Kid Chocolate biography
Kid Chocolate, authentic title Sergio Eligio Sardiñias-Montalbo, byname Cuban Bon Bon, (born Jan. 6, 1910, Cerro, Cuba—died Aug. 8, 1988, Havana), Cuban skilled boxer, world junior light-weight (130 kilos) champion from 1931 to 1933.
Kid Chocolate formally turned skilled in 1927 after profitable all 100 of his recorded beginner bouts in Cuba, 86 by knockout; nevertheless, some boxing historians query these numbers and take into account 22 wins with no loss a extra probably beginner report. After establishing a reputation for himself in New York City, Chocolate misplaced a 15-round choice (a combat whose consequence is decided by the judges’ scoring) in a world featherweight (126 kilos) title bout in opposition to American Battling Battalino (Christopher Battaglia) on Dec. 12, 1930. Chocolate turned the world junior light-weight (often known as tremendous featherweight) champion by knocking out Russian-born American Benny Bass within the seventh spherical on July 15, 1931, and he held that title till Dec. 26, 1933, when he was knocked out within the seventh spherical by American Frankie Klick. Meanwhile, Chocolate misplaced a title shot in opposition to the world light-weight (135 kilos) champion, American Tony Canzoneri, on Nov. 24, 1933, when he was knocked out within the second spherical. Although Chocolate was acknowledged in New York because the “world” featherweight champion following his Twelfth-round knockout of American Lew Feldman on Oct. 13, 1932, it was a disputed title. Chocolate fought his final 5 bouts in Havana earlier than retiring in 1938—having contested about 150 skilled fights, with solely 10 losses. He then opened a fitness center in Havana and selected to stay in Cuba after Fidel Castro took management of the federal government in 1959. In 1991 the Kid Chocolate Boxing Hall was opened in Havana for the Pan American Sports Games. Kid Chocolate was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1994.