Janne Katajisto

Career

At the 2001 event he defeated Robert Helenius in the first round, and in 2002 defeated him again in the final. Katajisto made his professional debut on 8 August 2009, knocking out Igor Evseev in the first round. Katajisto"s first career loss came against Arnold Gjergjaj on 23 March 2013, who knocked him out in three rounds.

A second loss came against future world title challenger Johann Duhaupas on 5 April 2014, which was for the European Union heavyweight title.

Katajisto was knocked out in the seventh round.

Achievements

• He has challenged once for the European Union heavyweight title and is the current Finnish heavyweight champion. As an amateur, Katajisto won consecutive gold medals in the super heavyweight division at the 2001 and 2002 Finnish Amateur Boxing Championships. On 24 September 2011, he won the Finnish heavyweight title by stopping Petter Antman in the seventh round.