Lucian Popescu

Lucian Popescu (12 January 1912 in Bucharest – 9 December 1982) was a Romanian boxer who won European titles in three different classes.

Lucian Popescu
Born	(1912-01-12)January 12, 1912 Bucharest, Romania
Died	December 9, 1982(1982-12-09) (aged 70) Romania
Nationality	Romanian
Other names	The Chocolate Boy
Statistics
Weight(s)	Featherweight
Boxing record
Total fights	76
Wins	49
Wins by KO	13
Losses	13
Draws	13
No contests	1

Nicknamed Chocolate Boy ("băiatul de ciocolată"), he is considered to be the best Romanian boxer between the two world wars.^[1]

Making his amateur debut on 23 December 1927, he became national champion in the flyweight class in 1928. When he was 17, he decided to turn pro and won his first match against a German boxer.

On 7 June 1930, in Bucharest, he challenged flyweight European title holder Kid Oliva, a Frenchman. Having Umberto Lancia as his cornerman, Popescu won his first European belt. Later, he would win two more European belts in 1931 in the bantamweight class^[2] (cornermen Constantin Nour and Marcu Spankow),^[3] and in 1939 in the featherweight class.^{[citation needed]}

After he retired as a boxer he became a trainer at the "Progresul" boxing club in Bucharest, where he had among his disciples European amateur champions Gheorghe Negrea and Aurel Dumitrescu.

He died on 9 December 1982.

Professional boxing record

49 Wins (13 knockouts, 36 decisions), 13 Losses (4 knockouts, 9 decisions), 13 Draws, 1 No contest^[4]

Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
Loss	1-0-1	Petre Brătescu	RTD		1945-07-15	Romania
Draw	1-0	Petre Brătescu	PTS		1945-04-28	Romania
Win	6-4-4	Gheorghe Popescu	PTS		1945-04-15	Romania
Win	24-14-6	Ion Sandu	PTS	12 (12)	1943-08-09	Bucharest, Romania	Won Romanian lightweight title.
Loss	60-3-4	Gino Bondavalli	PTS	15 (15)	1942-05-31	Reggio Emilia, Italy	For EBU (European) featherweight title.
Draw	0-1	Constantin David	PTS	12 (12)	1942-04-26	Romania
Loss	0-0	Constantin David	PTS	10 (10)	1942-03-08	Romania
Loss	49-18-8	Ernst Weiss	PTS	15 (15)	1941-05-30	Engelmann Arena, Vienna, Austria	For EBU (European) featherweight title.
Win	24-13-6	Ion Sandu	PTS	10 (10)	1941-05-24	Bucharest, Romania
Win	9-6-4	Stefan Eisenreich	PTS	10 (10)	1940-10-05	Belgrade, Serbia
Win	55-21-10	Gino Cattaneo	PTS	10 (10)	1939-07-01	Bucharest, Romania
Win	32-12-6	Phil Dolhem	PTS	15 (15)	1939-06-03	Arenel Romane, Bucharest, Romania	Won EBU (European) featherweight title.
Win	0-0	Tommy Carr	PTS	8 (8)	1938-01-27	Eldorado Stadium, Edinburgh-Leith, United Kingdom
Loss	32-5	Housine Caid	PTS	10 (10)	1938-12-08	Salle Wagram, Paris, France
Draw	2-3-2	Gheorghe Popescu	PTS	10 (10)	1938-07-16	Bucharest, Romania
Draw	16-4-3	Rene Taysse	PTS	10 (10)	1938-01-07	Élysée Montmartre, Paris, France
Win	6-1-3	Vasile Stoian	PTS		1938-01-01	Romania
Draw	0-0	Pachi Martinez	PTS		1937-10-22
Draw	1-2-0	Gheorghe Popescu	PTS		1936-09-04	Romania
NC	4-3-4	Vince Dell'Orto	NC		1936-07-26	Bucharest, Romania
Win	0-5-3	Ion Mihail	KO	3 (10)	1936-06-06	Bucharest, Romania	Won Romanian featherweight title.
Loss	4-3-1	Achille Wimme	PTS	10 (10)	1935-05-25	Arenele Romane, Bucharest, Romania
Loss	7-3-5	Aurel Toma	PTS	10 (10)	1935-05-15	Arenele Romane, Bucharest, Romania
Win	0-0	Gheorghe Popescu	PTS	10 (10)	1934-08-23	Ploiești, Romania	Won Romanian featherweight title.
Win	1-6-3	Mielu Marinescu	PTS	10 (10)	1934-07-21	Arenele Romane, Bucharest, Romania
Win	0-1-1	Traian Dumitrescu	PTS	10 (10)	1934-07-18	Stadion Dragoș Vodă, Bucharest, Romania
Loss	89-6-2	Jose Girones	KO	7 (15)	1933-11-22	Teatro Circo Olympia, Barcelona, Spain	For EBU (European) featherweight title.
Win	12-1-5	Richard Stegemann	PTS	10 (10)	1933-09-01	Arenele Romane, Bucharest, Romania
Win	4-5-4	Gheorghe Stamate	PTS	10 (10)	1933-06-24	Arenele Romane, Bucharest, Romania
Win	11-5-10	Wilhelm Bartneck	PTS	10 (10)	1933-05-09	Arenele Romane, Bucharest, Romania
Win	1-4	Mihail Covaci	RTD	10 (10)	1933-03-31	Bucharest, Romania
Loss	44-23-10	Nicolas Petit-Biquet	PTS	10 (10)	1933-02-25	Palais des Sports, Brussels, Belgium
Loss	41-11-11	Guy Bonaugure	PTS	10 (10)	1933-01-07	Paris-Ring, Paris, France
Draw	12-3-6	Hans Schiller	PTS	10 (10)	1932-11-18	Bucharest, Romania
Draw	1-3-2	Nelu Oprescu	PTS	10 (10)	1932-09-24	Arenele Romane, Bucharest, Romania	For Romanian featherweight title.
Win	9-7-7	Josef Pospischil	KO	5 (10)	1932-07-30	Bucharest, Romania
Win	4-4-4	Gheorghe Stamate	RTD	7 (10)	1932-07-23	Arenele Romane, Bucharest, Romania	Won Romanian featherweight title.
Draw	21-12-6	Johnny Alphonse Edwards	PTS	10 (10)	1932-06-19	Bucharest, Romania
Win	0-2	Marin Plaeșu	PTS	10 (10)	1932-06-04	Arenele Romane, Bucharest, Romania
Win	15-6-6	Georg Pfitzner	KO	2 (10)	1932-05-21	Arenele Romane, Bucharest, Romania
Draw	9-7-1	Mielu Doculescu	PTS	10 (10)	1932-05-11	Bucharest, Romania
Win	9-6-1	Mielu Doculescu	PTS	10 (10)	1932-04-24	Arenele Romane, Bucharest, Romania
Loss	40-14-5	Domenico Bernasconi	KO	5 (15)	1932-03-19	Milan, Italy	For EBU (European) bantamweight title.
Loss	42-15-4	Eugène Huat	RTD	5 (10)	1932-02-08	Palais des Sports, Paris, France
Win	4-3-2	Gheorghe Stamate	PTS		1932-01-07	Romania
Win	35-14-10	Julien Pannecoucke	KO	4 (10)	1931-12-21	Palais des Sports, Paris, France
Win	41-6-3	Carlos Flix	PTS	15 (15)	1931-09-19	Arenele Romane, Bucharest, Romania	Won EBU (European) bantamweight title.
Win	4-2-2	Gheorghe Stamate	PTS	10 (10)	1931-08-29	Arenele Romane, Bucharest, Romania
Win	18-6-5	Emile Degand	PTS	10 (10)	1931-07-11	Arenele Romane, Bucharest, Romania
Win	40-15-6	Nicolas Petit-Biquet	PTS	10 (10)	1931-06-06	Arenele Romane, Bucharest, Romania
Win	12-2-4	Georg Pfitzner	KO	2 (10)	1931-05-21	Bucharest, Romania
Loss	43-8-5	Jackie Brown	PTS	15 (15)	1931-05-04	Kings Hall, Manchester, United Kingdom	For EBU (European) flyweight title.
Win	43-16-8	Francois Biron	PTS	10 (10)	1931-04-13	Bucharest, Romania
Win	4-1-2	Gheorghe Stamate	RTD	1 (12)	1931-02-14	Sidoli Circus, Bucharest, Romania
Win	9-1-1	Carlo Cavagnoli	PTS	10 (10)	1930-11-15	Sidoli Circus, Bucharest, Romania
Win	20-1-1	Valentin Angelmann	PTS	10 (10)	1930-10-18	Sidoli Circus, Bucharest, Romania
Win	33-18-11	Rene Chalenge	PTS	15 (15)	1930-08-16	Arenele Romane, Bucharest, Romania	Retained EBU (European) flyweight title.
Win	32-4-2	Kid Oliva	RTD	10 (15)	1930-06-07	Ramcomit Hall, Bucharest, Romania	Won EBU (European) flyweight title.
Win	0-0	Gheorghe Begheș	KO	2 (8)	1930-04-12	Sidoli Circus, Bucharest, Romania
Draw	4-0-1	Gheorghe Stamate	PTS	10 (10)	1930-02-22	Bucharest, Romania
Loss	3-0-1	Gheorghe Stamate	PTS	10 (10)	1929-12-14	Bucharest, Romania	For Romanian bantamweight title.
Win	15-37-7	Rene Gabes	PTS		1929-11-17	Bucharest, Romania
Win	30-13-10	Rene Chalange	PTS	10 (10)	1929-09-29	Sidoli Circus, Bucharest, Romania
Draw	15-33-6	Rene Gabes	PTS	10 (10)	1929-08-10	Central Sporting Club, Paris, France
Draw	1-0	Gheorghe Stamate	PTS	10 (10)	1929-08	Bucharest, Romania
Win	0-0-1	Werner Hermansson	PTS	6 (6)	1929-05-09	Bucharest, Romania
Win	2-3	Mielu Doculescu	PTS	3 (3)	1929-04-27	Bucharest, Romania
Win	1-2	Mielu Doculescu	PTS	3 (3)	1929-02-08	Bucharest, Romania
Win	1-1	Dumitru Ivan	PTS	3 (3)	1929-02-02	Bucharest, Romania
Win	1-1	Mielu Doculescu	PTS	3 (3)	1928-12-15	Bucharest, Romania
Win	0-1	Marin Plaeșu	PTS	3 (3)	1928-12-05	Romania	Won Romanian flyweight title.
Win	0-0	Gheoghe Gabor	RTD	3 (6)	1928-11-14	Bucharest, Romania
Win	0-1	Nelu Oprescu	RTD	2 (6)	1928-05-09	Bucharest, Romania
Win	0-0	Ion Bondac	PTS	6 (6)	1928-02-02	Bucharest, Romania
Win	0-1	Dumitru Popa	KO	1 (6)	1928-01-13	Bucharest, Romania
Win	0-0	Nelu Oprescu	PTS	6 (6)	1927-12-23	Bucharest, Romania

Awards

• National Sport Award ("Premiul național al sporturilor")^[5]
• Honored Trainer ("Antrenor emerit")