- Amin Asikainen
Infobox_Boxer
name = Amin Asikainen
realname = Amin Asikainen
nationality = Finnish
nickname = Idi
weight =Middleweight
birth_date = Birth date and age|1976|1|21|mf=y
birth_place =Kirkkonummi ,Finland
home = Kirkkonummi, Finland
style = Orthodox
total = 25
wins = 24
KO = 16
losses = 1
draws = 0
no contests = 0"Idi" Amin Asikainen (b.
January 21 ,1976 inKirkkonummi ) is a Finnish boxer. He was EBUMiddleweight Champion about one year in 2006-2007.Early life
Amin was born in 1976 to a Moroccan father and a Finnish mother. At the age of six, he started playing
football , but abandoned the sport in favor ofboxing when he was twelve. A childhood friend of his, Joni Turunen, also became a successful amateur boxer.Amateur boxing
Asikainen has fought a total of 175 amateur matches, winning 135 of them. He was the Finnish champion in 1996, 1998 and 1999. Asikainen has won in Tammer-, GeeBee-, Copenhagen Box Open- and Karl Leman tournaments too.
Professional career
Asikainen won the EU middleweight championship on
May 5 ,2006 , after beating the Frenchman Christophe Tendil by a knockout in the fifth round. After beating Sebastian Sylvester, a German, onJune 3 ,2006 , Asikainen became the EBU Middleweight Champion.Asikainen defended the title twice, first against Alexander Sipos on
October 6 ,2006 , and then against Lorenzo Di Giacomo onJanuary 30 ,2007 .Sylvester regained the European middleweight title with TKO-victory in June 2007 in
Zwickau ,Germany .In March 2007, Asikainen had been contracted to fight a rematch against
Germany 'sSebastian Sylvester for the European title, however, Asikainen pulled out due to injury and Sylvester faced ItalianAlessio Furlan instead.In June 2007, the rematch did take place and Sylvester knocked Asikainen to the floor twice in the eleventh round before the fight was stopped by the referee. [http://www.secondsout.com/World/news.cfm?ccs=225&cs=22234] [http://www.eastsideboxing.com/news.php?p=11424&more=1]
External links
* [http://www.aminasikainen.com/sa.php?lan=1 Amin Asikainen at P3 Boxing (English version)]
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