Olli Johan Oskari Mäki (22 December 1936 – 6 April 2019) was a Finnish
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. As an amateur, he won the European lightweight title in 1959, having placed second in 1957. After being dropped from the 1960 Olympic team, he turned professional and fought until 1973 with a record of 28 victories, 14 losses and 8 draws. In August 1962 he was beaten in two rounds by
Davey Moore for the
World Featherweight Title, and in February 1964 he won the
European Boxing Union light welterweight title against
Conny Rudhof; he lost it to Rudhof in 1967.
[ In retirement Mäki worked as a boxing coach and manager.
The 2016 film '' The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki'' is based on his life.
Mäki died after a long illness on 6 April 2019, aged 82. He had been suffering from ]dementia
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and Alzheimer's disease
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Finnish male boxers
1936 births
2019 deaths
Deaths from Alzheimer's disease
Deaths from dementia in Finland
Sportspeople from Kokkola
Featherweight boxers
20th-century Finnish sportsmen
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