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Kid Chocolate (The Cuban Bon Bon) was born on 6 January, 1910 in Cerro, Havana, Cuba, is a Cuban boxer (1910–1988). Discover Kid Chocolate's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 78 years old?

Popular As The Cuban Bon Bon
Occupation N/A
Age 78 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 6 January 1910
Birthday 6 January
Birthplace Cerro, Havana, Cuba
Date of death 8 August, 1988
Died Place Cuba
Nationality Cuba

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Kid Chocolate Height, Weight & Measurements

At 78 years old, Kid Chocolate height is 1.68 m and Weight Super Featherweight.

Physical Status
Height 1.68 m
Weight Super Featherweight
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Dating & Relationship status

He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.

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Kid Chocolate Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Kid Chocolate worth at the age of 78 years old? Kid Chocolate’s income source is mostly from being a successful boxer. He is from Cuba. We have estimated Kid Chocolate's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
Salary in 2024 Under Review
Net Worth in 2023 Pending
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1910

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.

1927

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.

1928

His professional boxing debut, officially, occurred on March 3, 1928, when he knocked out Juan Sarriá Rodríguez aka 'Kid Sotolongo' via first-round KO of a scheduled 6 round bout after having fought and won 3 semi-professional bouts from October 1927 to February 1928.

1931

After going up in weight class to the Junior Lightweight division, he started 1931 by winning four fights in a row.

Then, on July 15, his dream of becoming Cuba's first world boxing champion finally came true, as he knocked out the defending world Junior Lightweight champion Benny Bass in seven rounds to take the world title.

Five non-title wins followed, including a first-round knockout in a rematch with Scalfaro.

He finished the year by going up in weight once again, and challenging world Lightweight champion Tony Canzoneri, losing by a decision in 15 in his first attempt to gain the Lightweight crown.

1932

He started 1932 by winning his first eight bouts, including a world title defense in Havana against Davie Abad, beaten in 15 by decision.

Then, he faced "Kid" Berg in a rematch, losing again, this time by decision in 15.

He engaged in seven more bouts, including two decision wins over Johnny Farr, before fighting Lew Feldman on October 13.

The fight was recognized as a world Featherweight title bout, but only by the New York state athletic commission.

Chocolate won by a knockout in 12 rounds, gaining the New York World title.

He defended that world title twice, including a third fight with LaBarba, before relinquishing it while in the middle of a European boxing tour that took him to Madrid, Barcelona and Paris.

He won all of his fights on that tour by decision.

Upon returning to America, he lost by a knockout in two in a rematch with Canzoneri.

1933

Before a crowd of 4,000, the Kid lost the World Jr. Lightweight boxing championship to Frankie Klick, on December 25, 1933, at the Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in a seventh-round technical knockout.

The Ludington Daily News, wrote "The flashy Cuban "Bon Bon" (Chocolate) was bereft of the title in the seventh round of a scheduled fifteen round Christmas Day bout by a whistling right smash to the chin and all he got in exchange was the second knockout of his career although the latest was of the technical variety."

The bout had been fairly close until the seventh with Chocolate showing stamina and style.

The seventh round had gone two minutes and fifty-eight seconds when the knockout occurred.

"The Cuban waged a fast, aggressive fight in the early rounds that gave him a temporary lead."

Chocolate had landed rights "to the head and body."

Kid Chocolate may have been suffering from the knockout he had received from Tony Canzoneri only a month previously.

Chocolate retained his featherweight championship at least in the state of New York.

After that fight, it was revealed that he was suffering from syphilis.

1934

He retired shortly thereafter, but came back in 1934.

He won 47 of his next 50 bouts.

He never received another world title attempt and felt abandoned by boxing's elite.

1938

He retired again in 1938.

Kid Chocolate enjoyed the city's nightlife.

However, when he stepped out of boxing, he went back to Cuba and lived a quieter life.

1959

From 1959, Chocolate's fame in Cuba was overlooked by Fidel Castro and his revolutionary forces, and he almost became a forgotten champion.

1970

But, by the late 1970s, Chocolate's achievements were finally recognized by the Cuban government, who gave him a small pension.

1988

Chocolate died in his own home - bought for his mother when he was champion - in 1988.

He was the inspiration for the character Chocolate Drop in Clifford Odets' play Golden Boy.

Former WBO middleweight champion Peter Quillin, an American of Cuban descent, carries the nickname "Kid Chocolate" in honor of Sardiñas.

1991

He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall Of Fame in 1991.

Sardiñas, also nicknamed The Cuban Bon Bon, learned how to fight by watching old fight films in Cuba.

He later sparred with boxers such as Benny Leonard and Jack Johnson, all world champions, before beginning an amateur boxing career.

Sardiñas had no fear and would actively engage in fights outside the ring with anyone who wanted it.