Editing Kid Chocolate (section)

====Taking the World Jr. Lightweight Championship====
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After going up in weight class to the Junior Lightweight division, he started 1931 by winning four fights in a row. Then, on July 15, his dream of becoming Cuba's first world boxing champion finally came true, as he knocked out the defending world Junior Lightweight champion [[Benny Bass]] in seven rounds to take the world title.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/jrlight.htm|title=Kid Chocolate - Lineal Jr. Lightweight Champion|publisher=The Cyber Boxing Zone Encyclopedia}}</ref> Five non-title wins followed, including a first-round knockout in a rematch with Scalfaro. He finished the year by going up in weight once again, and challenging world Lightweight champion [[Tony Canzoneri]], losing by a decision in 15 in his first attempt to gain the Lightweight crown.

He started 1932 by winning his first eight bouts, including a world title defense in Havana against [[Davie Abad]], beaten in 15 by decision. Then, he faced "Kid" Berg in a rematch, losing again, this time by decision in 15. He engaged in seven more bouts, including two decision wins over [[Johnny Farr]], before fighting [[Lew Feldman]] on October 13. The fight was recognized as a world Featherweight title bout, but only by the New York state athletic commission. Chocolate won by a knockout in 12 rounds, gaining the New York World title.

He defended that ''world'' title twice, including a third fight with LaBarba, before relinquishing it while in the middle of a [[Europe]]an boxing tour that took him to [[Madrid, Spain|Madrid]], [[Barcelona, Spain|Barcelona]] and [[Paris, France|Paris]]. He won all of his fights on that tour by decision. Upon returning to America, he lost by a knockout in two in a rematch with Canzoneri.