But early in the sixth a right to the body floored Gammer again and Helenius finished him off with two head shots.

BBC: Gammer retires following defeat

The Helenius-Gammer fight was set to take place on the undercard of the WBA heavyweight title bout between holder Nikolay Valuev and Ruslan Chagaev.

BBC: Gammer retires following defeat

Finnish champions MyPa will be missing star strikers Saku Puhakainen and Niki Helenius in their first-round games set for 12 July and 19 July.

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