Fight:743610
Amin Asikainen 157 lbs beat Dmitri Protkunas 157 lbs by KO at 1:52 in round 2 of 6
- Date: 2004-04-17
- Location: Baltic Hall, Mariehamn, Finland
- Referee: Erkki Meronen
- Judge: Jussi Niemonen
- Judge: Arvo Kivela
- Judge: Juhani Salminen
Source: www.boxing.fi
The 28-year-old Asikainen dominated the opening round with his fast punches, but Protkunas was able to give a little trouble to the Finn. At the end of the round Asikainen had his opponent in the ropes and landed some good combinations. - I bit observed, how he (Protkunas) comes to fight, Asikainen told after the bout.
In the second round Asikainen started going in to the body and Protkunas started to drop his hands a bit. Asikainen continued to pressure his opponent and at the end of round he landed a murdering left-right combination. Protkunas went down and the referee Erkki Meronen counted him out.
Asikainen improved his record to 8-0 (6 KO). His trainer Pekka Mäki hopes that Asikainen gets better opponents in the future. Right now we would like to have better opponents and longer fights, Mäki expressed.