There’been a lot of questions asked about the future for the Nordic Nightmare, Robert Helenius, and December 27 13.00 (local time) in Borgaa, Finland, the undefeated (19-0) but injury plagued heavyweight will answer all or at least some of them at a press conference.

 

Robert´s last major fight was over two years ago when he won the EBU title and retained the WBO and WBA I/C titles with a controversial points win over Dereck Chisora. Helenius suffered major injuries to both the right hand and the right shoulder in that fight and failed to impress when he returned against Sherman Williams and then Michael Sprott.

 

Helenius have of recently moved back to Finland will be promoted by a yet to be announced team there while still collaborating with Sauerland Event.

 

 

The clash between Mario Pisanti and Ivan Ruiz Morote, postponed a few times already, is off for the time being. Instead Ruiz Morote will fight tough veteran Rudy Encarnacion January 25 in Madrid with the winner to face Pisanti.

 

 

EU middleweight champ Marcos Nader, 18-0-1, will defend the title against mandatory challenger Emanuele Blandamura, 21-0, on the undercard to Huck vs Arslan II January 25 in Stuttgart.

 

 

Croatian middle Ante Bilic, 27-2, face a lengthy prison sentence for his part in what appears to be a organized crime killing. Bilic confessed to the court that he had shot the man in question but claimed self defence but the court felt the prosecutor had overwhelming evidence and Bilic, already serving a sentence for robbery, now face 12 years in prison which is likely to end the career of what was a fine fighter.

 

 

Kosovan/Swiss heavyweight Arnold Gjergjaj, 22-0, headlines the annual Boxing Kings show December 26 in Basel and take on Brazilian Gilberto Matheus "El Magico" Domingos, 21-1. The show kicks off at 3.30 PM and also features lightweight prospect Alain Chervet, 5-0-1 against Ukraine´s one time prospect Artem Ayvazidi, 10-5.

 

Euro Results

By Per-Ake Persson

Dec 22, Radom, POL: Andrei Gmitruk, Dariusz Wojtowski, Mariusz Kolodziej
8x3, m: Patryk Szymanski, Pol  TKO 2  Francesco Di Fiore, Ita
8x3, sf: Kamil Laszczyk, Pol  TKO 3  Laszlo Fekete,
sl: Michal Syrowatka, Pol  W8-U  Aboubeker Bechelaghem, Fra
WBFou Int?l title, 79-73, 80-72 and 79-73.
sw: Lukasz Maciec, Pol  W6-U  Sasun Karapetyan,
57-56, 58-57 and 58-55.
6x3, h: Michal Cieslak, Pol  TKO 2  Ferenc Zsalek, Pol
4x3, c: Nikodem Jezewski, Pol  TKO 2  Viktor Szalai, Hun
4x3, lh: Michal Starbala, Pol  TKO 2  Zoltan Kiss, Jr, Hun

Dec 21, Moscow, RUS, Dynamo Sport Palace, Vlad Hrunov
Roy Jones, Jr, 197,5, US  W12-U   Zinedine Benmakhlouf, 194,25, Fra
WBU title, 120-108, 119-109 and 118-111. Jones, fighting with his back
against the ropes, had too much left for the tough but limited Frenchman.
Dmitry Chudinov, 159,5, Rus  TKO 6  Juan Camilo Novoa, 149,25, Col
Chudinov won the vacant WBA interim middleweight title with a one-sided stoppage of Novoa.
l: Eduard Troyanovski, Rus  TKO 2 (2.47)  Allan Kimote, Tan
Kimote was down in the firsth and twice more in the second.
sm: Sergey Ekimov, Rus  TKO 2  Konstantin Piternov, Rus
Piternov stopped with a cut on the nose.
m: Fedor Chudinov, Rus  TKO 4  Francis Cheka, Tan
Cheka was retired by his corner and didn?t come out for the fourth.
?: Ramal Amanov, Aze  W4-S  Sevak Bagdasaryan, Arm
c: Ily Rolgeyzer, Rus  W6-U  Ruslan Semenov, Rus

Dec 21, Elche, SPA, Pabellon Esperanza Lag, Maravilla Box
Kiko Martinez, 55,2, Spa  TKO 9 (2.05) Jeffrey Mathebula, 55,1, RSA
Martinez retained the IBF superbantam title wearing down Mathebula.
Mustafa Chadlioui, 89,9, Terrassa, Spa  W10-M  Ibrahim Lopez, 88,3,Candelaria, Spa
99-91, 97-93 and 95-95.
Youri Kalenga, 92,0, Gravelines, Con/Fra  TKO 8 (2.23) Hari Miles, 92,1, Uk
8x3: Sergio Garcia, 60,0, Torrelavega, Spa  TKO 2 (2.56)  Feliks Kleins,
68,5, Daya Nueva, Spa
Ryan Peleguer, 61,5, Valencia, Spa  D6-S  Juan Carlos Lopesz "King Daluz",
61,3, Santa Cruz Spa
58-57, 57-57, 57-58.
David Martin Campillo, 60,0, Palma, Spa  W6-M  Alee Karmoun, Madrid, Spa
59-56, 57-56, 57-57
Angel Moreno, 52,5, Madrid, Spa  D6-S  Javier Venteo, 52,8, Alicante Spa, debut
58-57, 57-57, 55-59.

Dec 21, Berne, SWI:
Nicole Boss, 60,4, Swi  W10-U  Kremena Petkova, 61,2, Bul
female EBU lightweight title
8x3: Stiliyan Kostov, 69,3, Bul  TKO 6  Disarjot Gashi, 70,0, Kos/Swi

Dec 21, Milano, ITA, OPI 2000
Michele Di Rocco, 63,25, Ita  W12-U Ville Piispanen, 63,5, Fin
Voluntary defence of the EBU superlightweight title. Di Rocco was down in the tenth but won on scores of 119-110, and 118-110 twice in what is
described by fightnews as a "great action fight with both fighters having their moments".

Dec 21, Amay, BEL;
Dimitri Del Puppo, 58,7, Bel  W6-M  Pasquale Boriello, 58.7, Bel

Dec 21, Budapest, HUN, Gentlemen Fight Club, ProfiBox Promotion
lh: Daniel Regi, Hun  W10-U  Istvan Varga, Hun
vacant Hungarian lightheavy title
sm: Sandor Micsko, Hun  W6-U  Janos Lakatos,
w: Karoly Lakatos,  W4-U  Tibor Szucs,
m: Janos Petrovics,  D 4  Zoltan Zsanto,
sw: Zoltan Papp,  TKO 1  Gabor Balogh,
http://www.profiboksz.hu/video/profibox-promotion-rendezveny-2013-december-21-osszefoglalo-video/

Dec 21, Buenos Aires, ARG;
12x3, b: Yoan Boyeaux, Fra  TKO 2  Walter Rojas, Arg
WPC (??) title

Dec 20, Hamburg, GER, Schnelzen Exh Center, est 1500, EC Box Promotion(A Alekseev), bdb
h: Christian Hammer, Rom/Ger  W10-U  Kevin Johnson, US
Hammer won a unanimous decision after what one might call a tense, tactical affair where the better boxer allowed himself to be outworked by a 
stronger but not as skillful fighter. It was also pretty boring stuff with Hammer very careful and Johnson, well, throwing it away instead of working hard 
(which should have included working hard in the gym). It was scored 98-92 twice and 98-94.
c: Nuri Seferi, Ger  W dq 7  Steve Herelius, Fra
Herelius flipped out after suffering a cut over the right eye and was
dq:d.Strange stuff indeed.
c: Damir Beljo,  W 6  Imantas Davidaitis,Lat
h: Marcin Rekowski, Pol  W 8  Serdar Uysal, Ger
"2-1", split or majority?
w: Flavius Beia, Ger  W6-U  Mariusz Biskupski, Pol
4x3, h: Nikola Milacic,  W dq  Andrez Witkowski, Pol
h: Birkan Akyol,  W4-U  Patryk Kowoll,
sw: Napor Ninsaw, debut  W4-U  Gökhan Kaya,
sw: Denis Krieger,  ?? Robert Talarek,

Dec 20, Accra, GHA:
sm: Przemyslaw Opalach, Pol  TKO 2  Turk Maisha, Tan
Opalach won the vacant IBF Int?l title stopping Maisha with bodyshots.

Dec 19, Abu Dhabi, UAE, sanct??
Danny Williams, 267, Uk/Lat  TKO 6 Mazur Ali, 196, Egy
Williams carried Ali for a few rounds before stopping him
Nasser Al Harbi, 154, W 8  George Ungiadze, 147,75, Geo
Mohammad Ali Bayat Farid, 206,  TKO 4 Abdul Kabbani, 231,
Stjepan Bozic, ?,  Cro  TKO 4 Paata Varduashvili, 161, Geo
rest of the undercard ??
Mohammed Reza, 191,25,  Hakim Wahid, 195,5,
Rabih Fayad, 163,  Boubaker Masrar, 162,
Hamza Bouaud, 167,75,  Mehdi Ramizani, 166,5,
Ahmed Al Ali, 151,5,  Abbas Mohamed, ?

Dec 20, Fort-de-France, Martinique, FRA:
6x3, h: Carlos Takam, Cam/Fra  TKO 3  Jakov Gospic, Cro

Dec 19, Usti nad Laben, CZE, Sportcentrum Sluneta, Lukas Konecny,  
w: Jan Balog,  W10-S  Michal Vosyka,
WBU title (but which version?)
6x3, lh: Vaclav Polak,  TKO 2  Milan Ruso,
6x3, lh: Vladimir Idranyi,  TKO 2  Istvan Zeller,
4x2, sf: Hana Horakova,  W4-M  Klaudia Szymczak,
4x3, c: Radek Linka,  KO 1  Michal Szebestik,
4x3, c: Robert Rosenberg,  TKO 1  Vojtech Koncitik,
4x3, h: Frantisek Kynkal,  TKO 1  Martin Stensky,
4x3, lh: Tomas Kugler,  TKO 3  Attila Szladek,
4x3, sm: Matus Babiak,  TKO 2  Balasz Horvath,
4x3, sw: Jan Teleki,  ??  Josef Holub,