Siddhesh Joshi (Editor)

Small Montana

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Real name
  
Benjamin Gan

Wins
  
83

Height
  
1.63 m

Losses
  
24

Stance
  
Role
  
Boxer

Draws
  
10

Nationality
  
Filipino

Name
  
Small Montana

Total fights
  
118

Rated at
  
Wins by KO
  
18

Division
  
Flyweight


Small Montana

Born
  
February 24, 1913Negros Occidental, Philippines (
1913-02-24
)

Died
  
August 4, 1976, La Carlota, Negros Occidental, Philippines

Benny lynch v small montana fly weight boxing film


Benjamin Gan (February 24, 1913 – August 4, 1976), more commomly known as Small Montana, was a Filipino boxer.

Contents

Small Montana Cyber Boxing Zone Small Montana

Montana, who stood 5 feet and 4 inch (163 cm) tall and never weighed more than 112 pounds, won the Flyweight Championship of the World (as recognized by New York state).

Small montana w10 midget wolgast ii


Fighting style

Montana was known for his quick punches, although he was a scrappy and not very tall fighter; he had not the KO punch but was speedy and clever. Montana scored just 13 knockouts in 83 professional wins.

Early life

Benjamin Gan was born in Negros Occidental, Philippines, on February 24, 1913, a son of the local chief of police. He was of Chinese descent.

Gan grew up with the passion for boxing and was inspired by the fights of the legendary Francisco Guilledo. He carried a photo of Guilledo in his wallet at all times. At a young age, Gan changed his name to Small Montana ("little mountain") and ran away from home to become a professional boxer in 1931.

Professional career

He won the American flyweight title by beating Midget Wolgast twice in 1935. He also went abroad to defend his title, but lost to Benny Lynch in a 15-round bout in London on January 9, 1937.

He also tried to fight for a world championship but fell short in all his world title matches. During his career he fought Little Dado and Little Pancho (half-brother of Francisco Guilledo) but lost to both of them on points.

He defeated Manuel Ortiz, Midget Wolgast, Tony Marino, Joe Tei Ken, Speedy Dado, Tommy Forte, Augie Curtis, Pat Palmer, Frankie Jarr, Eugene "Tuffy" Pierpont and Antol "Tony" Kocsis.

References

Small Montana Wikipedia


Similar Topics