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This is how they created this idol, their very own
idol, sometimes exclusively, despite the claims of
others (whites), who did not see him as so far
from them either.
Notes:
1-Eligio Sardiñas Montalvo was born on October
28th, 1910, in the El Cerro neighborhood in Havana. He debuted in professional boxing while
still an adolescent and fought in 136 fights. He
won 120 (44 by knockout), tied 6 and lost only
10. He won two world titles: Junior Lightweight
(July 5th, 1931 till 1933) and Featherweight (October 13th, 1932 till 1933, in the NYSC Featherweight Division). He died on August 8th, 1988 in
El Cerro. See Elio Menéndez and Víctor Joaquín
Ortega’s El boxeo soy yo, pp. 241-246. Another
statistic shows that there were 151 fights, with a
total of 135 wins (50 by decision, 6 ties and 10
losses. See George Díaz Smith, “Boxing: RSR
Looks Back at the Legendary Kid Chocolate,”
http://www.ringsidereport.
com/Smith292005.htm (Febrero 9 de 2005). Another source lists 146 fights with 131 victories (51
by knockout); 9 ties and 6 losses. See “Kid Chocolate”, http://www.ibhof.com/chocolate.htm .
2-According to George Diaz Smith, website
Hickok Sports Biographies, the text “Chocolate,
Kid [Eligio Sardinias] Boeing” asserts that he
won over 100 fights as an amateur.
http://www.hickoksports.com/ biograph/ chocolat. html In El Boxeo soy yo, it says he won more
than a hundred fights as an amateur and semi-professional. As a profesional he was unbeatable in
Cuba, with 21 wins, all by knockout, before beginning his career in the U.S. (Elio Menéndez and
Víctor Joaquín Ortega, Op. cit., pp. 5; 241–246).
3-Sports Biographies, “Chocolate, Kid [Eligio
Sardiñas]
Boeing”,
http://www.hickoksports.com/ biograph/chocolat.html Menéndez
and Ortega wrote about the referees’ debatable
decision. Op. cit., 73–80; 81–97.
4-This film was shown at the Teatro Payret (Havana) On January 6th, 1929, and was wonderfully
received by its public. It was shown again the next

day, along with feature film The Kings of the
Ring, at popular prices: 60 cents for an orchestra
seat, 20 cents for a mezzanine seat, and 20 cents
for the ‘nosebleed’ seats Diario de la Marina
(January 7th, 1929: 8).
5-Roche, Juan Domingo. “Ideales de una raza:
Aires mexicanos,” Diario de la Marina, (December 23rd, 1928, Section 3: VI).
6-Marco, Pedro. “Ideales de una raza: Kid Chocolate,” Diario de la Marina (February 17th,
1929), Section 3: VI.
7-Ibid.
8- Urrutia, Gustavo E. “Ideales de una Raza: Chocolate «el cubano más brillante»,” Diario de la
Marina (September 2nd, 1929, Section 3: VII).
9- “Ideales de una raza: La lección que enseña
‘Chocolate,’” Diario de la Marina (September 15,
1929, Section 3: VI).
10- Guillén, Nicolás. “Ideales de una raza: La humildad, Kid Chocolate y el Señor Lavié,” Diario
de la Marina (September 15th, 1929, Section 3:
VI).
11-Idem, “Ideales de una raza: Pequeña oda a Kid
Chocolate,” Diario de la Marina (December
29th, 1929, Section 3: IX).
12- Ibid, VI.
13-The whole film of this fight was debuted at the
Teatro Campoamor (La Habana) Diario de la
Marina (February 25, 1930: 8).
14-James W. Martin, “Ideales de una Raza: Kid
Chocolate,” Diario de la Marina (December 7th,
1930, Section 3: V).
15- Martin, James W. “Ideales de una Raza: Chocolate pierde con Battalino,” Diario de la Marina
(December 28th, 1930, Section 3: IV).
16- Pickens, William. “Ideales de una Raza: Chocolate el grande,” Diario de la Marina (December
28th, 1930, Section 3: IV).
17- Díaz Smith, George. “Boxing: RSR Looks
Back at the Legendary Kid Chocolate,”
http://www.ringsidereport.com/Smith292005.htm (February 9th, 2005).
Hickok Sports Biographies. “Chocolate, Kid
[Eligio Sardinias] Boxing”, http://www.hickoksports.com/ biograph/chocolat.html and Free

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