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
Events January
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* January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea.
* January 11 – The 1976 Phi ...
in
Montreal. As the top favourite he lost in a close fight to Leon Spinks of USA.
Olympic results
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. He lost in the quarter-finals of the 1979 Pan American Games
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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
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(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 of 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
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