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Robert
Helenius is confident of securing a knockout victory over Samuel Peter
when he gets into the ring with the Nigerian on April 2 in Germany.

The Finnish-born
Helenius made this assertion over the weekend during a telephone
interview with ‘On the Ropes Boxing Radio Show.’ “I’m going to knock Sam
Peter out. That’s the way. I don’t know which round but it’s going to
be a good fight,” replied Helenius after he was asked for his official
prediction regarding the bout.

The 27-year-old
Helenius, also known as the Nordic Nightmare, is unbeaten in his 14
professional fights to date, and has won nine of those bouts through
knockouts, including eight of his last nine.

With his six feet,
six inches frame, Helenius could prove more than a handful for the
shorter Peter who has always found it tough when coming up against much
taller adversaries with his fights against the Klitschko brothers,
Wladimir and Vitali, readily coming to mind.

Size advantage

In those fights
against the Klitschkos, Peter was always kept at bay by the longer reach
of the Ukrainians. And that appears to be the game plan of Helenius,
the unbeaten World Boxing Organisation Intercontinental champion.

“I’m taller, I can keep him at a distance, I’m faster, and I can easily go twelve rounds with him,” continued Helenius.

He added: “I just
have to do my own work like I always do to keep him at a distance and
just explode with my right from long distance. It’s going to work every
time.”

Helenius sent
shockwaves through the boxing world in 2010 with a number of impressive
wins, including an eighth round knockout victory over former world
champion Lamon Brewster, which to date, remains his biggest win.

That could, however,
change for Helenius after April 2, that is if he ends up securing a win
over the Nigerian Nightmare, also a former world champion.

Asked if Peter will
be the toughest opponent he has ever been in the ring with, Helenius
replied: “Yeah of course. We are going for the gold of course. We have
to get better and better opponents all the time and climb the rankings.”

He added: “I haven’t followed him that much because I have so much
going on with my own career. He beat some really good guys and fought
really good against Klitschko and stuff like that so he’s going to be a
tough opponent, but I feel I’m ready.”