Furious Anthony Joshua is charged up to face Robert Helenius on Saturday's thrilling bout at London's O2 Arena.

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Furious Anthony Joshua is charged up to face Robert Helenius on Saturday's thrilling bout at London's O2 Arena.

Furious Anthony Joshua exchanges words with stand-in opponent Robert Helenius at an intense weigh-in ahead of Saturday's thrilling heavyweight fight at London's O2 Arena. 

On Friday, the two heavyweights had their weigh-ins. Joshua came in at 250 pounds while Helenius weighed 249.4 pounds.

It rapidly became tense as the two men faced off after stepping onto the scales as they glared at each other and verbally sparred.

Robert Helenius, however, was not set to feature on this weekend's bill. "The Nordic Nightmare" was instead brought in as a last-minute replacement after Dillian Whyte showed adverse findings in a VADA test. 

Helenius steps up despite the fact that he had just won a third-round knockout in a fight last weekend in a Finnish medieval castle.

He had previously lost his most recent match to Deontay Wilder, who knocked him out in the first round.

Now he will be looking to avoid another knockout defeat in similar fashion against Joshua.