Andrew is known as Andy the “Hawaiian Punch” Ganigan, born on September 3, 1952. He very notable for the punches that he made and he was put as the number 97 in the Ring Magazine’s list of 100 greatest punchers of all time. Over all his life in boxing ended from 1972 to 1983 with the total wins of 34 and 30 KOs. His style of boxing was a southpaw.
Ganigan gained the NABF lightweight title by scoring a TKO over Vicente Saldivar on March 28, 1978 in 8 rounds. The victory over Saldivar was sweet but not until he lost to Johnny Lira on January 8, 1979. He fought back by gaining back the title from Saldivar with a 12 round unanimous decision in March 27, 1979. Ganigan won the WAA lightweight title by KO in 2 rounds against Sean O’Grady on October 31, 1982. Eventually, Ganigan’s career ended when he challenged Arguello who took him down in the 6th round TKO in an attempt to take the USBA lightweight title.
Ganigan always had that “punchers” chance. He had great wins over O’Grady, and Saldivar and dramatic fights with Lira whom he floored twice before losing, and Gato Gonzalez a real top notch fighter. He also had the great Alex Arguello down before being KO’ed. He could have beaten some of the best champs of his time (Art Frias and the Italian guy that took his title) except Duran.