Robert Helenius Ranking, Record, Weight, Injury, Next Fight

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 Record

What is Robert Helenius’s record? Robert Helenius boasts a 32-4 professional record with 21 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Robert Helenius Ranking

Helenius is currently ranked fourth by the WBC and second by the WBA at Heavyweight.

Robert Helenius Weight

Heavyweight

Robert Helenius Injury

Back in 2011, Helenius secured the biggest win of his career after beating Dereck Chisora via a split decision. This was a landmark win for the Finnish boxer, although many felt that Chisora secured the victory. However, this victory would come at a price for Helenius after it was revealed that he suffered from a shoulder injury before the fight.

It was reported that he had torn a tendon in his shoulder while training for the fight, which only worsened after he faced Del Boy. Following his victory, Helenius had to go through reconstructive surgery on his shoulder, which put him out of action for almost a year. Even after recovering, the injury seemed to last with him.

He fought just once in 2012 and 2013 and then took a hiatus of 2 years. During this period, he was forced to move back from his training camp in Germany to Finland and work in construction and logging. Things didn’t seem to go too well for him after his return to the sport in 2016. He notably lost to Johann Duhaupas and Dillian Whyte passing up hopes of challenging for a title.

Robert Helenius Next Fight

However, things started getting better for Helenius after his shoulder pain went away in 2018. This allowed him to train properly for the first time since 2011, after which he went on to knock out Erkan Teper in Germany. He would then suffer a setback loss to Gerald Washington but has not lost a bout since then. Now at 38 years old, after going through a life-changing ordeal, his determination will be tested against Wilder. He now has a chance of redeeming himself and getting back into a title fight.

Former European heavyweight champion and current WBC title contender Robert Helenius will face Deontay Wilder on October 15th. This will be the biggest fight of his career that might have ended a long time ago. The Nordic Nightmare has seen a resurgence in his career after coming back from an injury that would have most likely ended his career.