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."SM-Nyrkkeilyt 2002 Töölön Kisahalli, HKI" (in Finnish). Suomen Nyrkkeilyliitto. Retrieved 10 January 2016. He followed this up with silver at lightweight in 2003"08.-10.03.2003 SM-Nyrkkeilyt Tampere/TVS" (in Finnish). Suomen Nyrkkeilyliitto. Retrieved 10 January 2016. and bronze at light-welterweight in 2005."26.-28.02.2005 SM-Nyrkkeilyt Seniorit Lahti/LaKa" (in Finnish). Suomen Nyrkkeilyliitto. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
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."Skelton wins Euro title!". fightnews.com. Freitag Marketing Services. 19 December 2008. Archived from the original on 22 December 2008. Retrieved 13 Oct 2015. 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.Tuominen, Eero (27 November 2010). "Ville Piispanen säilytti EU-mestaruusvyönsä" (in Finnish). Ilta-Sanomat. Sanoma. Retrieved 4 May 2016. 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.Lerner, Peter (3 June 2011). "Vittorio Oi Claims European Title". SecondsOut Boxing. Retrieved 13 October 2015. On 13 October 2012, Piispanen attempted to regain his title, now made vacant, against Lenny Daws. After twelve rounds, Piispanen lost a unanimous decision."Daws overcomes Finn giant to win European Union title on points". Croydon Guardian. Newsquest. Retrieved 13 October 2015. 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."Di Rocco Retains EBU Crown, Decisions Piispanen". BoxingScene. 21 December 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes29LossJose Manuel Lopez ClaveroPTS623 May 201528Loss19–6–3Luca GiaconRTD6 (12)29 Nov 201427Win19–5–3Filip RzadekUD66 Sep 201426Loss18–5–3Bradley SaundersKO1 (10), 7 Jun 201425Win18–4–3Janneh HarunaUD617 May 201424Loss17–4–3Michele di RoccoUD1221 Dec 201323Win17–3–3Juris Ivanovs417 Jun 201322Loss16–3–3Lenny DawsUD1213 Oct 201221Win16–2–3Iliyar NasirovUD63 Mar 201220Loss15–2–3Vittorio Oi7 (12), 3 Jun 201119Draw15–1–3Daniel RasillaSD1227 Nov 201018Win15–1–2Emanuele de ProphetisRTD4 (12), 18 Jul 201017Win14–1–2Luis AcevedoKO2 (6), 11 May 201016Draw13–1–2Jaakko Myllylä1027 Nov 200915Win13–1–1Sento MartinezUD622 Aug 200914Loss12–1–1Giuseppe LauriTKO6 (12)19 Dec 200813Win12–0–1Cristian ChavezTKO1 (6), 28 Nov 200812Win11–0–1Cristian FriasUD814 Apr 200811Win10–0–1Richard AsareUD61 Feb 200810Win9–0–1Wladimir BorovUD622 Oct 20079Win8–0–1Juris IvanovsTKO4 (6), 21 Apr 20078Draw7–0–1Alexander Saltykov630 Jan 20077Win7–0Lubos Priehradnik6 (6), 13 Jan 20076Win6–0Manuel GomesUD66 Oct 20065Win5–0Andis Didzus1 (4), 16 Sep 20064Win4–0Maurycy GojkoUD65 May 20063Win3–0Ladislav OcetekUD425 Mar 20062Win2–0Ladislav OcetekUD416 Jan 20061Win1–0Arturs Jaskuls430 Sep 2005
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