If Robert Helenius beats Erkan Teper convincingly

Yeah definitely. I've gotten the chance to watch more of Teper lately, mostly on YouTube, and I like what I see.

I really don't think Helenius will rely on outpointing in this match. He did during and after the Chisora match, but mostly I believe due to the wretched injuries he was enduring. These latest matches I see him getting back to the pummeling and thrashing style of old.

At least I hope so. I really don't have much of a favorite in this match as much as I just wanna see the best fight and man moving forward and the heavyweight division looking healthy.

 

Helenius was severely injured though, and maybe hasn't even returned yet. They had to remove portions of his shoulder and replace the muscle with muscle from various other areas of his body. It was just completely deadened muscle in his shoulder at that point, and then broken wrists, hands, and knuckles in the following matches. He's had a rough go of it until recently returning.

 

Yeah, he injured his hand and fractured his arm during the match, but his promoter basically pushed him into the ring with a terrible shoulder injury by way of threatening them before the Chisora match.

This, from 2012-13 or so...

"According to news reports, in the worst-case scenario, Helenius’s boxing career may now be over.

Helenius’s father Karl is quoted today saying in the Helsingen Sanomat saying that his son’s shoulder injury revealed itself six weeks prior to the fight with Chisora, and that the fight taking place when it did was a “major ****-up.”

Karl Helenius also blames trainer Ulli Wegner of Sauerland sports for pushing his son to fight Chisora even after the shoulder injury became an issue.

A fall while running saw Helenius snap a ligament in his right shoulder, with subsequent damage to two other ligaments and collarbone as the injury worsened.

Helenius also suffered an injury to the knuckles of his right fist early in the Chisora fight. Little wonder, then, that the fighter did not possess his usual devastating knockout power that night."

 

I'm not blaming anyone or making an excuse, I'm just explaining why. It's on him if he goes in injured. No disagreement here.

 

Both are crushing punchers. I see it the same, although watching the latest Helenius matches it seems that he's back to bullying people around, throwing body shots, and crushing head shots.

Teper...well, we all saw what happened to Price and his inability to find his senses after Teper dislocated them from his head.

 

Yes, one (Helenius) was almost a career ending injury and the other (Haye) was an excuse to end a career. hehe