Simo Rantalainen (born August 6, 1961) is a
Finnish
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former journalist and television presenter. He is best known for presenting the popular 1990s talkshow ''
Hyvät, pahat ja rumat'' on
MTV3
MTV3 ( fi, MTV Kolme, sv, MTV Tre) is a Finnish commercial television station. It had the biggest audience share of all Finnish TV channels until Yle TV1 (from Yle) took the lead. The letters MTV stand for Mainos-TV (literally "Advertisement ...
.
In the early 1990s, Rantalainen became a boxing promoter for
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.''Kilpakenttien sankarit''. Tammi. 199 ...
, Rantalainen wrote a memoir about his experience in February 2017. He lost his television hosting job after assaulting a female journalist in a nightclub
Since leaving showbusiness Simo Rantalainen converted to Islam and adopted the name Mujahed Bin Risto Faisal.
Further reading
*Rantalainen, Simo (2017). ''Tare: mestarinyrkkeilijän muotokuva'' (in Finnish). Johnny Kniga. .
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1961 births
Living people
Finnish journalists
Finnish television presenters
People from Lahti
Finnish Muslims
Converts to Islam from Christianity
Boxing promoters
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