Robert Helenius Will Look To Bounce Back on July 2

By Per Ake Persson

The Nordic Nightmare, heavyweight Robert Helenius, now 22-1, suffered a tough loss Saturday night in Helsinki against very tough Frenchman Johann Duhaupas (34-3). Helenius lost by way of a sixth round knockout.

"Robert was overtrained and made some minor mistakes in the training leading up to the fight," states Robert´s father Kalle, who is assistant trainer.

In the fight it seemed as if Helenius connected very well and a less durable fighter than Duhaupas would have gone down but the Frenchman took everything coming his way and kept coming and the pace took a toll on the big Finn, who appeared to be tiring in the sixth when Duhaupas connected with a solid one-two combination and it was over.

Helenius will be back July 2 in Mariehamn (Finland) against an opponent to be announced.

In other news - Danish super middleweight veteran Lolenga Mock, billed as the best super middleweight in Denmark, will headline the next Danish Fight Night on April 29 at Idrottshuset in Copenhagen. Mock takse on Peruvian David Zegarra (30-0 and WBA # 5 at super welter) and if all goes well Lolenga will celebrate 25 years as a pro early June.

There´s about ten fights to go ahead on this show promoted by Super Brian and Mogens Palle Promotion.

Idrottshuset is a old and small venue where many of the Palle shows in 70´s and 80´s took place.