Nikita Nystedt knocked out his opponent without mercy at the GeeBee Boxing Night II on Friday in his second professional fight.

Nikita Nydstedt, 23, is one hell of a boxer, or if we are to be more accurate, a knockout artist.

He may as well be the next Robert Helenius (The Nordic Nightmare) in a lighter weight class. It makes the perfect sense that Nydstedt represents the Nordic Nightmare boxing branch, fighting from the coastal and eastern city of Kotka.

The type of sharp punches and killer instict in the professional boxing ring are something we have not seen in Finland—despite of the weight class—in a while.

Under his belt, Nystedt has one professional victory, and as the ring annoucer said, “even that was executed with a knockout.” (Nystedt has fought 88 amateur bouts: 59 wins.)

On Friday night, Nystedt was happy to add another belting to his resume when he dropped his Polish counterpart Mateusz Piorkowski (76.1 kilos), known for wreaking havoc in MMA circles, on the canvas in the first round with a picture-perfect left hook on the chin.

The opponent should have stayed down.

Nystedt’s punches pack a punch, as they call it in these circles. Nystedt has shielded him with plenty of muscle, weighing 75.7 kilos. “I realized I liked punching in the age of 8. After that I hit the gym. 5 reps. 5 sets. That’s the standard,” he told me later.

The Polish pugilist crumbled on his feet and threw a few wobbly punches toward Nystedt’s head, but Nystedt bobbed and weaved and danced in the ring while staying light on his feet. Nystedt countered with a solid left hook on the chin, another, another … and finally a right cross sent his Polish counterpart down for good.

For those concerned about his opponent’s health, he got up with his own feet, but in the corner, the doctor looked concerned.

“When stepping into the ring there is no other reason than to punch,” Nystedt said to me after the fight.

“This is the way.”