Famous People with Name Sixto

Sixto Escobar            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Sixto Escobar: He started boxing at the age of 17 and campaigned both in Puerto Rico and Venezuela, where he got his first championship try, a 12-round decision loss to Jose T. Rosales for the Venezuelan Bantamweight title.

Sixto Soria Savigne            Origin/Culture/Country: Jamaican

Sixto Soria Savigne: 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.

Sixto Rafael Vizuete Toapanta            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Sixto Rafael Vizuete Toapanta: is the current coach of the Ecuadorian national team.From 1992 to 1995 he was in charge of many small local sides in Ecuador, until he began to coach the youth ranks of Club Deportivo ESPOLI of Quito in 1996. He made a change however when the Federación E

Sixto Casanovas            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Sixto Casanovas: was an Argentine politician, provisional governor of Córdoba Province (1835).In 1816 he joined the Army of the North, in a dragoons regiment. He was taken prisoner by the royalists and spent time at the Callao prison, near the city of Lima. In 1821, as part of the negotiations with viceroy Joaquín de la Pezuela, general San Martín obtained the freedom of many other officers, including Casanovas.He joined San Martin's Army of the Andes, and fought at Torata and Moquegua. In this last battle he was wounded and taken prisoner again being moved to Chicuito island on Lake Titicaca, until he was freed after the royalist surrender at the Battle of Ayacucho. Casanovas returned to Buenos Aires in 1824 and was named an officer of the dragoons regiment.