Sixto Soria
Sixto Soria Savigne (born April 27, 1954 in Santiago de Cuba) 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. Two years later he captured the world title at the second World Championships in Belgrade. He lost in the quarter-finals of the 1979 Pan American Games to American Tony Tucker. 1976 Olympic results Round of 32: bye Round of 16: Defeated José Rosa (Puerto Rico) second-round knockout Quarterfinal: Defeated Wolfgang Gruber (West Germany) second-round knockout Semifinal: Defeated Costică Dafinoiu (Romania) referee stopped contest in first round Final: Lost to Leon Spinks (USA) referee stopped contest in third round (was awarded silver medal) References 1954 births Living people Sportspeople from Santiago de Cuba Light-heavyweight boxers Boxers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for Cuba Olympic silver medalists for Cuba Olympic medalists in boxing Boxers at the 1979 Pan American Games Pan American Games competitors for Cuba Cuban male boxers AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics 20th-century Cuban people 21st-century Cuban people