden, to Karl and Stina Helenius. Robert started his boxing career very young at the instruction of his father.

His father, Karl Helenius, was now back in the game as well. The old sailor, butcher, and boxer from the southern city of Porvoo had trained his son through a lucrative amateur career of over a hundred fights and helped him win several national titles and a European Championship silver, too.