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I'm looking for info on Andrew Ganigan Lightweight contender of the late 70s early 80s.
I saw his war with Gato Gonzalez His starching of Sean O'Grady and his knockdown of the great Arguello. This guy was an exicting fighters i have ever seen.

He was a devastasting southpaw puncher. What info are you looking for? Get in touch, and I will gladly respond.

Well maybe just some background on him, How he got into boxing. a recap of his amatuer and professional career.
I only saw him in a few fights but they were all great action fights.
He was a terrific puncher with good boxing skills but he couldn't take a very good punch which made for some exiting fights with lots of knockdowns both ways.
He faded from the scene after getting beat by Jimmy Paul in 1983. What did he do after boxing whats he doing now?
Just any info you can supply would be much appreiciated.

that last post was from me

From the sound of things, you know as much as I do about Andrew. He had that war with 'Gato' Gonzalez as you said. He bust Gato's jaw, even though the tough Mexican won on points. That was typical of Ganigan. A hard puncher, but very unlucky. A few months after that fight, Gato got a crack at the vacant WBA lightweight title with Claude Noel.
That title was vacated by Sean O'Grady, thanks to his father's dispute with the WBA, or should I say no thanks. Ganigan had to make do with a shot at O'Grady's joke 'WAA' title, which Pat O'Grady formed in retaliation to the WBA. Andrew, of course shocked Sean in two sensational rounds and should have been world champion. Certainly, in terms of linearage, he could call himself champion. But not officially.
And nobody recoghnised the WAA.
Still, he picked up a good payday against Alexis Arguello in 1982 in another sensational fight, this time for the legitimate WBC lightweight title. Ganigan floored the normally iron-chinned Arguello in the first, before a brutal body shot turned the tables in round five. But what a war!
If you look at his whole career, he was always unlucky. He was always going to struggle against Arguello and Jimmy Paul. They were fighters who everyone struggled against in their prime! And he lost at crucial times in his career. He suffered a shock defeat at the hands of Roberto Vasquez in July 1979, for example, which earned Vasquez a crack at Jim Watt for the WBC title. Ganigan would certainly have had a better chance of beating Watt than he did Arguello.
The same applied to his loss to Johnny Lira in '78. Lira went on to challenge Ernesto Espana for the WBA title on the back of that win. Again, Ganigan may have beaten Espana.
Don't know anything about his amateur career, or what he's doing now I'm afraid. He got out at the right time for sure. He didn't stick around to get banged up. If he was fighting today, he would be a world champion 10 times over. He chinned Curtis Ramsey in two, who went on to take Don Curry 10 rounds. And scored several other quality knockouts. He was a natural puncher. There aren't many about.

All the best

Bennie

Thanks for the recap on Anrew Ganigan, Bennie.
Ganigan certainly was an exiting fighter. He was a terrific puncher
.He Hit hard enough to drop the great Arguello. But he was also a pretty skilled boxer. If it hadn't been for his less than steller ability to take a punch he certainly would have been Lightweight champ. As it was he was a lot better than many of the guys who did wear a title belt at that time.
I'd really like to find out some more info on this guy.
Perhaps one of the other members of the forum will come up with something...

that was me again

One of the things that I remember from the O'Grady fight was that Ganigan was a late sub for Howard Davis jr. Davis, was a light punching right handed cutie..exactly the opposite of Ganigan As it turned out,It was a pretty bad move on the part of Sean'S Father/Manager Pat bringing in Ganagin