(Oct. 9, 2021) Robert Helenius (31-3, 20 KOs) was even better against Adam Kownacki (20-2, 15 KOs) this time. In a rematch of their March 2020 slugfest, which Helenius won via fourth-round TKO, Helenius battered Kownacki throughout to induce a stoppage at 2:38 of the sixth round of their scheduled 12-round heavyweight encounter.
“It was good,” Helenius said of the ending. “Either way, it would have been a stoppage. I had a lot of good shots tonight and he didn’t have any.
“I expected [this win] because, what does he have? Don’t get me wrong, he’s a good brawler, but I’ve been fighting brawlers for 20 years. I know how to deal with them, even if they are hitting me low or behind the head. That doesn’t bother me.”
Helenius used his height and length to box in the first, working the jab up and downstairs and briefly buckling Kownacki with a right toward the end of the stanza.
Kownacki came alive in the second and third, throwing punches in bunches, but earned a warning for two low blows that sank Helenius to his knees. The “Nordic Nightmare” took over from that point on, closing Kownacki’s left eye and bloodying his nose with thudding power shots.
The steady hammering continued until the sixth, when Kownacki landed another low blow. Referee Celestino Ruiz examined Kownacki as he warned him for the infraction and decided to halt the action.
“Right now, I want to go home to my family,” Helenius said. “I’ve been away from them for four weeks. Then we can worry about what’s next.”
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Can’t you see that adam is fat cham in bloking blows with head!
I watched the first fight. That’s where everything changed. Helenius looked completely exhausted by round four, but his power, and Kownackis idiotic face first defense changed everything. That defeat for Kownacki stole his heart and destroyed his big paydays. He is now (June 2024) 20-5 and still making excuses. For his health sake, he should hang it up. He is so past done.
only low blows he deserved to get punched
kownacki said after the first fight that he should of punched helenius low to buy some recovery time after the knockdowns its so embarassing like his idol golota both are disgraces to boxing
El polaco está tan acabado que Helenius parece Joe Louis.
Helenius freaking tagged Adam with a triple uppercut combo , then two more., in the first round.
how the hell does somebody let that happen.
Kounaunaunaucki is very fast on his legs.
He is doing 1 kilometer in 10 hours.
Amazing speed.