Sixto Soria
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Name: Sixto Soria
Birth Name: Sixto Soria Cabrera
Hometown: Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Amateur Boxer: Record
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. 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 (Cuba) RSC 3
World amateur championships
1978
- Defeated Prince Mama Mohammed (Ghana) 5-0
- Defeated Benny Pike (Australia) 5-0
- Defeated Nikolay Erofeyev (Soviet Union) 5-0
- Defeated Tadija Kacar (Yugoslavia) 4-1