Ville Piispanen

Ville Piispanen
Piispanen (right) with manager Pekka Mäki in 2010. Mäki is shown holding the European Union super-lightweight title.
Statistics
Rated at	Light-welterweight
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Nationality	Finnish
Born	4 December 1983 Lahti, Finland
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	29
Wins	19
Wins by KO	6
Losses	7
Draws	3
Medal record Men's amateur boxing Finnish national championships 2003 Tampere Lightweight 2002 Helsinki Bantamweight 2005 Lahti Light-welterweight

Ville Piispanen (born 4 December 1983) is a Finnish professional boxer.^[1] He is a former European Union super-lightweight champion and has challenged once for the European super-lightweight title.

Amateur career

Piispanen won a bronze medal in the bantamweight division at the 2002 Finnish national amateur championships.^[2] He followed this up with silver at lightweight in 2003^[3] and bronze at light-welterweight in 2005.^[4]

Professional career

On 30 September 2005, Piispanen made his professional debut by winning a four-round unanimous decision against Arturs Jaskuls, who also debuted.^[1] 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.^[5] 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.^[6] 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.^[7] On 13 October 2012, Piispanen attempted to regain his title, now made vacant, against Lenny Daws. After twelve rounds, Piispanen lost a unanimous decision.^[8] 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.^[9]

Professional boxing record

Professional record summary
29 fights	19 wins	7 losses
By knockout	6	3
By decision	13	4
Draws	3

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
29	Loss	19–7–3	Jose Manuel Lopez Clavero	PTS	6	23 May 2015	Benalmádena, Andalusia, Spain
28	Loss	19–6–3	Luca Giacon	RTD	6 (12)	29 Nov 2014	Pabellon de las Lagunas, Andalusia, Spain	For WBA Continental light-welterweight title
27	Win	19–5–3	Filip Rzadek	UD	6	6 Sep 2014	Pyynikin Palloiluhalli, Tampere, Finland
26	Loss	18–5–3	Bradley Saunders	KO	1 (10), 1:21	7 Jun 2014	Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle, England	For vacant WBO Inter-Continental light-welterweight title
25	Win	18–4–3	Janneh Haruna	UD	6	17 May 2014	Salohalli, Salo, Finland
24	Loss	17–4–3	Michele di Rocco	UD	12	21 Dec 2013	Pala Badminton, Milan, Italy	For European light-welterweight title
23	Win	17–3–3	Juris Ivanovs	PTS	4	17 Jun 2013	Ringside Gym, Helsinki, Finland
22	Loss	16–3–3	Lenny Daws	UD	12	13 Oct 2012	Bluewater, Stone, England	For vacant European Union light-welterweight title
21	Win	16–2–3	Iliyar Nasirov	UD	6	3 Mar 2012	Ringside Gym, Espoo, Finland
20	Loss	15–2–3	Vittorio Oi	TD	7 (12), 1:20	3 Jun 2011	Pomezia, Italy	Lost European Union light-welterweight title; Unanimous TD after Oi sustained a cut from an accidental head clash
19	Draw	15–1–3	Daniel Rasilla	SD	12	27 Nov 2010	Hartwall Arena, Helsinki, Finland	Retained European Union light-welterweight title
18	Win	15–1–2	Emanuele de Prophetis	RTD	4 (12), 3:00	18 Jul 2010	Sequals, Italy	Won vacant European Union light-welterweight title
17	Win	14–1–2	Luis Acevedo	KO	2 (6), 1:49	11 May 2010	Varuboden Areena, Kirkkonummi, Finland
16	Draw	13–1–2	Jaakko Myllylä	MD	10	27 Nov 2009	Pyynikin Palloiluhalli, Tampere, Finland	For vacant Finnish light-welterweight title
15	Win	13–1–1	Sento Martinez	UD	6	22 Aug 2009	The Circus, Helsinki, Finland
14	Loss	12–1–1	Giuseppe Lauri	TKO	6 (12)	19 Dec 2008	PalaLido, Milan, Italy	For European Union light-welterweight title
13	Win	12–0–1	Cristian Chavez	TKO	1 (6), 2:12	28 Nov 2008	Hartwall Arena, Helsinki, Finland
12	Win	11–0–1	Cristian Frias	UD	8	14 Apr 2008	Töölö Sports Hall, Helsinki, Finland
11	Win	10–0–1	Richard Asare	UD	6	1 Feb 2008	Töölö Sports Hall, Helsinki, Finland
10	Win	9–0–1	Wladimir Borov	UD	6	22 Oct 2007	Töölö Sports Hall, Helsinki, Finland
9	Win	8–0–1	Juris Ivanovs	TKO	4 (6), 2:31	21 Apr 2007	Urheilutalo, Lahti, Finland
8	Draw	7–0–1	Alexander Saltykov	SD	6	30 Jan 2007	Hartwall Arena, Helsinki, Finland
7	Win	7–0	Lubos Priehradnik	TKO	6 (6), 1:52	13 Jan 2007	Urheiluhalli, Porvoo, Finland
6	Win	6–0	Manuel Gomes	UD	6	6 Oct 2006	Hartwall Arena, Helsinki, Finland
5	Win	5–0	Andis Didzus	KO	1 (4), 0:41	16 Sep 2006	Tervahalli, Kemi, Finland
4	Win	4–0	Maurycy Gojko	UD	6	5 May 2006	Töölö Sports Hall, Helsinki, Finland
3	Win	3–0	Ladislav Ocetek	UD	4	25 Mar 2006	Tervahalli, Kemi, Finland
2	Win	2–0	Ladislav Ocetek	UD	4	16 Jan 2006	Töölö Sports Hall, Helsinki, Finland
1	Win	1–0	Arturs Jaskuls	UD	4	30 Sep 2005	Studio 51, Helsinki, Finland	Professional debut

References

1. Professional boxing record for Ville Piispanen from BoxRec. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
2. "SM-Nyrkkeilyt 2002 Töölön Kisahalli, HKI" (in Finnish). Suomen Nyrkkeilyliitto. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
3. "08.-10.03.2003 SM-Nyrkkeilyt Tampere/TVS" (in Finnish). Suomen Nyrkkeilyliitto. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
4. "26.-28.02.2005 SM-Nyrkkeilyt Seniorit Lahti/LaKa" (in Finnish). Suomen Nyrkkeilyliitto. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
5. "Skelton wins Euro title!". fightnews.com. Freitag Marketing Services. 19 December 2008. Archived from the original on 22 December 2008. Retrieved 13 Oct 2015.
6. Tuominen, Eero (27 November 2010). "Ville Piispanen säilytti EU-mestaruusvyönsä" (in Finnish). Ilta-Sanomat. Sanoma. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
7. Lerner, Peter (3 June 2011). "Vittorio Oi Claims European Title". SecondsOut Boxing. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
8. "Daws overcomes Finn giant to win European Union title on points". Croydon Guardian. Newsquest. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
9. "Di Rocco Retains EBU Crown, Decisions Piispanen". BoxingScene. 21 December 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2015.