Comments Thread For: Euro News: Robert Helenius, Thorslund vs. Luna, Franck Petitjean Wins EBU Title

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The news that WBO bantamweight champion Dina Thorslund (19-0) and the WBC title holder in the same weight division, Yuliahn Luna Avila (25-3-1), will meet in a title unification on September 2 in Denmark might be true - however, according to Danish website knock-out.dk there is no done deal just yet.
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[Zorro de la Vega]

Helenius is coming back before Wilder...against a 6-0 fighter?!

[joe strong]

This could be a farewell fight at home & they wanted a local flavour as an opponent. Imagine if he lost! Wilder would never hear the end of it.

[Mick Higgs]

Anyone know what the BBU is?

[MusoMeanderings]

Anyone know what the BBU is?

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[JakeTheBoxer]

Helenius is unpredictable guy. He lost to Duhaupas by a stoppage. But than he beat Kownacki by a stoppage , twice. Kownacki was unbeaten before their first fight and Kownacki was a big favorite. But than again Helenius loses to Wilder in the first round.

I won`t be surprised if he loses this one.

[REMOVE SHARK 5510]

Helenius is unpredictable guy. He lost to Duhaupas by a stoppage. But than he beat Kownacki by a stoppage , twice. Kownacki was unbeaten before their first fight and Kownacki was a big favorite. But than again Helenius loses to Wilder in the first round.

I won`t be surprised if he loses this one.

His opponent started boxing like 2 years ago without amateur experience. No way Robert loses this

[MusoMeanderings]

Helenius' finishing combo on Liakhovich was the most brutal thing, ever.

[letsgochump]

Helenius is unpredictable guy. He lost to Duhaupas by a stoppage. But than he beat Kownacki by a stoppage , twice. Kownacki was unbeaten before their first fight and Kownacki was a big favorite. But than again Helenius loses to Wilder in the first round.

I won`t be surprised if he loses this one.

Back when he lost to Duhaupas Helenius was eating a low carb diet and his carnivore coach had the idea that doing cardio was bad so they trained only strength and power endurance since it worked well for the amateur MMA students the guy trained. Helenius was also full of false confidence as he hadn't done proper sparring with real top names in years. He ran out of gas by the second round and after that he was running on fumes until the KO that was inevitable.

Since his split from his old german coach he lost his speed and his defence focusing on strength training and counter punching. He was really good in the early 2010s but talent doesn't help when your training is poor.

Kownacki was damaged by the time he fought Helenius and the one thing Helenius always had was heavy hands. His hand injuries prevented him for a long time from hitting full power but against Kownacki he was able to punch again. Besides, Kownacki was always a hype job, he struggled a lot against Kiladze and Arreola and Martin.

Wilder is fast and he came in super light. Stylistically he is all wrong for old Helenius who is slowing down even more each year. The KO shows that, Helenius had no idea what hit him as his reflexes are gone.