Adam Kownacki vs Robert Helenius Fight Preview and Undercard

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Adam Kownacki vs Robert Helenius Fight Preview and Undercard

Adam Kownacki vs Robert Helenius Fight Preview and Undercard – The Polish heavyweight is back in a main event from Brooklyn, New York on Saturday night

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With business booming across the heavyweight division, it’s certainly not a bad time to be an unbeaten contender on the verge of your first title shot.

For Polish brawler Adam Kownacki (20-0, 15 KOs), it’s simply a matter of waiting for your moment. And waiting and waiting some more.

Kownacki, 30, will once again headline a card this Saturday in his adopted home of Brooklyn, New York, when he faces Robert Helenius (29-3, 18 KOs) in the main event of a Premier Boxing Champions card (Fox, 8 p.m. ET).

This certainly wasn’t the fight Kownacki has hoped or wished for after piling up victories over the likes of Artur Szpilka, former champion Charles Martin, Gerald Washington and Chris Arreola. But his constant callouts of Deontay Wilder went unrequited as the now former WBC champion stays embroiled in a feud with Tyson Fury that will see a third meeting this summer.

“I’m just staying focused,” Kownacki told CBS Sports on Thursday’s “State of Combat” podcast. “Other fights were made and [other fighters] were busy so I just have to take care who is in front of me. Then, hopefully, I’ll get one of the champions.”

   

Kownacki will fight at the Barclays Center for the 10th time in his last 12 bouts. A big reason for that is the diehard Polish crowd he regularly attracts who remain among the sport’s most passionate and loyal fans.

“The Polish fans are the greatest,” Kownacki said. “They have been supporting me since Day 1 in my amateur fights. The army of Adam Kownacki is just getting bigger and stronger. For this fight, the tickets were selling like hot bread right out of the oven. It’s a very exciting time.”

Will that one day mean a statue outside of the Barclays Center if he keeps headlining and remaining unbeaten?

“Let me win the title first. I’m close, I just have to make sure. We are almost there,” Kownacki said. “I just have to win the title and then they can put a statue there like ‘Rocky’ has.”

Fight card

Adam Kownacki vs. Robert Helenius, heavyweights

Efe Ajagba vs. Razvan Cojanu, heavyweights

Frank Sánchez vs. Joey Dawejko, heavyweights

Prediction

As long as Kownacki can move his head and avoid being the kind of sitting duck that allowed the veteran Arreola to stay in their fight last October, this should be one the “Babyface” fighter can win with volume.

Kownacki will need to stay on the inside to do so and must get inside of Helenius’ jab to get his shots off. Expect Kownacki’s relentless pressure to be too much against a fighter who is well past his best days.

Pick

Kownacki via UD12

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