Ville Piispanen
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Ville Piispanen | ||||||||||||||||||
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 Piispanen (right) with manager Pekka Mäki in 2010. Mäki is shown holding the European Union super-lightweight title. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 December 1983 Lahti, Finland | |||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Finnish | |||||||||||||||||
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| Weight(s) | Light-welterweight | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Stance | Orthodox | |||||||||||||||||
| Boxing record | ||||||||||||||||||
| Total fights | 29 | |||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 19 | |||||||||||||||||
| Wins by KO | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Losses | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Draws | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ville Piispanen (born 4 December 1983) is a Finnish former professional boxer who competed from 2005 to 2015. He held the European Union super-lightweight title from 2010 to 2011, and challenged once for the European super-lightweight title in 2013.
Piispanen won a bronze medal in the bantamweight division at the 2002 Finnish national amateur championships.[1] He followed this up with silver at lightweight in 2003[2] and bronze at light-welterweight in 2005.[3]
Professional career
On 30 September 2005, Piispanen made his professional debut by winning a four-round unanimous decision against Arturs Jaskuls, who also debuted. Piispanen fought for his first regional title against European Union super-lightweight champion Giuseppe Lauri on 19 December 2008, but was stopped in six rounds.[4] Two years later, on 18 July 2010, Piispanen fought again for the now-vacant title, stopping Emanuele de Prophetis in four rounds to become champion.
His first defence, on 27 November 2010, against Daniel Rasilla, ended in a split draw.[5] Piispanen was not as fortunate in his second defence, on 3 June 2011, as he lost to Vittorio Oi via seventh-round unanimous technical decision.[6] On 13 October 2012, Piispanen attempted to regain his title, now made vacant, against Lenny Daws. After twelve rounds, Piispanen lost a unanimous decision.[7] A chance to win the full European light-welterweight title came on 21 December 2013, against Michele di Rocco, but Piispanen lost again via unanimous decision.[8]