EURO NEWS

By Per-Ake Persson

When Robert Helenius controversially outscored Dereck Chisora late 20111 at the Hartwall Arena in Helsinki there was a crowd of 12 734 spectators – an indoor record for professional boxing in Finland.

However, with seven weeks to go Helenius’ fight vs EBU heavyweight champ Erkan Teper at the same venue December 19 have already sold 7500 tickets and a new record is expected.

Helenius is currently in Austria sparring with Wladimir Klitschko and will then do an exhibition against Timur Musafarov in Tallinn (Estonia) November 14 before continuing training for the Teper fight.

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43-year old veteran Lolenga Mock (31-14-2) headlines Mogens Palle's and Brian Nielsen´s inaugural show December 4 in Herlev on the outskirts of Copenhagen. Mock is in against Italian Alessandro Sinacore (11-0). The undercard  features Andreas Lynggaard (1-0) and four debutants, none with a whole lot of experience from the amateurs but the 81-year old Hall of Fame Promoter Mogens Palle is confident he got a stable that can be built into something big. Palle and his partner, retired heavyweight Brian Nielsen calls the new project Danish Fight Night – a hint towards Sauerland’s Nordic Fight Night concept.

Per-Åke Persson