Winner's medal awarded to Cuban boxer Sixto Soria at the Montreal 1976 Summer Olympics. Silver, 60 mm, 154 gm, by Giuseppe Cassioli, Ottawa. The front, inscribed, "XXIe Olympiade Montreal 1976," features a 'Seated Victory' with the Coliseum in the background; the reverse features the Montreal Olympic emblem and victor's laurel wreath. The bottom edge is engraved with the sport, "Boxe." Complete with its silver chain and wooden presentation box with black leather slipcover, emblazoned with the emblem of the Montreal Olympiad.
Accompanied by a brief note signed by Sixto Soria, who lost to Leon Spinks in the final round of the light heavyweight division. Following a bye, two knockouts, and a first-round stoppage, Soria squared off against the menacing Leon Spinks in the championship contest. Spinks battered Soria all around the ring for three rounds, with the referee mercifully stopping the bout at 1:09 of the third. Spinks turned professional after the Games, and famously defeated Muhammad Ali to take the world heavyweight crown in 1978. A fantastic second-place silver from a historic Olympic boxing match.
