Aurel Toma (July 30, 1911 – August 25, 1980)[1] was a Romanian professional boxer of Bulgarian origin who competed from 1931 to 1948.
He held the European bantamweight title twice, firstly in 1936 and again from 1938 to 1939.
[2] After he won the first bantamweight title in 1936, Toma was decorated by king Carol II of Romania of whom for a while he was a personal driver and a boxing teacher of his son, Prince Michael.
[2] Toma was the only boxer to knock out Benny Lynch.
[3] A sports hall in Babadag, Romania is named after him.