Tan Teng Kee or Battling Key was a professional boxer from Singapore and former two time Malayan Lightweight Champion.
[1] Tan Teng Kee debuted in 1922, winning the Malayan Lightweight Championship in his eighth fight.
He lost to fellow veteran boxer Young Pelky (Lope Tenorio) in 1923 in front of an audience of 6000 people, earning the respect of ringside observers.
[4] This was ruled as an accidental death and was reported as one of the first boxing fatalities outside Singapore by The Straits Times.
[5] His funeral took place at the Roman Catholic cemetery and was attended by numerous amateur boxers.