Look out Klitschkos!! Robert Helenius is a serious threat....

Never heard of the guy before till tonight. I looked up some footage tonight and omg, this guy can scrap!!! Did you see those combos he landed on liakhovich? Some serious firepower for a 6ft 6 inch MF!!! His body shots are murder too. I think FINALLY we have a good exciting heavyweight who can challenge the Klitschkos and not be scared to death....
Look up some his fights and you will see what I mean!
*Adamek is good, but I don't think he is big enough to pull off the upsets.

I think he would take out Wlad now, but might have trouble with Vitali.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiRW0...?v=HiRW093RFao

Very impressive finish from Helenius ,power speed and very accurate , he is getting better with every fight , another few fights against good competion , and he will certainly get a title shot , but i hope he doesnt get rushed to quickly , i still think he needs more experiance and more rounds under his belt ,but looking very handy indeed .

He needs to do some serious work on his defense if he hopes to even be competitive against either Klitschko. Right now they'd murder him.

Watching some highlights I was surprised to see he has a pretty good right hand to the body. He's got some offensive tools. Not sure what to think of him overall yet.

The dude is a very good prospect/contender at this stage but is far from ready to challenge either Klitschko. I'd like to see him in against someone a little fresher, an Arreola type before I'd really rate him as a threat. But he is one to watch

it was worth throwing the towel in wasnt it

he does look like hes getting better and better, i am starting to be convinced, i had excuses for all his other big wins but maybe he is the real deal

He has potential to be a good fighter in the division but right now he has no chance against either Klitschko unless they all of a sudden fade drastically.

Right now I think hed stand no chance against wlad, and would be a clinic. Vitali I don't know he's getting up there in age and has fought like a round over the last year. He needs to work on his footwork he's a bit to flat footed as lennox mentioned, and that would cost him big time against wlad since he probably wouldn't be able to touch him. However, give him some time to improve, a few more fights under the belt and we might have us a nice heavyweight scrap. I was glad to see liakovich back in the ring since he's been semi retired over last few years, hopefully he sticks around and has some good fights.

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Originally Posted by Galaxy

The dude is a very good prospect/contender at this stage but is far from ready to challenge either Klitschko. I'd like to see him in against someone a little fresher, an Arreola type before I'd really rate him as a threat. But he is one to watch

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I agree. Let's see where he goes from here. He's beat enough top 20 guys, and proved he belongs in the top 10, how about facing a top ten guy now?

Has he been down? How's his chin?

HA!!! ;D

Helenius has become the flavor of the month already...
You do realize all he did was beat a former WBO title holder who at his best was average and today is no where near top 5 level.

Both Wladdy & Vitaly would beat this guy.

I would even go on record and say Adamek beats Helenius via TKO.

I don't know Mick, he actually looks very useful compared to most anyone his size barring the Klitschkos. Writing a guy off simply because he is raw and getting hyped isn't much different than being on the other side of the fence and bigging him up. He's a good prospect and I enjoyed watching that fight, he definetly puts his punches together very well for his size.

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Originally Posted by erics44

it was worth throwing the towel in wasnt it

he does look like hes getting better and better, i am starting to be convinced, i had excuses for all his other big wins but maybe he is the real deal

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...You mean Liakahovich coming back out of retirement isn't a worthy excuse?

Helenius is good, but good doesn't cut it vs the Klitschko's. I want to see Helenius battle it out vs a big puncher and THEN he's ready.

Helenius-Arreola or Helenius-Dimitrenko before he gets a shot at Wlad. I do think he'd beat Povetkin, though that would be a good fight.

And looking at the title of the thread I thought brockton wrote it.

Yeah I think a few more fights against the likes of a Grant, Barrett, McCall, Rahman, J C Gomez before even considering such a huge leap towards the K Bros.

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Originally Posted by p4pking

I don't know Mick, he actually looks very useful compared to most anyone his size barring the Klitschkos. Writing a guy off simply because he is raw and getting hyped isn't much different than being on the other side of the fence and bigging him up. He's a good prospect and I enjoyed watching that fight, he definetly puts his punches together very well for his size.

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I'm not writing him off as a boxer.
All I'm saying is he would get battered by either Wlad or Vitaly at this point.
The poster of this thread has him beating up Wlad and having a chance at Vitaly.
My response to that is HA! when the guy hasn't even been tested.
He beat Sergei come on...

I agree he's a good prospect but at this point it's nothing more than that.

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Originally Posted by CutMeMick

HA!!! ;D

Helenius has become the flavor of the month already...
You do realize all he did was beat a former WBO title holder who at his best was average and today is no where near top 5 level.

Both Wladdy & Vitaly would beat this guy.

I would even go on record and say Adamek beats Helenius via TKO.

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I agree with everything except the Adamek part. He's not TKOing anyone as a heavyweight.