'The Hawaiian Punch' Andy Ganigan

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  1. Senor Pepe'

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    Mongo Jerry,,,,,,,,,

    Andy Ganigan was as a teenager, a 'sugar-cane cutter', developing a strong whip-snapping left hand.

    Andy Ganigan (at Age 17 1/2) was the Hawaii Golden Gloves 125 lb. 'Novice" Champion in 1970.

    Andy also was the Hawaii Golden Gloves 132 lb. 'Open' Champion in 1971 and 1972,,,

    As a 3-year Amateur (1970/1971/1972), Andy Ganigan was undefeated 51-0 (23 KO's).

    In 1972, he competed at the National Golden Gloves Tournament in Indianapolis, Indiana
    - where he was defeated (his first loss) be James 'Bubba' Busceme, who went on to
    win the National Golden Gloves as well as represent the United States at the 1972
    at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, Germany.

    Andy Ganigan turned Professional on Tuesday, May 9, 1972 (at Age 19 1/2), and defeated
    Japan's Mamaro Naguka (W KO 2) in a 132 lb. bout.

    Andy was also a 5-year veteran of the Hawaii National Guard, from 1973 thru 1978.
     
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    Alexis Arguello vs Andy Ganigan

    WBC Lightweight Championship

    Round 3 (Possibly the Round of the Year for 1982')

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  3. Rspen46

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    Don't forget one of Ring Mags up and coming guys Gato Gonzalez, he could KO anyone and a decent boxer, and besides these guys the LW division in and around this time was stacked, they had Aaron Pryor originally ranked #3 via Ring Mag at this time, but when his people saw how stacked the LW division was, they ran him as fast as they could to a crappy division with an old Champ they thought he could beat and they did and he did and he never fought anyone with power other than Arguello whom he had to cheat to beat, he avoided all these good fighters at LW, Ganigan would have been able to hit Pryor 1 time and it would have been all he needed, Pryor had a weak chin downed 8 x by bums and once by an old Cervantes, Pryor 10x better all around fighter, but Ganigan's power puts him down, that's why Pryor avoided Duran, and all the rest of them at LW.
     
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    Tremendous 1 punch Power, just not that great of an all around fighter, but if he hit you, he could KO anyone.
     
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  5. JohnThomas1

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    Pryor's very lucky he didn't run into Ganigan, Mancini, Frias, Choo Choo Brown, White Lightning Brown, Butterfly Crawley, Claude Noel, Jimmy Paul, Rockin Robin Blake and co that's for sure.
     
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  6. Rspen46

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    You mention a lot of other names i could not remember when I wrote my original reply. I'm not saying all of the ones I mentioned and you talk about would be Pryor, but if he had stayed at LW, he would not have gone done as a semi ATG that many build him up to be and he would not have been undefeated until the end. He was suppose to fight Mancini, Bramble happened 1st. I don't know if Ray would win, but what a War, and before the KIM fight, Mancini would have had a shot at him, Crawley was style wise not good for Blake and derailed his career, but he would have given him a battle also.
     
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