Ville Piispanen

Career

He followed this up with silver in the lightweight division in 2003, and bronze in the light-welterweight division in 2005. On 30 September 2005, Piispanen made his professional debut by winning a four-round unanimous decision against Arturs Jaskuls, who also debuted. His first defence, on 27 November 2010, against Daniel Rasilla, ended in a split draw.

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.

On 13 October 2012, Piispanen attempted to regain his title, now made vacant, against Lenny Daws. After twelve rounds, Piispanen lost a unanimous decision.

Achievements

• He is a former European Union super-lightweight champion and has challenged once for the European super-lightweight title. Piispanen won a bronze medal in the bantamweight division at the 2002 Finnish Amateur Boxing Championships. Piispanen fought European Union super-lightweight champion Giuseppe Lauri on 19 December 2008, but was stopped in six rounds. 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. 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.