Kid Chocolate

Kid Chocolate
Born
Eligio Sardiñas Montalvo

January 6, 1910
Cerro, Havana, Cuba
DiedAugust 8, 1988(1988-08-08) (aged 78)
Cuba
Other namesThe Cuban Bon Bon
Statistics
Weight(s)Super Featherweight
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Reach165 cm (65 in)
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record
Total fights152
Wins136
Wins by KO51
Losses10
Draws6

Eligio Sardiñas Montalvo (January 6, 1910 – August 8, 1988), better known as Kid Chocolate, was a Cuban boxer who enjoyed great success both in the boxing ring and outside it during the 1930s. Chocolate boxed professionally between 1927 and 1938. His record was 136 wins, 10 losses and 6 draws, 51 wins coming by knockout and one no-decision bout, also making Ring magazine's list of boxers with 50 or more career knockout wins. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall Of Fame in 1991.