Lucian Popescu (12 January 1912 in Bucharest – 9 December 1982) was a Romanian boxer who won European titles in three different classes.
Nicknamed Chocolate Boy ("băiatul de ciocolată"), he is considered to be the best Romanian boxer between the two world wars.
[1] Making his amateur debut on 23 December 1927, he became national champion in the flyweight class in 1928.
On 7 June 1930, in Bucharest, he challenged flyweight European title holder Kid Oliva, a Frenchman.
[citation needed] After he retired as a boxer he became a trainer at the "Progresul" boxing club in Bucharest, where he had among his disciples European amateur champions Gheorghe Negrea and Aurel Dumitrescu.