Sixto Soria

Sixto Soria
Medal record

Men’s Boxing
Competitor for Cuba
Olympic Games
	1976 Montreal	Light Heavyweight
World Amateur Championships
	1978 Belgrade	Light Heavyweight

Sixto Soria Savigne (born April 27, 1954) is a Cuban boxer, who won the silver medal in the men's Light Heavyweight (81 kg) category at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. As the top favourite he lost in a close fight to Leon Spinks of USA.^[1] Two years later he captured the world title at the second World Championships in Belgrade.

Olympic results

1st round bye
Defeated José Rosa (Puerto Rico) KO 2
Defeated Wolfgang Gruber (West Germany) KO 2
Defeated Costică Dafinoiu (Romania) RSC 1
Lost to Leon Spinks (USA) RSC 3

References

↑ Olympic results

World Amateur Boxing Champions in Men's Light Heavyweight

1974 – 2011: up to 81 kg

1974: Mate Parlov (YUG) 1978: Sixto Soria (CUB) 1982: Pablo Romero (CUB) 1986: Pablo Romero (CUB) 1989: Henry Maske (GDR) 1991: Torsten May (GER) 1993: Ramón Garbey (CUB) 1995: Antonio Tarver (USA) 1997: Aleksandr Lebziak (RUS) 1999: Michael Simms (USA) 2001: Yevgeniy Makarenko (RUS) 2003: Yevgeniy Makarenko (RUS) 2005: Yerdos Zhanabergenov (KAZ) 2007: Abbos Atoev (UZB) 2009: Artur Beterbiyev (RUS) 2011: Julio César la Cruz (CUB) 2013: Julio César la Cruz (CUB)

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