# Ville Piispanen

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.

## Amateur career

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

## 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. 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. 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. 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.

## Professional boxing record

| 29 fights | 19 wins | 7 losses |
| By knockout | 6 | 3 |
| By decision | 13 | 4 |
| Draws | 3 | 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 (Europe) 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: Oi 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 | |