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Name
  
Sixto Soria

Role
  
Boxer

Martial art
  
Boxing


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Olympic medals
  
Boxing at the 1976 Summer Olympics - Light Heavyweight

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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.

Contents

Sixto Soria (Cuba) vs Rick Jester (USA). Boxing. 1978


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

    Sixto Soria Wikipedia
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