Confirmed - Whyte vs Helenius on Joshua-Pulev undercard.

Decent at short notice but Whyte wins all day...

 

It shouldn’t be so difficult to get Whyte more difficult fights but I don’t think his someone others want to fight.

 

Whyte is a fighter but not a boxer. He is technically very flawed and realistically British/Euro level at best, he certainly isn't world class. For me it wouldn't be a shock if Helenius wins, he has it in his locker to do so.

 

I thInk Whyte's a ducker. I think he avoided Lucas Browne, Mariusz Wach, ByrantJennings, Amir Mansour, Jarrell Miller, and Brezeale. Helenius is past it, Hearn's team looking at the least resistance before Dillion's destroyed in a title fight again.

 

They must be paying Helenius a lot of money because he ducked the Chisora rematch. I'm shocked he's taking this fight. I don't rate Helenius at all, think Whyte stops him.

 

It's not short notice though. They've had a few months to arrange a good fight

 

They've tried.

They even offered wilder 3m to fight whyte!

 

I don't think Wilder would have been allowed to fight anyone other than Stiverne. After Ortiz was suspended. He would have been stripped of his title belt.

 

Would have much preferred Takam, would have been stylistically similar to the Chisora fight and they're both top 5 in the WBC rankings. For a late arrangement this is a decent scrap but it really sucks it took Hearn this long to get Whyte a finalised opponent.

 

I think the problem with them finding an opponent for whyte is Hearn and the team made it quite clear the offer for wilder. Any boxer who knows what kind of money is potentially on the table is going to increase there own value on that basis.

Hope that makes sense

 

Because AJ owns the bill Hearn gets a budget to make undercard fights as AJ obviously wants to keep as much money as possible, who can blame him

 

Watching IFL and his Instagram posts it seems to me that Whyte is getting fed up with Hearn. Time will tell

 

At least helenius will be in shape, he's been sparring AJ for the pulev fight

 

I think helenius might win this. I could be way out but I don't rate whyte massively to be honest. If whyte wins this it will be the best win on his record. Depending on what shape helenius is in.