Robert Helenius in Camp With Fury, Back on September 10
May 20, 2016 • 2:02 PM ET
By Per Ake Persson
Finnish heavyweight Robert Helenius is currently on a training camp with IBO/WBA/WBO champion Tyson Fury in Amsterdam. Helenius and trainer Johan Lindstroem will stay for three weeks and the camp will include sparring.
Fury looked more than a little bit heavy around the midsection when he attended the Pulev vs Chisora event in Hamburg May 7 and could well use some heavy training as he prepares for the Wladimir Klitschko rematch on July 9. The two know each other and have also sparred in the past.
As for Helenius he will return with a fight September 10 in Mariehamn against an opponent to be announced. Robert is sponsored by paf.com, a betting company based in Mariehamn. Also on that bill is Cuban-Finnish light heavyweight prospect Dayron Lester (5-0).
Hungarian cruiserweight Imre Szello (12-0) takes on Uganda-born Hamza Wandera (19-9-3) in the headliner of Felix-Promotion´s show in Cegled (Hungary) in a non-title ten rounder. Middleweight Norbert Harcza (4-0) square off against German Chris Hermann (21-9-1) and also at middleweight Szabolcs Pintye (12-0-1) face Szabolcs Szabo (11-2-2) for the vacant national title. The event is televised by M 4 Sport.
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Somebody is not telling the truth: It deserves to be pointed out again that Aleksander Dimitrenko made it known on his Twitter account May 3 that he was not, repeat not, fighting Shannon Briggs on May 21. Still, even today you can read articles where it is being claimed that Aleksander ”pulled out”.
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Super Brian and Mogens Palle Promotion stage the fourth edition of Danish Fight Night June 4 at the Frederiksberghall in Copenhagen. Headlining the bill is Lolenga ”the Dane” Mock (34-14-1) who celebrates 25 years as a pro and face another tough veteran in Patrick Mendy, who comes in off a good win in Sweden over Oscar Ahlin. Mendy is 17-10-1 with many years behind him as a road warrior.
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The undercard features mainly new Danish talent, none with a lot of amateur experience but promising even if there is a long way to go. Super middleweight Daniel Heinze (2-0) fights Croatian Frane Radnic (11-2), Jonas Madsen (3-0), also at supermiddle is in again Radnic´s compatriot Ivan Jukic (22-9) and heavyweight Pierre Madsen (2-0) take on David Gogishvili (14-1).
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In other action Iceland´s sole professional boxer, licensed in Sweden, Gunnar Kolbeinn Kristinsson (5-0) square off against Kim Thomsen (4-0) and lightweight Osama Hadifi (11-1) return after the loss to DeMarcus Corley and take on Vahram Vardanyan (15-1-1).
