Chisora: I’m going to knock Helenius clean out on December 3rd
November 20th, 2011
By William Mackay: British heavyweight Dereck Chisora (15-1, 9 KO’s) sees something in the fighting style of his December 3rd opponent Robert Helenius (16-0, 11 KO’s) that makes the 27-year-old Chisora believe that he can knock him out when they battle at the Hartwall Arena in Helsinki, Finland.
Helenius doesn’t put on a lot of weight despite being very tall, but he does hit hard. Chisora probably won’t have issues with Helenius’ reach, because he’s easy to get inside on as we saw in his recent win over Sergiy Liakhovich last August. If Chisora can come in close and stay there, he could give Helenius a lot of problems.
However, Chisora will get taken apart if he stays on the outside and allows Helenius to jab him and land his left hooks and right hands. Chisora will have to get inside quickly, because Helenius punishes his opponents when they move forward. He also likes to back away and fire while moving in retreat. This is why Chisora has to come in low and fast to avoid Helenius’s shots. Chisora has to stay close. He has no chance if Helenius is able to keep him at range.
Chisora told the BBC Sport “Believe me, this is the biggest mistake they have made with his [Helenius] career, and I’ll be going over to Finland to knock him clean out. He’s called the Nordic Nightmare, but he’ll be having nightmares about me for the rest of his life after I’ve left him flat out on the canvas.”
Helenius, ranked #1 WBO, #3 IBF, #3 WBA, #8 WBC, has excellent power but really poor defensive skills. He’s easy to hit, and doesn’t look good when taking hard shots. If Chisora can rush him and open up with a flurry of shots, it’s possible that he can score a knockout in this fight.
Chisora has to throw combinations, as he’s not going to get the job done by throwing one punch at a time like he did in his lopsided 12 round decision loss to 6’9” Tyson Fury last July. Chisora came into that fight weighing a fat 261 lbs, and the extra weight caused Chisora to gas out after the first three rounds. He was only able to fight sporadically from there on for the rest of the fight.
I think Chisora is going to have a lot of problems in this fight even if he doesn’t fade early. Helenius is a lot bigger than him, and hits harder with every shot. Helenius doesn’t need to load up with his shots to find big power. He’s naturally very powerful and that’s going to be tough on Chisora him having to take big shots all night.
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@sonnie liston head: seriously mate, how is anyone expected to understand what you just said?
come on del boy you can not right him off one thing del boys got is a good chin only time delboy been rock was with sam sexton in the 4th.
sexton vs dallas
if del boy can lose a stone and stick too his game plane and look sharp like he did with sam sexton. i thick he can win this won. fury will not fight anyone who is not in the top 40 fury would git flopped stop hypein fury up the next a.harrison you all see him in his last fight speaking of harrison he keep calling fury out but furys team do not want too no because harrison would flop fury out
guess this is the fight that we find out if del boy can actually do something at a higher level. I hope he can cos he’s got a good talk on him
Helenius will give Chisora a real punishment, we’ll hope no permanent damage like we saw Nordic nightmare did for Lamon Brewster, “poor Lamon” though that gloves were tampered when Helenius hammered him down!!! =D Go Helenius!
i saw Helenius in the undercard of the Carl Froch vs Arthur Abraham fight, i was ring side, he was very impresive…i don’t agree as the writer said he have no defence and react badly when he is hit…just didn’t see anything of that, i expect a good fight for the ‘Nordic Nightmares’ a realy good up in commer up to me…expect Dereck Chisora to lose this one by ko in the middle portion of the fight cause Helenius is not a fast starter kind of fighter, he take his time but do the job
Helenius’ power is scary in that he hurts and damages you permanently. New gloves will be imposed for the safety of his opponents.
as a fellow Brit (how chisora can call himself british is beyond me) i hope to see him get put on his fat wifebeating arse very quickly
Chisora´s skill level is nowhere near Liakhovich, but of course Chisora has to believe in himself, even if no one else does.. Helenius by a very ugly KO rd 9. Del Fat Boy doesn´t realize how much power Helenius has!
He needs to k.o the fat off his body first then he might have a chance.
Well Chisora is doing his best to beef up this fight for sure with his rash predictions. But he does not have a chance and is underestimating the power of the ‘Nordic Nightmares’ fists,and Helenius will take him clean out with a knockout in rounds 6-8.
I don’t care what they say, but margarito will beat cotto once again! cotto will probably dominate the first rounds like he did in he first fight but once margarito starts nailing cotto it’s gonna be obvious that Margarito is just too much
Hopefully he does as i stand to win 70 notes if he does.