Robert Helenius
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Robert "The Nordic Nightmare" Helenius (born January 2, 1984 in Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...

) is a Finnish professional Heavyweight
Heavyweight
Heavyweight is a division, or weight class, in boxing. Fighters who weigh over 200 pounds are considered heavyweights by the major professional boxing organizations: the International Boxing Federation, the World Boxing Association, the World Boxing Council, and the World Boxing...

 boxer. As an amateur he won Silver at the European Championships 2006 at super heavyweight. In 2010 Helenius won the EU heavyweight title defeating Gregory Tony.

Amateur

Helenius won the bronze medal in 2000 at the European "cadets" (U 17) championships in Patras
Patras
Patras , ) is Greece's third largest urban area and the regional capital of West Greece, located in northern Peloponnese, 215 kilometers west of Athens...

, he lost to Croatian Mario Preskar
Mario Preskar
Mario Preskar is a Croatian professional heavyweight boxer. He trains at Leonardo Boxing Gym in Zagreb with his trainer Leonard Pijetraj.- Amateur career :...

.
2001 in Sarajevo
Sarajevo
Sarajevo |Bosnia]], surrounded by the Dinaric Alps and situated along the Miljacka River in the heart of Southeastern Europe and the Balkans....

 at the junior European Championships he made another bronze losing to hard-hitting Russian Islam Timurziev
Islam Timurziev
Islam Yahyayevich Timurziev is a Russian amateur boxer best known for winning the European superheavyweight title in 2006.-Career:...

.

2005 in Mianyang
Mianyang
Mianyang is the second largest prefecture-level city of Sichuan province in Southwest China. Its administrative area includes the city proper of Mianyang, with 985,586 inhabitants in the built up area , the county-level city of Jiangyou, and six counties, covering an area of over and a population...

 he beat David Price
David Price (boxer)
David Price is a professional British heavyweight boxer from Liverpool.-Amateur career:The 6 ' 8 Price boxed out of Salisbury ABC and in 2003 became the youngest ever A.B.A champion in the Super-Heavyweight division, he was 19 years and 272 days old...

 on points but lost to Rustam Saidov
Rustam Saidov
Rustam Saidov is a boxer from Uzbekistan, who competed in the Super Heavyweight at the 2000 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal.-Career:...



2006, however, was his breakthrough year as at the 2006 European Amateur Boxing Championships
2006 European Amateur Boxing Championships
The Men's 2006 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria from July 13 to July 23. The 36th edition of this bi-annual competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA.-Medal winners:-Medal table:...

 in Plovdiv
Plovdiv
Plovdiv is the second-largest city in Bulgaria after Sofia with a population of 338,153 inhabitants according to Census 2011. Plovdiv's history spans some 6,000 years, with traces of a Neolithic settlement dating to roughly 4000 BC; it is one of the oldest cities in Europe...

 he finished second again beaten by Timurziev this time on points. By this time all of Helenius' victories had come by KO including vs Bogdan Dinu
Bogdan Dinu
Bogdan Dinu is a Romanian professional boxer living and fighting out of Canada.-Amateur highlights:...

.

Since 2006 he is fighting in Germany in the Box-Bundesliga for Hertha BSC
Promoter Sauerland
Wilfried Sauerland
Wilfried Sauerland is a German boxing promoter and manager.-Career:Boxing camps associated with Sauerland, have had various locations:...

-Boxstall had bought an option if he turns pro after the Olympics. At the Olympic qualifiers he lost to Marko Tomasović
Marko Tomasovic (boxer)
Marko Tomasović is a Croatian boxer and kickboxer, best known to qualify for the Olympics 2008 at super heavyweight. He is tall and weights .-Career:In 2005 Marko entered the W.A.K.O...

 and Jaroslavas Jakšto
Jaroslavas Jakšto
Jaroslavas Jakšto is a male amateur boxer from Lithuania best known for winning super heavyweight bronze at the 2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Pula, Croatia...

. He also faced MMA heavyweight fighter Sergei Kharitonov in the amateurs beating him by points.

Pro

He turned pro for Germany's Wilfried Sauerland in 2008. He has a clean record with 16 wins (11 KO). In 2009 Helenius knocked out former British heavyweight champion Scott Gammer
Scott Gammer
Scott Gammer is a British boxer, based in Wales he is a former holder of the British heavyweight title.-Professional career:...

 and defeated Taras Bidenko
Taras Bidenko
Taras Bidenko is a German based professional boxer who fights in the heavyweight division.-Professional career:...

 with a 3rd round stoppage. In January 2010 he stopped former WBO World champion Lamon Brewster
Lamon Brewster
"Relentless" Lamon Tajuan Brewster is a retired American professional heavyweight boxer, and former WBO heavyweight champion. He won the silver medal as an amateur at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata....

 with a TKO in the 8th round.
He defeated Gbenga Oloukun on March 26, 2010 in Helsinki, despite breaking a bone among the knuckles of his right hand.

In August 2010 Helenius won the vacant EU heavyweight title against unbeaten Gregory Tony. He defended his title for the first time on 27 November 2010 by winning Attila Levin
Attila Levin
Attila Levin is a Swedish boxer in the Heavyweight division.-Amateur career:Levin had a stellar amateur career prior to turning professional....

 with a technical knockout in the second round. In the same match he also won the vacant WBO Inter-Continental title. On 2 April 2011 he defeated Samuel Peter
Samuel Peter
Samuel Okon Peter , nicknamed "The Nigerian Nightmare," is a professional heavyweight boxer and the former WBC heavyweight champion....

 in the ninth round, successfully defending his WBO Inter-Continental title and also winning the vacant WBA Inter-Continental title.

On 27 August 2011 he successfully defended his WBO and WBA Inter-Continental titles against Sergei Liakhovich
Sergei Liakhovich
Sergei "White Wolf" Liakhovich , is a Belarusian boxer and a former WBO heavyweight boxing champion.-Amateur career:Liakhovich, who represented Belarus at the 1996 Olympic Games, was a long-time amateur who won Bronze at the 1997 World Championships....

 in Munich
Munich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...

, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

, building up his professional record to 16-0.

Professional boxing record

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|align="center" colspan=8|16 Wins (11 knockouts, 5 decisions), 0 Losses, 0 Draws http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=451505&cat=boxer
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|align=left|  Dereck Chisora
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|Win
|16-0
|align=left|  Siarhei Liakhovich
Sergei Liakhovich
Sergei "White Wolf" Liakhovich , is a Belarusian boxer and a former WBO heavyweight boxing champion.-Amateur career:Liakhovich, who represented Belarus at the 1996 Olympic Games, was a long-time amateur who won Bronze at the 1997 World Championships....


|TKO
|9
|2011-08-28
|align=left|  Olympia-Eissportzentrum
Olympia Eishalle
Olympia Eishalle is an indoor sporting arena located in Munich, Germany. It is used for various indoor events and is the home arena of the ice hockey team Eishockeyclub München now playing in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga . The capacity of the arena is 6,256 spectators.-External links:*...

, Munich
Munich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...

, Bayern
Bavaria
Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...

, Germany
|align=left|
|-align=center
|Win
|15–0
|align=left|  Samuel Peter
Samuel Peter
Samuel Okon Peter , nicknamed "The Nigerian Nightmare," is a professional heavyweight boxer and the former WBC heavyweight champion....


|KO
|9
|2011-04-02
|align=left|  Gerry Weber Stadion
Gerry Weber Stadion
Gerry Weber Stadion is an indoor sports arena, located in Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia, in Germany. The capacity of the arena is 12,300 people and it was opened in 1992.It hosts the Gerry Weber Open every year in June...

, Halle
Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia
Halle is a town in the German Bundesland of North Rhine-Westphalia and belongs to the district of Gütersloh....

, Nordrhein-Westfalen
North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia is the most populous state of Germany, with four of the country's ten largest cities. The state was formed in 1946 as a merger of the northern Rhineland and Westphalia, both formerly part of Prussia. Its capital is Düsseldorf. The state is currently run by a coalition of the...

, Germany
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|-align=center
|Win
|14–0
|align=left|  Attila Levin
Attila Levin
Attila Levin is a Swedish boxer in the Heavyweight division.-Amateur career:Levin had a stellar amateur career prior to turning professional....


|TKO
|2
|2010-11-27
|align=left|  Hartwall Areena
Hartwall Areena
Hartwall Areena is a large multifunctional indoor arena located in Helsinki, Finland...

, Helsinki
Helsinki
Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...

, Finland
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|-align=center
|Win
|13–0
|align=left|  Gregory Tony
Gregory Tony
Gregory Tony is a French super heavyweight kickboxer and professional boxer fighting out of Saint-Raphael, Var. He is three time French kickboxing champion, three time French muaythai champion, one time French boxing champion, two time European kickboxing champion, one time Intercontinental...


|TKO
|6
|2010-08-21
|align=left|  Messehalle
Messehalle
The Messehalle is an indoor arena, in Erfurt, Germany. Its seating capacity is roughly 12,000 people.The arena has hosted concerts by many famous artists, spanning many different genres.-External links:...

, Erfurt
Erfurt
Erfurt is the capital city of Thuringia and the main city nearest to the geographical centre of Germany, located 100 km SW of Leipzig, 150 km N of Nuremberg and 180 km SE of Hannover. Erfurt Airport can be reached by plane via Munich. It lies in the southern part of the Thuringian...

, Thüringen
Thuringia
The Free State of Thuringia is a state of Germany, located in the central part of the country.It has an area of and 2.29 million inhabitants, making it the sixth smallest by area and the fifth smallest by population of Germany's sixteen states....

, Germany
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|Win
|12–0
|align=left|  Gbenga Oloukun
|UD
|8
|2010-03-26
|align=left|  Töölön Kisahalli
Töölö Sports Hall
Töölö Sports Hall is a sports venue located in the Töölö district of Helsinki, Finland. It was built in 1935 as Messuhalli...

, Helsinki
Helsinki
Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...

, Finland
|align=left|
|-align=center
|Win
|11–0
|align=left|  Lamon Brewster
Lamon Brewster
"Relentless" Lamon Tajuan Brewster is a retired American professional heavyweight boxer, and former WBO heavyweight champion. He won the silver medal as an amateur at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata....


|TKO
|8
|2010-01-30
|align=left|  Jahnsportforum, Neubrandenburg
Neubrandenburg
Neubrandenburg is a city in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is located in the southeastern part of the state, on the shore of a lake called the Tollensesee ....

, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
|align=left|
|-align=center
|Win
|10–0
|align=left|  Taras Bidenko
Taras Bidenko
Taras Bidenko is a German based professional boxer who fights in the heavyweight division.-Professional career:...


|RTD
|3
|2009-11-07
|align=left|  Arena Nürnberger Versicherung
Nuremberg Arena
Nuremberg Arena is an arena in Nuremberg, Germany. Nuremberg Arena opened in 2001 and holds up to 6,500 people.It is used for ice hockey, basketball and concerts.Since 2005, it is also called Arena Nürnberger Versicherung....

, Nuremberg
Nuremberg
Nuremberg[p] is a city in the German state of Bavaria, in the administrative region of Middle Franconia. Situated on the Pegnitz river and the Rhine–Main–Danube Canal, it is located about north of Munich and is Franconia's largest city. The population is 505,664...

, Bayern
Bavaria
Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...

, Germany
|align=left|
|-align=center
|Win
|9–0
|align=left|  Serdar Uysal
|KO
|6
|2009-08-29
|align=left|  Gerry Weber Stadion
Gerry Weber Stadion
Gerry Weber Stadion is an indoor sports arena, located in Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia, in Germany. The capacity of the arena is 12,300 people and it was opened in 1992.It hosts the Gerry Weber Open every year in June...

, Halle
Halle, North Rhine-Westphalia
Halle is a town in the German Bundesland of North Rhine-Westphalia and belongs to the district of Gütersloh....

, Nordrhein-Westfalen
North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia is the most populous state of Germany, with four of the country's ten largest cities. The state was formed in 1946 as a merger of the northern Rhineland and Westphalia, both formerly part of Prussia. Its capital is Düsseldorf. The state is currently run by a coalition of the...

, Germany
|align=left|
|-align=center
|Win
|8–0
|align=left|  Scott Gammer
Scott Gammer
Scott Gammer is a British boxer, based in Wales he is a former holder of the British heavyweight title.-Professional career:...


|KO
|6
|2009-05-30
|align=left|  Hartwall Areena
Hartwall Areena
Hartwall Areena is a large multifunctional indoor arena located in Helsinki, Finland...

, Helsinki
Helsinki
Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...

, Finland
|align=left|
|-align=center
|Win
|7–0
|align=left|  Oezcan Cetinkaya
|TKO
|2
|2009-05-09
|align=left|  Jako-Arena
Jako Arena
Jako Arena is an indoor sporting arena located in Bamberg, Germany. The capacity of the arena is 6,900 people. It is currently home to the Brose Baskets basketball team....

, Bamberg
Bamberg
Bamberg is a city in Bavaria, Germany. It is located in Upper Franconia on the river Regnitz, close to its confluence with the river Main. Bamberg is one of the few cities in Germany that was not destroyed by World War II bombings because of a nearby Artillery Factory that prevented planes from...

, Bayern
Bavaria
Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...

, Germany
|align=left|
|-align=center
|Win
|6–0
|align=left|  Enrico Garmendia
|TKO
|1
|2009-02-28
|align=left|  Jahnsportforum, Neubrandenburg
Neubrandenburg
Neubrandenburg is a city in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is located in the southeastern part of the state, on the shore of a lake called the Tollensesee ....

, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
|align=left|
|-align=center
|Win
|5–0
|align=left|  Remigijus Ziausys
|UD
|6
|2008-11-28
|align=left|  Hartwall Areena
Hartwall Areena
Hartwall Areena is a large multifunctional indoor arena located in Helsinki, Finland...

, Helsinki
Helsinki
Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...

, Finland
|align=left|
|-align=center
|Win
|4–0
|align=left|  Nikola Vujasinovic
|UD
|4
|2008-11-08
|align=left|  Jako-Arena
Jako Arena
Jako Arena is an indoor sporting arena located in Bamberg, Germany. The capacity of the arena is 6,900 people. It is currently home to the Brose Baskets basketball team....

, Bamberg
Bamberg
Bamberg is a city in Bavaria, Germany. It is located in Upper Franconia on the river Regnitz, close to its confluence with the river Main. Bamberg is one of the few cities in Germany that was not destroyed by World War II bombings because of a nearby Artillery Factory that prevented planes from...

, Bayern
Bavaria
Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...

, Germany
|align=left|
|-align=center
|Win
|3–0
|align=left|  Ergin Solmaz
|UD
|4
|2008-09-05
|align=left|  Nojesfabriken, Karlstad
Karlstad
Karlstad is a city, the seat of Karlstad Municipality, the capital of Värmland County, and the largest city in the province Värmland in Sweden. The city had 61,685 inhabitants in 2010 out of a municipal total that during the first quarter 2010 was 84,885 inhabitants...

, Sweden
|align=left|
|-align=center
|Win
|2–0
|align=left|  David Vicena
|UD
|4
|2008-06-07
|align=left|  Mellringehallen, Örebro
Örebro
-Sites of interest:Örebro's old town Wadköping is located on the banks of Svartån . It contains many 18th and 19th century wooden houses, along with museums and exhibitions....

, Sweden
|align=left|
|-align=center
|Win
|1–0
|align=left|  Gene Pukall
|TKO
|1
|2008-05-17
|align=left|  Oberfrankenhalle, Bayreuth, Bavaria
Bavaria
Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...

, Germany
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