{"id":1994022,"date":"2023-08-08T08:12:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T12:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/boxing-helenius-steps-in-to-fight-joshua-as-late-replacement-for-whyte\/"},"modified":"2023-08-08T08:13:25","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T12:13:25","slug":"boxing-helenius-steps-in-to-fight-joshua-as-late-replacement-for-whyte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/boxing-helenius-steps-in-to-fight-joshua-as-late-replacement-for-whyte\/","title":{"rendered":"Helenius replaces Whyte, fights Joshua in boxing match."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fboxing-helenius-steps-in-to-fight-joshua-as-late-replacement-for-whyte%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1994022&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><h2>LONDON (Reuters) \u2013\u2064 Finnish heavyweight Robert Helenius to face Anthony\u2063 Joshua after Dillian Whyte&#8217;s\u200d withdrawal<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>Promoters Matchroom announced on Tuesday that 39-year-old &#8216;Nordic\u2064 Nightmare&#8217;, Robert Helenius, will step in to fight\u2064 former world champion Anthony Joshua in London on Saturday. This\u200c comes after Dillian Whyte was ruled out due\u200d to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gun-rights-advocates-want-feds-to-look-at-prosecuting-hunter-biden\/\" title=\"Gun-Rights Advocates Want Feds to Look at Prosecuting Hunter Biden\">failed drug test<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Helenius, who recently \u2064defeated Mika Mielonen in three rounds, faced American former WBC world champion Deontay Wilder\u200c in New York\u2063 last October and suffered a first-round \u2064knockout loss.<\/p>\n<p>Anthony Joshua expressed his surprise at the\u200c change in opponent, stating, \u200b&#8221;This\u200d wasn&#8217;t in the script.&#8221; However, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/internal-gop-memo-highlights-inflation-spurred-by-biden-admin-spending\/\" title=\"Internal GOP Memo Highlights Inflation Spurred by Biden Admin. Spending\">remains focused<\/a> on securing a victory and\u200b sees this fight as a stepping stone towards bigger and better things.<\/p>\n<p>Dillian Whyte \u200cwas removed from the bout\u200b after testing\u200b positive for banned substances as part\u200c of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/boxing-helenius-steps-in-to-fight-joshua-as-late-replacement-for-whyte\/\" title=\"Helenius replaces Whyte, fights Joshua in boxing match.\">random\u200b anti-doping protocol<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Eddie Hearn, chairman of Marchroom Sport, praised Helenius as a formidable opponent. He said, &#8220;Yes, he lost to Deontay\u200b Wilder, but that was due to a shot that could have knocked out a \u2063horse. He&#8217;s a strong puncher, standing at 6ft 8in, and he\u200b just\u2063 won his last\u2062 fight.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hearn acknowledged that this fight poses a challenge for Joshua, stating, &#8220;Ultimately, there will \u200calways be \u2062criticism, but I actually think this is a tricky and dangerous fight.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>  (Reporting\u200c by Alan Baldwin,\u2064 editing by Christian Radnedge)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/uncategorized\/boxing-helenius-steps-in-to\/attachment\/robert-helenius-and-adam-kownacki-fight-in-a-heavyweight-rematch\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Marcus Shroeder<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Dan Geltrude<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Chris Elston<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with James Fotis<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>BENGALURU (Reuters) \u2013 \u2062South\u2063 Korea&#8217;s Hyundai Motor\u2064 Group plans to launch more \u200celectric vehicles under the Hyundai brand.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>BERLIN (Reuters) \u2013 German technology group Robert Bosch \u2062to establish a joint venture with TSMC, Infineon, \u200dand other partners.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>TAIPEI (Reuters) \u2013 \u200dTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) approves a 3.5 billion euro ($3.8 billion) investment.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By\u2062 Gwladys \u2064Fouche OSLO (Reuters) \u2013 Meta Platforms seeks to challenge a fine imposed by Norway&#8217;s data\u200d authority.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finnish boxer Robert Helenius will replace Dillian Whyte in a fight against Anthony Joshua in London on Saturday. The 39-year-old, known as the &#8216;Nordic Nightmare&#8217;, agreed to step in after Whyte failed a drug test. Helenius, who recently fought in Finland, will now face the former world champion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":1994023,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1994022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1994022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1994022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1994022\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1994023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1994022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1994022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1994022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}