Janne Katajisto (born 13 March 1978) is a Finnish former professional boxer who competed from 2009 to 2014. He challenged once for the European Union heavyweight title in 2014, and won the Finnish heavyweight title in 2011.
Amateur career As an amateur, Katajisto won consecutive gold medals in the super-heavyweight division at the 2001 and 2002 Finnish national championships. (in Finnish). Suomen Nyrkkeilyliitto. Retrieved 13 October 2015."SM-Nyrkkeilyt 2002 Töölön Kisahalli, HKI" (in Finnish). Suomen Nyrkkeilyliitto. Retrieved 13 October 2015. At the 2001 event he defeated Robert Helenius in the first round, and in 2002 defeated him again in the final.
Professional career Katajisto made his professional debut on 8 August 2009, knocking out Igor Evseev in the first round. He won the Finnish heavyweight title on 24 September 2011, in a seventh-round stoppage over Petter Antman. 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 heavyweight title challenger Johann Duhaupas on 5 April 2014, which was for the European Union heavyweight title. Katajisto was knocked out in the seventh round."Janne Katajisto joutui taipumaan" (in Finnish). Kankaanpään Seutu. Suomen paikallissanomat Oy. 6 April 2014. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes19Loss16–2–1Johann DuhaupasKO7 (12)5 Apr 201418Win16–1–1Juris KirinsTKO3 (10), 10 Jan 201417Win15–1–1Sandor BaloghPTS413 Jul 201316Win14–1–1Janis Ginters4 (6), 18 May 201315Loss13–1–1Arnold GjergjajKO3 (8), 23 Mar 201314Win13–0–1Olegs LopajevsTKO2 (4), 18 Jan 201313Win12–0–1Ivica PerkovicUD610 Nov 201212Win11–0–1Danny WilliamsUD88 Sep 201211Win10–0–1Pavlo NechyporenkoTKO3 (6), 21 Apr 201210Win9–0–1Petter AntmanTKO7 (10), 24 Sep 20119Draw8–0–1Pavels Dolgovs828 May 20118Win8–0Aleksandrs SelezensUD629 Jan 20117Win7–0Remigijus ZiausysUD620 Nov 20106Win6–0Igoris Borucha67 Aug 20105Win5–0Dmitrijs BasovsKO3 (6), 11 Apr 20104Win4–0Ladislav KovarikUD46 Feb 20103Win3–0Jevgenijs Zolotovs2 (4), 14 Nov 20092Win2–0Ferenc Zsalek412 Sep 20091Win1–0Igor Evseev1 (4), 8 Aug 2009
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