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Source: www.boxing.fi

Amin Asikainen In the main event of the evening, Amin Asikainen faced perhaps his toughest test to date as he met a dangerous young Czech Tomas Kugler in an eight-round light-middleweight contest. Asikainen passed the challenge in flying colours as he blasted his foe out with a splendid uppercut in the sixth round. The victory did not come easily for Asikainen although he was always in control of the bout after an evenly-fought first round. Kugler started the bout well, but Asikainen soon found the rhythm for his left jab and took over. In the second round he already hurt Kugler and in the third he put the Czech down, but Kugler, showing admirable courage, got up and battled his way back into contest and did well in the next rounds.

Asikainen was in front on the scorecards but he still went for the knockout in the sixth round. He landed well early in the stanza, but he also had to receive a big shot which buckled his knees slightly. Asikainen recovered quickly and continued his attack, which he ended with a picture-perfect right uppercut. Kugler went down twice from the punch as he tried to get up, and the referee Esa Lehtosaari waved the contest off. The fight was quick-paced and audience-friendly and the spectators gave Asikainen an ovation after the bout was over. Asikainen improved to 9-0 with 7 knockouts while Kugler’s statistics dropped to 10-4.