Kid Chocolate

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 became a member of the International Boxing Hall Of Fame alongside Bass, Berg and Canzoneri.

Birth and Death Data: Born January 6, 1910 (Havana), Died August 8, 1988 (Havana)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1929

Roles Represented in DAHR: speaker

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Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Victor BVE-53843 10-in. 6/17/1929 Kid Chocolate Orquesta Vicente Sigler Jazz/dance band, with monologue speaker  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Kid Chocolate," accessed November 25, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/104744.

Kid Chocolate. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 25, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/104744.

"Kid Chocolate." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 25 November 2024.

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URI: https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/104744

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