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Anthony Joshua flattens Robert Helenius with thunderous seventh round KO in short notice fight – Highlights

Anthony Joshua stops Robert Helenius with massive knockout win HighlightsTurning in his second consecutive victory since 2020, former world champion, Anthony Joshua has his first victory by stoppage since that year to boot, finishing Finnish opponent, Robert Helenius with a thunderous one-punch knockout in the seventh round of their headliner in London, England. Joshua, a former world heavyweight championship holder, had been slated to […]

Anthony Joshua stops Robert Helenius with massive knockout win Highlights

Turning in his second consecutive victory since 2020, former world champion, Anthony Joshua has his first victory by stoppage since that year to boot, finishing Finnish opponent, Robert Helenius with a thunderous one-punch knockout in the seventh round of their headliner in London, England.

Joshua, a former world heavyweight championship holder, had been slated to feature in a headlining clash against former-foe, Dillian Whyte in a rematch tonight in the capital, saw a bout with Helenius come to frution after an “adverse” finding in a drug test sample submitted by Whyte saw the clash cancelled.

Joshua, who managed to return to the winner’s enclosure back in April with a unanimous decision win over Jermaine Franklin, had landed a decision win, having suffered a pair of judging losses of his own in a pair of title fights against Ukrainian favorite, Oleksandr Usyk.

And now pitted to fight former WBC heavyweight kingpin, Deontay Wilder off the back of tonight’s win, Watford native, Anthony Joshua turned in his twenty third career knockout win, defeating Helenius with a spectacular seventh round KO at the ring ropes, landing a thunderous overhand right shot for a stoppage success.

Below, catch the highlights from Anthony Joshua’s knockout win over Robert Helenius

Breaking – Anthony Joshua now set to fight Robert Helenius on short notice in O2 Arena

Anthony Joshua now set to fight Robert Helenius on short notice this weekend boxingFollowing the cancellation of a scheduled heavyweight rematch with former WBC heavyweight title challenger, Dillian Whyte this weekend in London, former heavyweight champion, Anthony Joshua will, in fact, remain on the capital card – officially booking an impromptu pairing with Finnish heavyweight, Robert Helenius.  Joshua, a former heavyweight world champion, was scheduled to rematch Whyte […]

Anthony Joshua now set to fight Robert Helenius on short notice this weekend boxing

Following the cancellation of a scheduled heavyweight rematch with former WBC heavyweight title challenger, Dillian Whyte this weekend in London, former heavyweight champion, Anthony Joshua will, in fact, remain on the capital card – officially booking an impromptu pairing with Finnish heavyweight, Robert Helenius. 

Joshua, a former heavyweight world champion, was scheduled to rematch Whyte in a potential title-eliminator this weekend at The O2 Arena in London, however, Matchroom Boxing confirmed last week that an “adverse” finding discovered in a drug test sample provided by Whyte, would force the scrapping of the pairing, and the ultimate removal of Whyte from the event.

Robert Helenius drafts in on short notice to fight Anthony Joshua

And in turn, the promotion has since confirmed that the aforenoted, Robert Helenius – who just featured last week, will now fight Anthony Joshua on short-notice.

“Confirmed: @anthonyjoshua will now fight The Nordic Nightmare Robert Helenius this Saturday at The O2!” Matchroom Boxing posted on their official X account. “The full undercard takes palace as originally planned…” 

Most recently featuring atop a card in the capital back in April of this year, Watford native, Joshua landed a unanimous decision win over American heavyweight, Jermaine Franklin.

The victory returned Joshua to the winner’s enclosure for the first time since a 2020 title defense win over Kubrat Pulev, before consecutive decision losses against Ukrainian world champion, Oleksandr Usyk. 

For Helenius, the Finnish heavyweight managed to return to the winner’s enclosure for the first time since a staggering opening round KO loss to former WBC heavyweight champion, Deontay Wilder back in October of last year in Brooklyn – with a win just last weekend.

Featuring in Savonlinna in his native Finland, Helenius would score a third round round TKO win over Mika Mielonen – securing his twenty-first career knockout victory.

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Deontay Wilder issues passionate response after brutal KO of Robert Helenius: ‘We risk our lives for your entertainment’

Deontay Wilder, Robert HeleniusDeontay Wilder issued a passionate statement after a successful comeback to the boxing ring. This past Saturday, the former WBC heavyweight champion marked his return to action against Robert Helenius at Barclays Center in New York. He into the bout looking to get back in the winning column after two straight losses to Tyson Fury. […]

Deontay Wilder, Robert Helenius

Deontay Wilder issued a passionate statement after a successful comeback to the boxing ring.

This past Saturday, the former WBC heavyweight champion marked his return to action against Robert Helenius at Barclays Center in New York. He into the bout looking to get back in the winning column after two straight losses to Tyson Fury.

Wilder scored a vicious knockout of Helenius when he connected with a massive right hook that called a stop to the contest.

Deontay Wilder issues passionate response after brutal KO of Robert Helenius

Following the result, Deontay Wilder came to tears in an emotional response at the post-fight press conference.

“I always have concern for all fighters,” Wilder said (ht MMA Fighting). “I’m a big advocate for fighters because like I always say, we get done wrong. A sport is something you play. You don’t play this. We risk our lives for you guys’ entertainment and I speak that forever. When you have a relationship with a man, when you love a man, and you build a friendship with another man, although he’s thousands of miles away from where I am, when you see things like that, you want to come to their aid. I wanted to come to his aid but they wouldn’t let me and I understood, because he needed space.

“But my heart goes out to him and I hope he’s doing OK and he can be able to go back to his family, because this is a tough business that we’re in. This is why I tell people, you’ve got to respect all fighters. People always go about worrying about records and all this, ‘He lost, he’s a bum,’ and all that. You get your bum ass in there then and let’s see who’s the bum, really. Because you don’t play this. You can’t play this.

Wilder expressed concern for Helenius’ health after the massive blow

Deontay Wilder expressed his concern about the long-term health of his friend and former training partner, calling on the viewers to show Helenius respect.

“We demand respect at all times, every fighter that steps in the ring. I don’t care what the record is, I don’t care who they are or where they come from, it demands respect, because if not, then you see things like that happen. And then, ‘Oh, it’s a great knockout,’ Yeah, it’s a great knockout, it’s devastating, making history and stuff like that, but how much is that man going to suffer?

“He may be alright right now, a little bit, but what about the next day? What about two weeks from now? What about a month from now? Maybe years from now.”

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Video – Deontay Wilder destroys Robert Helenius with vicious right hook KO in comeback fight

Deontay WilderDeontay Wilder got back into the win column on Saturday night with a brutal knockout of Robert Helenius. After back-to-back losses to heavyweight boxing great Tyson Fury, ‘The Bronze Bomber’ needed less than a single round to remind everyone of exactly who he is, delivering a vicious right hook that instantly sent Helenius to the […]

Deontay Wilder

Deontay Wilder got back into the win column on Saturday night with a brutal knockout of Robert Helenius.

After back-to-back losses to heavyweight boxing great Tyson Fury, ‘The Bronze Bomber’ needed less than a single round to remind everyone of exactly who he is, delivering a vicious right hook that instantly sent Helenius to the shadow realm.

Throughout the opening round, Helenius put the pressure on Wilder, a choice that would have disastrous results for ‘The Nordic Nightmare.’ Wilder danced around the edge of the ring with Helenius in hot pursuit. Nearing the end of the first, Helenius backed Wilder into a corner and moved in to capitalize. Wilder then delivered a short right hook that landed clean and put the Swede to bed in spectacular fashion.

Deontay Wilder Delivers Brutal Knockout of Robert Helenius

Robert Helenius remained on the canvas for several minutes but exited the ring under his own power.

With his first win since November 2019, Deontay Wilder moved to 43-2-1 in his professional boxing career with the two losses coming against ‘The Gypsy King’ Tyson Fury. Following the bout, ‘The Bronze Bomber’ called for a fight with either Oleksandr Usyk or Andy Ruiz. Usyk is currently undefeated at 20-0 and is coming off his second straight win over Anthony Joshua in August.