Eligio Sardiñas Montalvo
Cuban boxer (1910–1988)
キッド・チョコレート
- Born
- 6 January 1910, Havana
- Died
- 8 August 1988, Havana
- Citizenship
- Cuba
- Sport
- boxing
- Discipline
- lightweight, featherweight
- Occupation
- boxer
- Height
- 168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
- Nickname
- Kid Chocolate, Cuban Bon-Bon
- Recorded fight record
- 131 wins, 9 losses, 6 draws
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.
Awards and honours
- International Boxing Hall of Fame 1991
- The Ring World Featherweight Champion
- The Ring World Junior Lightweight Champion
- WBA World Super Featherweight Champion
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q1740848 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.