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

ResultRecordOpponentTypeRoundDateLocationNotes110Win Jim AlpanesPTS10Jun 8, 1940 109Win77–20–12 Miguel SafontTKO4 (12)Mar 18, 1940 108Win76–20–12 Jim AlpanesTKO7 (10)Dec 23, 1939 107Draw75–20–12 Miguel SafontPTS10Dec 6, 1939 106Loss75–20–11 Peter KanePTS10Apr 3, 1939 105Loss75–19–11 Jim BradyPTS12Mar 13, 1939 104Loss75–18–11 Robert BourdetPTS10Dec 29, 1938 103Loss75–17–11 Ernst WeissPTS10Dec 9, 1938 102Loss75–16–11 Valentin AngelmannDQ4 (10)Oct 6, 1938 101Win75–15–11 Eugène HuatTKO7 (10)Apr 21, 1938 100Loss74–15–11 Panama Al BrownSD15Mar 4, 1938 99Draw74–14–11 Joseph DecicoPTS10Feb 3, 1938 98Win74–14–10 Victor PerezPTS10Oct 28, 1937 97Win73–14–10 Maurice DupuisTKO6 (10)Oct 14, 1937 96Win72–14–10 Roger CottiTKO3 (10)Oct 7, 1937 95Win71–14–10 Henri SanchezTKO3 (10)Sep 16, 1937 94Loss70–14–10 Juan ZuritaPTS10Jan 1, 1937 93Win70–13–10 Tony MarinoPTS10Oct 15, 1936 92Loss69–13–10 Frankie MartinUD10Sep 28, 1936 91Loss69–12–10 Tony MarinoKO14 (15)Jun 29, 1936 90Win69–11–10 Lew FarberPTS10May 29, 1936 89Win68–11–10 Jimmy MartinTKO8 (10)May 16, 1936 88Win67–11–10 Luis SoriaPTS12Apr 4, 1936 87Win66–11–10 Tony ButcherTKO4 (12)Mar 21, 1936 86Win65–11–10 Ronnie JamesPTS12Mar 12, 1936 85Loss64–11–10 Benny SharkeyPTS12Feb 10, 1936 84Win64–10–10 Alfredo MagnolfiPTS10Oct 18, 1935 83Win63–10–10 Victor PerezPTS10Sep 15, 1935 82Win62–10–10 Nicolas Petit BiquetTKO11 (15)Aug 31, 1935 81Win61–10–10 Young BorelPTS10Aug 3, 1935 80Win60–10–10 Vicente RiambauPTS10Jul 14, 1935 79Win59–10–10 Rene GabesKO3 (10)Jun 22, 1935 78Win58–10–10 Panama Al BrownPTS15Jun 1, 1935 77Win57–10–10 Panama Al BrownPTS10Mar 18, 1935 76Win56–10–10 Kid DavidtSD10Jan 16, 1935 75Win55–10–10 Young BorelPTS10Jan 4, 1935 74Draw54–10–10 Joseph DecicoPTS10Nov 28, 1934 73Win54–10–9 Eugene LorenzoniPTS10Oct 16, 1934 72Loss53–10–9 Nicolas Petit BiquetPTS15Aug 18, 1934 71Win53–9–9 Alfredo MagnolfiKO4 (10)Aug 4, 1934 70Win52–9–9 Victor PerezPTS10Jun 17, 1934 69Win51–9–9 Victor FerrandKO4 (10)Apr 14, 1934 68Win50–9–9 Giovanni SiliKO2 (10)Mar 18, 1934 67Win49–9–9 Henri BarrasDQ4 (10)Feb 23, 1934 66Draw48–9–9 Carlos FlixPTS12Feb 6, 1934 65Win48–9–8 Victor FerrandPTS10Jan 19, 1934 64Win47–9–8 Renico SimmonsTKO3 (10)Jan 11, 1934 63Win46–9–8 Louis LegrasPTS10Oct 30, 1933 62Win45–9–8 Gennaro ViciniKO2 (10)Oct 25, 1933 61Win44–9–8 Alfredo MagnolfiPTS10Oct 17, 1933 60Win43–9–8 Ottavio GoriKO4 (10)Sep 10, 1933 59Win42–9–8 Ottavio GoriKO6 (?)Aug 27, 1933 58Draw41–9–8 Nicolas Petit BiquetSD15Jul 15, 1933 57Win41–9–7 Ottavio GoriPTS10Jun 11, 1933 56Win40–9–7 Carlos FlixPTS12Apr 22, 1933 55Win39–9–7 Young PerezPTS10Mar 18, 1933 54Win38–9–7 Emilio IglesiasPTS10Feb 7, 1933 53Win37–9–7 Jean CuartTKO7 (10)Jan 17, 1933 52Loss36–9–7 Lorenzo VitriaPTS10Dec 20, 1932 51Win36–8–7 Manuel GonzalezPTS10Nov 3, 1932 50Win35–8–7 Albert BiesmansPTS10Sep 3, 1932 49Draw34–8–7 Miguel SafontPTS10Aug 20, 1932 48Win34–8–6 Miguel SafontPTS8Jul 6, 1932 47Loss33–8–6 Fortunato OrtegaPTS8Feb 12, 1932 46Loss33–7–6 Juan CastelloDQ1 (6)Jan 31, 1932 45Win33–6–6 Jose Maria LiberatoPTS8Sep 27, 1931 44Win32–6–6 Jose Maria LiberatoPTS8Sep 16, 1931 43Win31–6–6 Jose Maria LiberatoPTS8Sep 5, 1931 42Win30–6–6 Jose UcedaPTS8Aug 29, 1931 41Win29–6–6 Fernando LorenteTKO8 (10)Aug 20, 1931 40Win28–6–6 BrahamTKO6 (10)Jul 31, 1931 39Win27–6–6 Fernando MoralesPTS8Jul 26, 1931 38Win26–6–6 Francisco BellaPTS10Mar 28, 1931 37Win25–6–6 Louis VerdierKO2 (8)Mar 20, 1931 36Win24–6–6 Javier RullTKO4 (?)Jan 17, 1931 35Win23–6–6 Rafael GarridoTKO3 (?)Jan 10, 1931 34Win22–6–6 Tony SamberPTS6Nov 23, 1930 33Win21–6–6 Ignacio GomezKO3 (8)Nov 2, 1930 32Win20–6–6 Kid BrandTKO2 (?)Sep 24, 1930 31Win19–6–6 Manuel SecoRTD3 (?)Sep 17, 1930 30Win18–6–6 Antonio MejiasTKO3 (6)Sep 7, 1930 29Win17–6–6 CalicheKO1 (6)Sep 4, 1930 28Win16–6–6 Francisco ParejoRTD2 (6)Aug 30, 1930 27Win15–6–6 Antonio HernandezPTS4Aug 27, 1930 26Win14–6–6 Dany AbdelkaderKO2 (?)Aug 24, 1930 25Win13–6–6 CalicheKO2 (?)Aug 16, 1930 24Win12–6–6 Jose Maria LiberatoPTS8Aug 1, 1930 23Win11–6–6 Rafael GarridoKO1 (?)Jul 26, 1930 22Win10–6–6 Pascual LatorrePTS6Jul 17, 1930 21Win9–6–6 Jaime GarciaKO1 (?)Jul 12, 1930 20Win8–6–6 Pedro BautistaKO5 (6)Jul 5, 1930 19Win7–6–6 Vicente SantacruzPTS6Jun 8, 1930 18Loss6–6–6 Isidro VianaDQ2 (6)Mar 12, 1930 17Win6–5–6 SauloPTS6Jan 2, 1930 16Loss5–5–6 Antonio Las HerasPTS6Nov 24, 1929 15Win5–4–6 Antonio BernabeuTKO2 (6)Nov 17, 1929 14Draw4–4–6 Antonio BernabeuPTS6Oct 19, 1929 13Draw4–4–5 Isidro VianaPTS6Oct 5, 1929 12Win4–4–4 Isidro VianaPTS4Sep 21, 1929 11Loss3–4–4 Pascual LatorrePTS6Aug 24, 1929 10Win3–3–4 Tony SamberPTS4Aug 4, 1929 9Loss2–3–4 Isidro VianaPTS4Jun 22, 1929 8Loss2–2–4 SaenzTKO2 (4)Jun 8, 1929 7Win2–1–4 CasanovaTKO3 (4)Apr 21, 1929 6Draw1–1–4 GimenoPTS4Dec 25, 1928 5Draw1–1–3 GimenoPTS4Nov 15, 1928 4Draw1–1–2 VercherPTS4Nov 4, 1928 3Win1–1–1 GimenoPTS4Sep 1, 1928 2Draw0–1–1 GimenoPTS4Aug 23, 1928 1Loss0–1 Antonio BarberPTS6Apr 8, 1928

See also List of Bantamweight boxing champions List of The Ring world champions#Bantamweight

References

External links Baltasar Sangchili Profile Baltasar Sangchili - CBZ Profile