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Kid Chocolate
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Kid Chocolate

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Becoming Cuba’s first world boxing champion.

Junior-lightweight championship · New York featherweight title

Born
6 January 1910
Birthplace
Havana
Died
8 August 1988

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Kid Chocolate

Kid Chocolate was the ring name of Cuban boxer Eligio Sardiñas Montalvo, a leading fighter of the 1930s.

Early life

Learning

Studied boxing through fight films before building his career in Cuba.

Career

  1. 1928

    Professional debut

    Defeated Kid Sotolongo.

  2. 1931

    World title

    Beat Benny Bass for the junior-lightweight championship.

  3. 1938

    Retirement

    Ended his professional career.

  4. 1991

    Hall of Fame

    Inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame.

Achievements

Junior-lightweight championship

Became Cuba’s first world champion.

New York featherweight title

Defeated Lew Feldman for the title recognised in New York.

Beyond sport

Later life

Returned to Cuba after retirement and lived in the home he had bought for his mother.

Sources & photo creditBiography and career ↗Biographical references ↗

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