11 Facts About Amin Asikainen

Amin Asikainen was born on 21 January 1976 and is a Finnish former professional boxer who competed from 2001 to 2011, and in 2016.

Amin Asikainen held the European and European Union middleweight titles between 2006 and 2007, and the Finnish middleweight title in 2003.

Amin Asikainen has fought a total of 175 amateur matches, winning 135 of them.

Amin Asikainen was the Finnish champion in 1996,1998 and 1999, and won in Tammer-, GeeBee-, Copenhagen Box Open- and Karl Leman tournaments.

Amin Asikainen won his first professional title in 2003, beating Kai Kauramaki to win the Finnish middleweight title.

Amin Asikainen later won the EBU-EU middleweight championship on 5 May 2006 after beating the Frenchman Christophe Tendil by a knockout in the fifth round.

Amin Asikainen defended the title twice, first against Alexander Sipos on 6 October 2006, and then against Lorenzo Di Giacomo on 30 January 2007.

In March 2007, Amin Asikainen had been contracted to fight a rematch against Germany's Sebastian Sylvester for the European title Amin Asikainen pulled out due to injury and Sylvester faced Italian Alessio Furlan instead.

In 2011 in Helsinki Amin Asikainen lost to Piotr Wilczewski by TKO in the eleventh round, retiring from the sport soon after.

On 22 April 2016,40 years old Amin Asikainen returned to the ring for a single match beating Ivan Jukic with points.

Amin Asikainen is featured in the 2009 sports game Fight Night Round 4.