Kid Chocolate | |
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Born | Eligio Sardiñas Montalvo January 6, 1910 |
Died | August 8, 1988 Cuba | (aged 78)
Other names | The Cuban Bon Bon |
Statistics | |
Weight(s) | Super Featherweight |
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
Reach | 165 cm (65 in) |
Stance | Orthodox |
Boxing record | |
Total fights | 152 |
Wins | 136 |
Wins by KO | 51 |
Losses | 10 |
Draws | 6 |
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.