Amin Asikainen
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| Real name | Amin Asikainen |
| Nickname(s) | Idi |
| Rated at | Middleweight |
| Nationality | Finnish |
| Birth date | January 21, 1976 |
| Birth place | Kirkkonummi, Finland |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 25 |
| Wins | 24 |
| Wins by KO | 16 |
| Losses | 1 |
| Draws | 0 |
| No contests | 0 |
"Idi" Amin Asikainen (b. January 21, 1976 in Kirkkonummi) is a Finnish boxer. He was EBU Middleweight Champion about one year in 2006-2007.
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[edit] 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 of boxing when he was twelve. A childhood friend of his, Joni Turunen, also became a successful amateur boxer.
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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, on June 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 on January 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's Sebastian Sylvester for the European title, however, Asikainen pulled out due to injury and Sylvester faced Italian Alessio 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.[1][2]
