Tarmo Uusivirta

Name: Tarmo Uusivirta
Alias: Tare
Birth Name: Tarmo Tapani Uusivirta
Hometown: Jyvaskyla, Finland
Birthplace: Jyvaskyla, Finland
Died: 1999-12-13 (Age:42)
Stance: Orthodox
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record

Amateur Highlights

1977: European Championships, Halle, Germany

• Won Raymond Nebayes France pts
• Lost to Illian Angelov, Bulgaria rsc 2r

1978 - World Championships, Belgrade, Yugoslavia: Silver Medal (Light Middleweight)

• Won Robert Pfitscher, Austria pts
• Won Stephen Moi (Kenya) pts
• Won Illian Angelov (Bulgaria) pts
• Lost Jose Gomez (Cuba)(Final)

1979 - European Championships, Cologne, Germany: Gold Medal (Light Middleweight)

• Won Robert Pfitscher (Austria) rsc 1r
• Won Pavel Galus (Czechoslovakia) dq 3r
• Won Manfred Trauten (East Germany)rsc 2r
• Won Valentin Silaghi (Romania) pts, (Final)

1980 Olympic Games Moscow as a middleweight

• 1st roundd bye
• Lost to Jerzy Rybicki (Poland) rsc 2r (cut)

1981 European Championships Tampere Finland

• Won Manfred Trauten (East Germany) rsc 3r
• Lost Valentin Silaghi Romania rsc 3r (cut)

1982 - World Championships, Munich, Germany: Silver Medal (Light Middleweight)

• Won Andreas Schroth (East Germany) pts
• Won Stanislav Lakomiec (Poland)pts
• Won Pedro van Raamsdonk (Netherlands)pts
• Lost Bernardo Comas (Cuba) ko 3r

Death

• Uusivirta suffered from heavy depression after his career, and committed suicide in late 1999.