Boxing News: Deontay Wilder’s hopes of winning the heavyweight championship back have been dashed by Robert Helenius, who has pledged to do “all in his power” to cause a spectacular upset.
After losing to Tyson Fury in an eliminator for the WBC heavyweight title, the belt he once had, Wilder is back in the ring, but he must first defeat the talented Helenius on October 15 in Brooklyn.
It will be the biggest opportunity of Helenius’ career in Finland. Having trained with Wilder for his previous two fights against Fury, he is familiar with him and believes he can pull off the unexpected victory.
“I’m a different fighter from Fury so he [Wilder] is going to prepare differently,” Helenius told Sky Sports.
“He made a good fight the last fight against Fury. Of course, they were really tough fights but I think he improved every fight.
“I see him as a completely new fighter and I know that people can change between fights. I don’t think that [coming off a loss] is going to be a big problem, he has a lot of experience. I think it’s going to be a really, really good fight.”
“It has been a tough road. I have been boxing for 25 years so I’m a veteran of the sport. I’ve had my ups and downs. I have had a lot of injuries on the way but the last couple of years have been amazing and a lot of good work’s been done.
“People are going to see that I’m not that old, that I have a couple of years in me still.
“I’ve had good training camp after good training camp so I’ve been improving still.”
But if he were to defeat Wilder, it would be by far his biggest victory to date.
“It’s the next step. I have to prove myself in this fight as well so that I can get the world championship fight. It’s not going to be easy. That’s why we have been doing work all year. We knew we have to do everything, put everything on the line,” Helenius insisted.
“I feel I’m ready for this fight. I’m going to do everything in my power. I have been waiting for a world championship for a long time.”
Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk are expected to fight for the WBC championship in the near future. Helenius believes Fury would be victorious there. “Because he’s so much taller and an awkward style,” he said.
“It is a tough fight to judge but I would pick him because of Fury’s abilities to change and do whatever it takes to win the fight. I think he would probably punch him out because he’s so much taller than Usyk.
“The heavyweight division is a really interesting place to be right now. There’s a lot of good heavyweights.”
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