Tarmo Uusivirta

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. 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.

Amateur career Besides the European title, Uusivirta won silver medals at the world championships in 1978 and 1982. He competed at the 1980 Olympics and lost in the second round to the eventual bronze medalist Jerzy Rybicki.

Simo Rantalainen wrote a book about the boxer, Tare: Mestarinyrkkeilijän muotokuva, which was published in February 2017.

A biographical play, Mestari, written and directed by Pasi Lampela, premiered at Jyväskylä City Theatre on January 22, 2025.

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