| Fight Name: | Heavyweight Showdown |
| Fight Date: | October 15, 2022 |
| Location: | Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Fighter1: |  Deontay Wilder |
| Nickname1: | "The Bronze Bomber" |
| Hometown1: | Tuscaloosa, Alabama, U.S. |
| Record1: | 42–2–1 (41 KO) |
| Height1: | 6 ft 7 in |
| Weight1: | 214 lb |
| Style1: | Orthodox |
| Recognition1: | WBC No. 1 Ranked Heavyweight IBF No. 4 Ranked Heavyweight The Ring No. 2 Ranked Heavyweight TBRB No. 3 Ranked Heavyweight |
| Fighter2: |  Robert Helenius |
| Nickname2: | "The Nordic Nightmare" |
| Hometown2: | Lumparland, Åland, Finland |
| Record2: | 31–3 (20 KO) |
| Height2: | 6 ft 7 in |
| Weight2: | 253 lb |
| Style2: | Orthodox |
| Recognition2: | WBC No. 5 Ranked Heavyweight |
| Result: | Wilder wins via 1st-round KO |
Deontay Wilder vs. Robert Helenius, billed as Heavyweight Showdown, was a heavyweight professional boxing match between former WBC heavyweight champion, Deontay Wilder, and Finnish heavyweight boxer, Robert Helenius.[1] [2] [3] The bout took place on October 15, 2022, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York City. It reportedly sold 75,000 PPV buys.[4]
In August 2022, it was announced that Wilder will have his first fight a year later after his Fury loss. It was announced Wilder would be facing Finland's Robert Helenius, with the fight scheduled to take place on October 15, 2022, at Brooklyn's Barclays Center.[5]
Wilder won via knockout with a short right hand at 2:57 of the first round.[6]
| Weight Class | vs. | Method | Round | Time | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavyweight | Deontay Wilder | def. | Robert Helenius | KO | 1/12 | 2:57 | |
| Super middleweight | Caleb Plant | def. | Anthony Dirrell | KO | 9/12 | 2:57 | |
| Bantamweight | Emmanuel Rodríguez | def. | Gary Antonio Russell | TD | 10/12 | 0:02 | |
| Heavyweight | Frank Sánchez | def. | Carlos Negrón | TKO | 9/10 | 1:36 | |
| Super welterweight | Vito Mielnicki Jr | def. | Limberth Ponce | UD | 10 | ||
| Heavyweight | Gurgen Hovhannisyan | def. | Michael Polite Coffie | RTD | 6/8 | ||
| Heavyweight | Geovany Bruzon | def. | James Evans | TKO | 3/6 | 1:18 | |
| Super bantamweight | Michael Angeletti | def. | Jeremy Adorno | RTD | 5/6 | 3:00 | |
| Super bantamweight | Miguel Roman | def. | Jose Negrete | UD | 4 | ||
| Lightweight | Michel Rivera | def. | Jerry Perez | UD | 8 | ||
| Welterweight | Keeshawn Williams | def. | Julio Rosa | UD | 6 | ||