By Per Ake Persson

Former EBU middleweight champ Amin Asikainen, 23-1, squares off against Mexican veteran Yori Boy Campas, 91-10, on February 1 in Helsinki, Finland, with P 3 Boxing promoting.

Asikainen lost the EBU title in June of last year, won two comeback fights during the fall but failed to impress. Campas on the other hand comes in with three straight wins. "The fight is about making Asikainen a known name outside of Europe as well", says Amin´s promoter, manager and trainer, Pekka Maeki.

Maeki doesn´t make it a secret though that he would be happy to see "Idi" Amin as opponent for WBA middleweight titleholder Felix Sturm, who will make a voluntary defense during the spring. At the same time Asikainen is the #1 challenger in the EBU ratings but will have to wait and see what happens with champ Sebastian Sylvester´s defense against Spaniard Javier Castillejo, who is also the mandatory challenger for Sturm.
 
Jr. welterweight Juho Tolppola is for now featured in the chief support but there could be another big fight coming Juho´s way within shortly.
 
Also on the bill are Norwegian jr lightweight Andreas Evensen, lightweight Ville Piispanen and debuting heavyweight Jarno Rosberg.