Jussi Koivula (born 24 December 1983) is a Finnish

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who has challenged twice for the

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title in 2016 and 2017.

Professional career

Koivula made his professional debut on 30 August 2008, scoring a third-round stoppage over Tibor Rafael. He would fight exclusively in Finland for the next six years, remaining undefeated until 20 April 2013, when Łukasz Maciec stopped him in five rounds. On 7 February 2015, Koivula fought away from home for the first time in an attempt to win the vacant

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Inter-Continental junior-middleweight title, but lost a

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to Marcello Matano in Italy. Another visit to Italy, on 22 April 2016, saw Koivula challenge unsuccessfully for the vacant

title, being stopped in nine rounds by

Leonard Bundu Leonard Bundu (born 21 November 1974) is a Sierra Leone-born Italian former professional boxer who competed from 2005 to 2016. He held multiple regional welterweight championships, including the European title twice between 2011 and 2016; the Eur ...

.Persson, Per Ake (23 April 2016)
"Leonard Bundu Stops Jussi Koivula, Captures EBU Title"
BoxingScene. Retrieved 23 April 2016.

Professional boxing record

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Koivula, Jussi Finnish male boxers Welterweight boxers Light-middleweight boxers 1983 births Sportspeople from Hämeenlinna Living people