Whoever is a fan of the mixed martial arts must know his name. He is a renowned Boxing Conqueror. He is full name is Helal Adham Gamil Helal aka Helal Jr. He was born in Cairo, 19th December 1995. His mother’s name is Rania Helal, and his father is Adham Helal. He also has a sister whose name is Amina Helal. Nour Rahman is Helal’s wife. He got married to her on 22nd February 2020.
Helal can speak Arabic and French apart from English. Some of his hobbies and activities that he likes to do are car racing, hiking, cooking sketching and listening to music. Other than an MMA fighter he has also succeeded in becoming a product designer and a video editor.
Early Life
He is also an excellent cage fighter. When he was 12, he started his career. Around in 2007, he began to learn and practice Kickboxing. But, he got popularity as a Pro Mixed Martial Arts Fighter. This is what brought him success and fame. He won many big and small wards and has fans all over the world. He continued as a Kickboxer and then switched his path to MMA in 2010. Luckily the MMA was introduced in Egypt in the same year. Helal Jr Tried his hands-on MMA, and that’s what made him so successful.
He started to participate in Underground fights in Egypt. No matter how Hollywood this sounds but this was a thing in Egypt, later the Egyptian Fighting Championship was introduced. Helal Jr. took part in this; this was one of his stepping stone to take his career of an MMA fighter on a professional level. In a very young age, Helal knew what he was doing. He appreciated MMA by all his heart. This is why he has prospered in his career. Very few can make up their mind as to which career to choose, and Helal was one of them. Once he started his career as an MMA fighter, he never looked back. Even though he participated in the Egyptian Fighting Championship, he still actively involved in the underground fights.
There have been many reports saying that the main inspiration and one of Helal Jr.‘s mentor were Ali Younis. If you do not know who Ali Younis was, well he was an MMA fighter himself. Many claims that Younis was the one who introduced Helal to MMA. Younis made Helal mentally strong and confident as a fighter in MMA.
His achievements –
Here are some of the accomplishments of Helal Jr. all along with his career –
- TRFC Light Welterweight Champion (2018)
- EMA Featherweight Champion (2014)
- EFC MMA Bantamweight Championship (2012)
- EFC Muay Thai Championship (2011)
He started his business which goes by the name BXGLAB (https://www.bxglab.com/) in 2019. This was after he got an ankle injury. BXGLAB is now known as the best company that provide fighting accessories and clothes all over the world.
His status in sports –
- Boxing
Date – 29th June 2018 and 30th November 2018
Event – The Ring Fighting Championship
City – Singapore
Fight – Velvan Tan vs. Helal Jr.
Venue – The Ring Boxing Community- Kim Yam Road
Status – Helal Jr. won.
- Mixed Martial Arts
Date – 9th March
Event – Egyptian Fighting Championship 4
City – Cairo
Fight – Helal Jr. vs Ibrahim Khaled
Venue – University of Cairo
Status – Helal jr. lost.
