Baltasar Sangchili
# Baltasar Sangchili

Baltasar Berenguer Hervas (October 15, 1911 – September 2, 1992), popularly known in his time as Baltasar Sangchili, was a Spanish boxer who claimed the World Bantamweight Championship. He was the first Spanish fighter in history to win a world championship in boxing. During his illustrious career, he defeated many great fighters including "Panama" Al Brown, Tony Marino, Victor "Young" Perez, Maurice Dubois, Ronnie James, Nicolas Petit-Biquet, Maurice Dubois, Eugène Huat, Carlos Flix and Joseph David.

## Boxing career

Sangchili was born in Valencia, Spain on October 15, 1911. When he started his boxing career, to prevent his father from learning of his travels, Baltasar Belenguer took the name of his Chinese partner and friend Chang-Chi-Li (Shang-Chi-Li). Sangchili later told his team: "From now on I want to announce myself as Sangchili Baltasar..."

Before winning the World title, he engaged in 60 fights, and emerged victorious in 50 of them with five defeats. He defeated Carlos Flix to claim the Bantamweight Championship of Spain. He made two attempts to conquer the Bantamweight Championship of Europe against Nicolas Petit-Biquet which ended in draws. In his second attempt, he was defeated in their rematch by a 15-round decision.

He defeated former IBU and NBA Flyweight champion, Victor "Young" Perez on points in 10 rounds in Madrid.

## World Bantamweight Championship

On March 18, 1935, Sangchili got his chance to fight reigning World Bantamweight champion Panama Al Brown which ended in a draw but Sangchili won their rematch in a points decision. Once he gained the title, he made successful tours garnering many victories both in Spain and abroad, without putting his title on the line until the veteran Benny Sharkey with over one hundred victories defeated him in Newcastle, England. One month later, he recovered from his defeat against Sharkey by defeating another great opponent, Ronnie James in Liverpool. James had won over fifty fights with only one defeat. On February 10, 1936, he made his debut in the United States, defeating Jimmy Martin and Lew Farber in New York City.

On June 29, 1936 in a bout at New York's Madison Square Garden, against Tony Marino, Sangchili put his title at stake and was knocked out in 14th round, though Sangchili held a points advantage through much of the bout. In October of the same year, Sangchili got his revenge on Marino, defeating him by points in 10 rounds, though the bout was not for the title.

Sangchili ended his North American tour with a defeat in Mexico against local boxer Juan Zurita and returned to Europe where he made several battles in France in the next two years. He fought former champion Panama Al Brown for the third time for the vacant IBU Bantamweight Championship of the World. The fight was held in Paris and this time Brown won in a fifteen-round points decision.

He ended his career in 1940 by taking the national Bantamweight Championship of Spain against Miguel Safont in a twelve-round points decision. He ended his career with a record of 77 wins with 37 knockouts, 20 losses and 12 draws. He died in September 1992.

## Professional boxing record

| 110 fights | 78 wins | 20 losses |
| - | - | - |
| By knockout | 36 | 1 |
| By decision | 41 | 15 |
| By disqualification | 1 | 4 |
| Draws | 12 | 12 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round | Date | Location | Notes |
| 110 | Win | 78–20–12 | Jim Alpanes | PTS | 10 | Jun 8, 1940 | Plaza de Toros, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain | |
| 109 | Win | 77–20–12 | Miguel Safont | TKO | 4 (12) | Mar 18, 1940 | Plaza de Toros, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain | Retained Spanish bantamweight title |
| 108 | Win | 76–20–12 | Jim Alpanes | TKO | 7 (10) | Dec 23, 1939 | Frontón Urumea, San Sebastian, País Vasco, Spain | |
| 107 | Draw | 75–20–12 | Miguel Safont | PTS | 10 | Dec 6, 1939 | Gran Price, Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain | |
| 106 | Loss | 75–20–11 | Peter Kane | PTS | 10 | Apr 3, 1939 | Earls Court Empress Hall, Kensington, London, England, U.K. | |
| 105 | Loss | 75–19–11 | Jim Brady | PTS | 12 | Mar 13, 1939 | Manchester, Lancashire, England, U.K. | |
| 104 | Loss | 75–18–11 | Robert Bourdet | PTS | 10 | Dec 29, 1938 | Salle Wagram, Paris, Paris, France | |
| 103 | Loss | 75–17–11 | Ernst Weiss | PTS | 10 | Dec 9, 1938 | Deutschlandhalle, Charlottenburg, Berlin, Germany | |
| 102 | Loss | 75–16–11 | Valentin Angelmann | DQ | 4 (10) | Oct 6, 1938 | Salle Wagram, Paris, Paris, France | |
| 101 | Win | 75–15–11 | Eugène Huat | TKO | 7 (10) | Apr 21, 1938 | Salle Wagram, Paris, Paris, France | |
| 100 | Loss | 74–15–11 | Panama Al Brown | SD | 15 | Mar 4, 1938 | Palais des Sports, Paris, Paris, France | For vacant IBU bantamweight title |
| 99 | Draw | 74–14–11 | Joseph Decico | PTS | 10 | Feb 3, 1938 | Salle Wagram, Paris, Paris, France | |
| 98 | Win | 74–14–10 | Victor Perez | PTS | 10 | Oct 28, 1937 | Salle Wagram, Paris, Paris, France | |
| 97 | Win | 73–14–10 | Maurice Dupuis | TKO | 6 (10) | Oct 14, 1937 | Salle Wagram, Paris, Paris, France | |
| 96 | Win | 72–14–10 | Roger Cotti | TKO | 3 (10) | Oct 7, 1937 | Salle Wagram, Paris, Paris, France | |
| 95 | Win | 71–14–10 | Henri Sanchez | TKO | 3 (10) | Sep 16, 1937 | Salle Wagram, Paris, Paris, France | |
| 94 | Loss | 70–14–10 | Juan Zurita | PTS | 10 | Jan 1, 1937 | El Toreo de Cuatro Caminos, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico | |
| 93 | Win | 70–13–10 | Tony Marino | PTS | 10 | Oct 15, 1936 | Motor Square Garden, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. | |
| 92 | Loss | 69–13–10 | Frankie Martin | UD | 10 | Sep 28, 1936 | Forum, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | |
| 91 | Loss | 69–12–10 | Tony Marino | KO | 14 (15) | Jun 29, 1936 | Dyckman Oval, Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S. | Lost The Ring bantamweight title |
| 90 | Win | 69–11–10 | Lew Farber | PTS | 10 | May 29, 1936 | Madison Square Garden, Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S. | |
| 89 | Win | 68–11–10 | Jimmy Martin | TKO | 8 (10) | May 16, 1936 | Ridgewood Grove, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S. | |
| 88 | Win | 67–11–10 | Luis Soria | PTS | 12 | Apr 4, 1936 | Frontón Cinema, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain | |
| 87 | Win | 66–11–10 | Tony Butcher | TKO | 4 (12) | Mar 21, 1936 | Plaza de Toros, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain | |
| 86 | Win | 65–11–10 | Ronnie James | PTS | 12 | Mar 12, 1936 | The Stadium, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, U.K. | |
| 85 | Loss | 64–11–10 | Benny Sharkey | PTS | 12 | Feb 10, 1936 | New St James Hall, Newcastle, London, England, U.K. | |
| 84 | Win | 64–10–10 | Alfredo Magnolfi | PTS | 10 | Oct 18, 1935 | Teatro Circo Price, Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain | |
| 83 | Win | 63–10–10 | Victor Perez | PTS | 10 | Sep 15, 1935 | Arenes de Casablanca, Casablanca, Morocco | Retained The Ring bantamweight title |
| 82 | Win | 62–10–10 | Nicolas Petit Biquet | TKO | 11 (15) | Aug 31, 1935 | Stade Municipal, Algiers, Oran, Algeria | Retained The Ring bantamweight title |
| 81 | Win | 61–10–10 | Young Borel | PTS | 10 | Aug 3, 1935 | Arenes d'Eckmühl, Oran, Algeria | |
| 80 | Win | 60–10–10 | Vicente Riambau | PTS | 10 | Jul 14, 1935 | Melilla, Ciudad de Melilla, Spain | |
| 79 | Win | 59–10–10 | Rene Gabes | KO | 3 (10) | Jun 22, 1935 | Plaza de Toros, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain | Retained The Ring bantamweight title |
| 78 | Win | 58–10–10 | Panama Al Brown | PTS | 15 | Jun 1, 1935 | Plaza de Toros, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain | Won The Ring bantamweight title |
| 77 | Win | 57–10–10 | Panama Al Brown | PTS | 10 | Mar 18, 1935 | Plaza de Toros, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain | |
| 76 | Win | 56–10–10 | Kid Davidt | SD | 10 | Jan 16, 1935 | Palais des Sports, Schaerbeek, Bruxelles-Capitale, Belgium | |
| 75 | Win | 55–10–10 | Young Borel | PTS | 10 | Jan 4, 1935 | Élysée Montmartre, Paris, Paris, France | |
| 74 | Draw | 54–10–10 | Joseph Decico | PTS | 10 | Nov 28, 1934 | Paris-Ring, Paris, Paris, France | |
| 73 | Win | 54–10–9 | Eugene Lorenzoni | PTS | 10 | Oct 16, 1934 | Salón Nuevo Mundo, Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain | |
| 72 | Loss | 53–10–9 | Nicolas Petit Biquet | PTS | 15 | Aug 18, 1934 | Stade Municipal, Algiers, Oran, Algeria | For IBU bantamweight title |
| 71 | Win | 53–9–9 | Alfredo Magnolfi | KO | 4 (10) | Aug 4, 1934 | Stade Municipal, Algiers, Oran, Algeria | |
| 70 | Win | 52–9–9 | Victor Perez | PTS | 10 | Jun 17, 1934 | Arenes d'Eckmühl, Oran, Algeria | |
| 69 | Win | 51–9–9 | Victor Ferrand | KO | 4 (10) | Apr 14, 1934 | Plaza de Toros, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain | |
| 68 | Win | 50–9–9 | Giovanni Sili | KO | 2 (10) | Mar 18, 1934 | Plaza de Toros, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain | |
| 67 | Win | 49–9–9 | Henri Barras | DQ | 4 (10) | Feb 23, 1934 | Teatro Circo Price, Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain | Barras was disqualified for illegal use of his head |
| 66 | Draw | 48–9–9 | Carlos Flix | PTS | 12 | Feb 6, 1934 | Teatro Circo Price, Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain | Retained Spanish bantamweight title |
| 65 | Win | 48–9–8 | Victor Ferrand | PTS | 10 | Jan 19, 1934 | Teatro Circo Price, Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain | |
| 64 | Win | 47–9–8 | Renico Simmons | TKO | 3 (10) | Jan 11, 1934 | Cine Monumental-Salón Moderno, Alicante, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain | |
| 63 | Win | 46–9–8 | Louis Legras | PTS | 10 | Oct 30, 1933 | Teatro Circo Price, Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain | |
| 62 | Win | 45–9–8 | Gennaro Vicini | KO | 2 (10) | Oct 25, 1933 | Teatro Principal, Castellón de la Plana, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain | |
| 61 | Win | 44–9–8 | Alfredo Magnolfi | PTS | 10 | Oct 17, 1933 | Teatro Circo Price, Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain | |
| 60 | Win | 43–9–8 | Ottavio Gori | KO | 4 (10) | Sep 10, 1933 | Plaza de Toros, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain | |
| 59 | Win | 42–9–8 | Ottavio Gori | KO | 6 (?) | Aug 27, 1933 | Parque de la Merced, Malaga, Andalucía, Spain | |
| 58 | Draw | 41–9–8 | Nicolas Petit Biquet | SD | 15 | Jul 15, 1933 | Plaza de Toros, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain | For IBU bantamweight title |
| 57 | Win | 41–9–7 | Ottavio Gori | PTS | 10 | Jun 11, 1933 | Plaza de Toros, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain | |
| 56 | Win | 40–9–7 | Carlos Flix | PTS | 12 | Apr 22, 1933 | Plaza de Toros, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain | Won vacant Spanish bantamweight title |
| 55 | Win | 39–9–7 | Young Perez | PTS | 10 | Mar 18, 1933 | Plaza de Toros, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain | |
| 54 | Win | 38–9–7 | Emilio Iglesias | PTS | 10 | Feb 7, 1933 | Teatro Circo Olympia, Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain | |
| 53 | Win | 37–9–7 | Jean Cuart | TKO | 7 (10) | Jan 17, 1933 | Teatro Circo Olympia, Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain | |
| 52 | Loss | 36–9–7 | Lorenzo Vitria | PTS | 10 | Dec 20, 1932 | Teatro Circo Olympia, Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain | |
| 51 | Win | 36–8–7 | Manuel Gonzalez | PTS | 10 | Nov 3, 1932 | Teatro Circo Olympia, Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain | |
| 50 | Win | 35–8–7 | Albert Biesmans | PTS | 10 | Sep 3, 1932 | Iris Park, Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain | |
| 49 | Draw | 34–8–7 | Miguel Safont | PTS | 10 | Aug 20, 1932 | Iris Park, Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain | |
| 48 | Win | 34–8–6 | Miguel Safont | PTS | 8 | Jul 6, 1932 | Salón Nuevo Mundo, Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain | |
| 47 | Loss | 33–8–6 | Fortunato Ortega | PTS | 8 | Feb 12, 1932 | Salón Nuevo Mundo, Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain | |
| 46 | Loss | 33–7–6 | Juan Castello | DQ | 1 (6) | Jan 31, 1932 | Parque de la Merced, Malaga, Andalucía, Spain | For vacant Levante flyweight title |
| 45 | Win | 33–6–6 | Jose Maria Liberato | PTS | 8 | Sep 27, 1931 | Parque de la Merced, Malaga, Andalucía, Spain | |
| 44 | Win | 32–6–6 | Jose Maria Liberato | PTS | 8 | Sep 16, 1931 | Parque de la Merced, Malaga, Andalucía, Spain | |
| 43 | Win | 31–6–6 | Jose Maria Liberato | PTS | 8 | Sep 5, 1931 | Parque de la Merced, Malaga, Andalucía, Spain | |
| 42 | Win | 30–6–6 | Jose Uceda | PTS | 8 | Aug 29, 1931 | Parque de la Merced, Malaga, Andalucía, Spain | |
| 41 | Win | 29–6–6 | Fernando Lorente | TKO | 8 (10) | Aug 20, 1931 | Gibraltar | |
| 40 | Win | 28–6–6 | Braham | TKO | 6 (10) | Jul 31, 1931 | Casablanca, Morocco | |
| 39 | Win | 27–6–6 | Fernando Morales | PTS | 8 | Jul 26, 1931 | Spain | |
| 38 | Win | 26–6–6 | Francisco Bella | PTS | 10 | Mar 28, 1931 | Sevilla, Andalucía, Spain | |
| 37 | Win | 25–6–6 | Louis Verdier | KO | 2 (8) | Mar 20, 1931 | Sevilla, Andalucía, Spain | |
| 36 | Win | 24–6–6 | Javier Rull | TKO | 4 (?) | Jan 17, 1931 | Sevilla, Andalucía, Spain | |
| 35 | Win | 23–6–6 | Rafael Garrido | TKO | 3 (?) | Jan 10, 1931 | Circo de la Alegría, Sevilla, Andalucía, Spain | |
| 34 | Win | 22–6–6 | Tony Samber | PTS | 6 | Nov 23, 1930 | Parque de la Merced, Malaga, Andalucía, Spain | |
| 33 | Win | 21–6–6 | Ignacio Gomez | KO | 3 (8) | Nov 2, 1930 | Parque de la Merced, Malaga, Andalucía, Spain | |
| 32 | Win | 20–6–6 | Kid Brand | TKO | 2 (?) | Sep 24, 1930 | Parque de la Merced, Malaga, Andalucía, Spain | |
| 31 | Win | 19–6–6 | Manuel Seco | RTD | 3 (?) | Sep 17, 1930 | Parque de la Merced, Malaga, Andalucía, Spain | |
| 30 | Win | 18–6–6 | Antonio Mejias | TKO | 3 (6) | Sep 7, 1930 | Parque Recreativo Duque de Rivas, Cordoba, Andalucía, Spain | |
| 29 | Win | 17–6–6 | Caliche | KO | 1 (6) | Sep 4, 1930 | Parque Recreativo Duque de Rivas, Cordoba, Andalucía, Spain | |
| 28 | Win | 16–6–6 | Francisco Parejo | RTD | 2 (6) | Aug 30, 1930 | Plaza de Toros del Triunfo, Granada, Andalucía, Spain | |
| 27 | Win | 15–6–6 | Antonio Hernandez | PTS | 4 | Aug 27, 1930 | Parque de la Merced, Malaga, Andalucía, Spain | |
| 26 | Win | 14–6–6 | Dany Abdelkader | KO | 2 (?) | Aug 24, 1930 | Parque de la Merced, Malaga, Andalucía, Spain | |
| 25 | Win | 13–6–6 | Caliche | KO | 2 (?) | Aug 16, 1930 | Parque de la Merced, Malaga, Andalucía, Spain | |
| 24 | Win | 12–6–6 | Jose Maria Liberato | PTS | 8 | Aug 1, 1930 | Parque de la Merced, Malaga, Andalucía, Spain | |
| 23 | Win | 11–6–6 | Rafael Garrido | KO | 1 (?) | Jul 26, 1930 | Parque de la Merced, Malaga, Andalucía, Spain | |
| 22 | Win | 10–6–6 | Pascual Latorre | PTS | 6 | Jul 17, 1930 | Plaza de Toros, Alicante, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain | |
| 21 | Win | 9–6–6 | Jaime Garcia | KO | 1 (?) | Jul 12, 1930 | Elche, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain | |
| 20 | Win | 8–6–6 | Pedro Bautista | KO | 5 (6) | Jul 5, 1930 | Plaza de Toros, Alicante, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain | |
| 19 | Win | 7–6–6 | Vicente Santacruz | PTS | 6 | Jun 8, 1930 | Plaza de Toros, Alicante, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain | |
| 18 | Loss | 6–6–6 | Isidro Viana | DQ | 2 (6) | Mar 12, 1930 | Teatro Apolo, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain | Sangchili was disqualified when Viana couldn't come out for round 3 after being hit low |
| 17 | Win | 6–5–6 | Saulo | PTS | 6 | Jan 2, 1930 | Spain | Exact date and location uncertain |
| 16 | Loss | 5–5–6 | Antonio Las Heras | PTS | 6 | Nov 24, 1929 | Plaza de Toros, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain | |
| 15 | Win | 5–4–6 | Antonio Bernabeu | TKO | 2 (6) | Nov 17, 1929 | Plaza de Toros, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain | |
| 14 | Draw | 4–4–6 | Antonio Bernabeu | PTS | 6 | Oct 19, 1929 | Plaza de Toros, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain | |
| 13 | Draw | 4–4–5 | Isidro Viana | PTS | 6 | Oct 5, 1929 | Plaza de Toros, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain | |
| 12 | Win | 4–4–4 | Isidro Viana | PTS | 4 | Sep 21, 1929 | Plaza de Toros, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain | |
| 11 | Loss | 3–4–4 | Pascual Latorre | PTS | 6 | Aug 24, 1929 | Plaza de Toros, Alicante, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain | |
| 10 | Win | 3–3–4 | Tony Samber | PTS | 4 | Aug 4, 1929 | Plaza de Toros, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain | |
| 9 | Loss | 2–3–4 | Isidro Viana | PTS | 4 | Jun 22, 1929 | Plaza de Toros, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain | |
| 8 | Loss | 2–2–4 | Saenz | TKO | 2 (4) | Jun 8, 1929 | Plaza de Toros, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain | Sangchili was disqualified for hitting low |
| 7 | Win | 2–1–4 | Casanova | TKO | 3 (4) | Apr 21, 1929 | Cine Coliseum, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain | |
| 6 | Draw | 1–1–4 | Gimeno | PTS | 4 | Dec 25, 1928 | Plaza de Toros, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain | |
| 5 | Draw | 1–1–3 | Gimeno | PTS | 4 | Nov 15, 1928 | Teatro de la Princesa, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain | |
| 4 | Draw | 1–1–2 | Vercher | PTS | 4 | Nov 4, 1928 | Plaza de Toros, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain | |
| 3 | Win | 1–1–1 | Gimeno | PTS | 4 | Sep 1, 1928 | Plaza de Toros, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain | |
| 2 | Draw | 0–1–1 | Gimeno | PTS | 4 | Aug 23, 1928 | Plaza de Toros, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain | |
| 1 | Loss | 0–1 | Antonio Barber | PTS | 6 | Apr 8, 1928 | Plaza de Toros, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain | |
