Tarmo Uusivirta | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Tarmo Tapani Uusivirta 5 February 1957 Jyväskylä, Finland | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 13 December 1999 Jyväskylä, Finland | (aged 42)|||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Finnish | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Other names | Tare | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Weight(s) | Super-middleweight | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Stance | Orthodox | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Total fights | 31 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Wins | 24 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Wins by KO | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Losses | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Draws | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Tarmo "Tare" Tapani Uusivirta (5 February 1957 – 13 December 1999) was a Finnish professional boxer who competed from 1982 to 1992, and challenged once for the European super-middleweight title in 1991.[1] As an amateur he won a gold medal at the 1979 European Championships, and consecutive silver medals at the 1978 and 1982 World Championships; all in the middleweight division.