The boxer Anthony Joshua has been criticized for his decision to replace Dillian Whyte with the less well-liked Finnish boxer Robert Helenius for their battle in London this coming weekend.

On August 8, the management Eddie Hearn revealed that Helenius would replace Whyte as the opponent. Whyte is a British boxer who was temporarily barred from fighting after failing a drug test administered by the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association (VADA). Boxing battle between Joshua and his opponent on August 12 at the heavyweight division.

In the beginning, Gerald Washington, Demsey McKean, Filip Hrgovic, or Derek Chisora were being considered for the position of replacing Whyte.However, when asked, each of these boxers declined the offer because they had no interest in participating in the alternative.Joshua’s camp reached out to the 39-year-old fighter Helenius in an effort to keep the same number of matches taking place at the O2 ring as the event’s promoters had originally planned. The two camps were able to rapidly come to an agreement.

Fans will have to pay $35 in order to see the Joshua vs. Whyte fight live on the DAZN streaming service for sports.Due to the fact that Helenius is a much less well-known boxer than Whyte, the bout that was scheduled to take place on August 12 was changed from a pay-per-view event to a regular television broadcast instead.

However, a significant number of supporters continue to be upset that Joshua’s camp choose to fight Helenius.The boxer, who is 39 years old and lives in Finland, defeated Mika Mielonen through technical knockout in the third round of their fight three days ago in front of their home crowd.

“Just picture yourself shelling out money for admission, travel, and lodging just to see this match that doesn’t really matter. Put in your best effort. “Boxing continues its downward spiral with no indication that it will reverse course,” one fan commented on Twitter.”I’m not going to watch this fight,” she said. Helenius only entered the boxing ring for the purpose of getting knocked out and winning some money. Another person asked with indignation, “How do you win when you just fought a few days ago?”

One commenter slammed the British fighter by saying, “Joshua is the worst cheater in boxing history,” while another user wrote, “So disappointing. The contest was described as “pathetic.”

Hearn defended his decision to laud Helenius as a strong opponent in the face of a wave of criticism, and he anticipated that the Finnish boxer will cause Joshua a great deal of difficulty.This boss also confessed that Joshua does not have many options and that prolonging the match schedule to November will make it impossible for Joshua to face Deontay Wilder at the end of the year as planned. In addition, this boss admitted that Joshua does not have many options.

Helenius is 5 feet and 87 centimeters tall, and his nickname is “Nordic Nightmare.” He holds citizenship in both Finland and Sweden, and he has represented Sweden on a few occasions when there was a disagreement with the Finnish Boxing Federation.Since 2018, Helenius has been competing at a professional level, during which time he has won 32 matches and lost four.

The Finnish boxer’s most notable victory came against Dereck Chisora and Adam Kownacki (twice), both of whom are considered to be among the best in the world.Helenius lost against Deontay Wilder, Gerald Washington, Dillian Whyte, and Johann Duhaupas during the course of his professional boxing career.