![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Our live coverage of the entire event starts at 5pm BST, and we’ll have you covered all the way up to the final punch – and beyond! The main card will then kick off at 7pm BST, with ring walks for the main event due at around 10pm BST. The first fight of the night will take place shortly after 5pm BST on Saturday, so we’re about 23 hours away from the start of the Joshua vs Helenius card. Helenius’s record and key fights so far in his careerįriday 11 August 2023 18:03, Alex Pattle ‘Have you got a problem with me?’ AJ asks Helenius at weigh-in Joshua and Helenius go in-depth on boxing’s doping ‘problem'Ĭomment: It’s time to stop taking AJ for granted Whyte returned ‘adverse finding’ in drug test last week Joshua was due to box Dillian Whyte on Saturday Joshua to fight Finland’s Robert Helenius on short notice Anthony Joshua vs Robert Helenius news LIVE This revenue helps to fund journalism across The Independent. We may earn commission from some of the links in this article, but we never allow this to influence our content. ![]() Watch Joshua vs Helenius live on Dazn by clicking here. Meanwhile, Joshua – a former two-time world heavyweight champion – last boxed in April, beating Jermaine Franklin on points at the O2 to bounce back from two straight losses to Oleksandr Usyk. However, he returned just last weekend with a TKO win over Mika Mielonen. Helenius, 39, is a Finnish heavyweight who appeared to retire in October after being knocked out by Deontay Wilder in the first round. Get all the latest boxing betting sites offers.But his promoter Eddie Hearn then teased an announcement on Tuesday (8 August), with fans learning that Helenius will replace Whyte. Whyte has maintained his innocence, while it was initially unclear whether Joshua, 33, would still compete on Saturday. However, Saturday’s rematch at the O2 Arena in London fell through when Whyte, 35, failed a doping test last week. Joshua vs Whyte 2 would have been a rematch eight years in the making, with “AJ” having knocked out his fellow Briton in 2015 to avenge an amateur defeat by Whyte. Anthony Joshua will fight Robert Helenius on Saturday, after original opponent Dillian Whyte returned an ‘adverse finding’ in a drug test last week. ![]()
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