Janne Katajisto (born 13 March 1978) is a Finnish former professional boxer who competed from 2009 to 2014. He challenged once for the

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title in 2014, and won the Finnish heavyweight title in 2011.

Amateur career

As an

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, Katajisto won consecutive gold medals in the super-heavyweight division at the 2001 and 2002 Finnish national championships. At the 2001 event he defeated

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in the first round, and in 2002 defeated him again in the final.

Professional career

Katajisto made his professional debut on 8 August 2009,

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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

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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

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

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Katajisto, Janne Finnish male boxers Heavyweight boxers 1978 births People from Kankaanpää Living people Sportspeople from Satakunta