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In his website, Boxing Talk, Pedro Fernandez asserts that Andrew "Andy" Ganigan ("The Hawaiian Punch", first edition*), whose record stands at 34-5 with 30 Stoppages, was the biggest Filipino puncher ever-- a bigger puncher than Pacquiao, et al. Only 4 of the opponents over whom he won, went the scheduled distance with Andy; that is to say, he had his big wallop from the very start!
Fernandez claims that the immortal Alexis Arguello told him after having met Ganigan, that the Hawaii-raised Filipino was the hardest hitter he had ever faced!
Arguello, in a storied career, had met the following before fighting Ganigan:
Royal Kobayashi - 27 stoppages in 35 wins
Salvador Torres - 17 in 22 wins
Alfredo Escalera - 31 in 53
Rafael "Bazooka" Limon- 39 in 52 wins
Bobby Chacon- 47 in 59 wins
Rolando Navarrete- 31 in 54 wins
Corenelius Boza Edwards - 34 of 45 wins
Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini- 23 of 29 wins
Elizondo - 23 of 32
James Busceme - 24 of 30
Jim Watt - 27 of 38
Robert Vasquez - 23 of 28
Jose Luis Ramirez- 82 of 102!
While some of the above names got their stoppages by the volume of punches thrown (e.g., Boza Edwards) and not by delivering a single punch, a number were heavy hitters.
For example, JL Ramirez not only stopped Edwin Rosario in 4, he deposited Arguello himself on the canvass in the sixth round in their fight at the Jai Alai Fronton in Miami in 1980 (Arguello reversed fortunes and went on to win that fight by TKO). And Robert Vasquez stopped (KO) Ganigan (although Ganigan stopped Vasquez in the return match, two months later, by TKO7).
Your thoughts?
* Jesus Salud was the 2nd edition, and who among the boxing faithful still does not know by now the 3rd edition after that devastating performance in the Morales-Raheem/Pac-Velasquez undercard?
Edit: Sorry fellas! I didn't notice until just now that a similar thread already exists. Mea Culpa, mea maxima culpa!
Fernandez claims that the immortal Alexis Arguello told him after having met Ganigan, that the Hawaii-raised Filipino was the hardest hitter he had ever faced!
Arguello, in a storied career, had met the following before fighting Ganigan:
Royal Kobayashi - 27 stoppages in 35 wins
Salvador Torres - 17 in 22 wins
Alfredo Escalera - 31 in 53
Rafael "Bazooka" Limon- 39 in 52 wins
Bobby Chacon- 47 in 59 wins
Rolando Navarrete- 31 in 54 wins
Corenelius Boza Edwards - 34 of 45 wins
Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini- 23 of 29 wins
Elizondo - 23 of 32
James Busceme - 24 of 30
Jim Watt - 27 of 38
Robert Vasquez - 23 of 28
Jose Luis Ramirez- 82 of 102!
While some of the above names got their stoppages by the volume of punches thrown (e.g., Boza Edwards) and not by delivering a single punch, a number were heavy hitters.
For example, JL Ramirez not only stopped Edwin Rosario in 4, he deposited Arguello himself on the canvass in the sixth round in their fight at the Jai Alai Fronton in Miami in 1980 (Arguello reversed fortunes and went on to win that fight by TKO). And Robert Vasquez stopped (KO) Ganigan (although Ganigan stopped Vasquez in the return match, two months later, by TKO7).
Your thoughts?
* Jesus Salud was the 2nd edition, and who among the boxing faithful still does not know by now the 3rd edition after that devastating performance in the Morales-Raheem/Pac-Velasquez undercard?
Edit: Sorry fellas! I didn't notice until just now that a similar thread already exists. Mea Culpa, mea maxima culpa!
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