Eugène Huat

Eugène Huat (8 February 1907 – 15 December 1980) was a French boxer who was champion of France and Europe at flyweight, and fought four times for world titles at bantamweight.

In June 1929 he beat Émile Pladner on points at the Cirque de Paris to win the French and European flyweight titles.

[1] Towards the end of the year he travelled to the United States to take part in a tournament to content the vacant NYSAC world flyweight title; Huat beat Corporal Izzy Schwartz,[2] before losing to Eladio "Black Bill" Valdés in the semi-final.

[4] Huat beat Nicolas Petit-Biquet in April 1930, and Pladner in May, and in October faced Panama Al Brown in Paris for the IBU world bantamweight title, losing on points.

[5][7] Back in France, Huon put together six straight wins, including victories over Francois Biron, Lucian Popescu,[8] and Len Beynon,[9] before losses to Kid Francis and Panama Al Brown.