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Ken Buchanan

BORN   June 28 1945; Edinburgh, Scotland
HEIGHT 5-7 1/2
WEIGHT 126-137 lbs
MANAGER Eddie Thomas
TRAINER Gil Clancy

Buchanan was a talented and clever boxer with a nice classic boxing style about him, accompanied by a beautiful left jab; He won his first 33 bouts before losing a contest; Then, he continued his winning ways and built up a splendid 56-2 mark before running into rougher waters; During his career, he won the WBC Lightweight Championship of the World, the WBA Lightweight Championship of the World, the EBU Lightweight Championship of Europe and the BBBC Lightweight Championship of Great Britain

He defeated such men as Carlos Ortiz, Ismael Laguna, Carlos Hernandez, Jim Watt, Giancarlo Usai, Antonio Puddu, Frankie Otero, Donato Paduano, Ruben Navarro, Joe Tetteh, Andries Steyn, Al Ford, Frankie Narvaez, Vincenzo Pitardi, Jose Luis Torcida, Angel Robinson Garcia, Maurice Cullen, Rene Roque, Franco Brondi and Brian Hudson

Herb Goldman ranked Buchanan as the #12 All-Time Lightweight; Ken was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2000

1965
Sep 20 Brian "Rocky" Tonks        London, England                   TK  2
Oct 18 Vic Woodhall               Manchester, England               TK  2
Nov  1 Billy Williams             London, England                   TK  3
Nov 22 Joe Okezie                 London, England                   TK  3
Dec 13 Junior Cassidy             London, England                    W  8

1966
Jan 24 Tommy Tiger                London, England                    W  8
Mar  7 Manley Brown               London, England                   TK  4
Apr  4 Tommy Tiger                London, England                    W  8
Apr 19 Chris Elliot               London, England                    W  8
May 11 Junior Cassidy             Manchester, England                W  8
Jul 12 Brian Smith                Port Talbot, Wales                TK  1
Aug  6 Ivan Whiter                London, England                    W  8
Sep  6 Mick Laud                  London, England                    W  8
Oct 17 Antonio Paiva              London, England                    W 10
Nov 29 Al Keen                    Leeds, England                     W  8
Dec 19 Phil Lundgren              London, England                    W 10

1967
Jan 23 John McMillan              Glasgow, Scotland                  W 10
          -BBBC Lightweight Championship of the Scottish Area
Feb 14 Tommy Garrison             London, England                    W 10
May 11 Franco Brondi              Paisley, Scotland                 TK  3
Jun 28 Winston Laud               London, England                    W  8
Jul 26 Rene Roque                 Port Talbot, Wales                 W 10
Sep 14 Al Rocca                   London, England                   TK  7
Oct 30 Jim "Spike" McCormack      London, England                    W 12
          -BBBC Lightweight Championship of Great Britain - Elimination Bout

1968
Feb 19 Maurice Cullen             London, England                   KO 11
          -BBBC Lightweight Championship of Great Britain
Apr 22 Leonard Tavarez            London, England                    W  8
Jun 10 Ivan Whiter                London, England                    W  8
Oct 23 Angel Robinson Garcia      London, England                    W 10
Dec 11 Ameur Lamine               Hamilton, Scotland                TK  3

1969
Jan  2 Frank Narvaez              London, England                    W 10
Feb 17 Mike Cruz                  London, England                   TK  4
          -Some sources report "KO 5"
Mar  5 Jose Luis Torcida          Solihull, England                  W 10
Jul 14 Jerry Graci                Nottingham, Scotland              TK  1
Nov 11 Vincenzo Pitardi           London, England                   TK  2

1970
Jan 29 Miguel Velazquez           Madrid, Spain                      L 15
          -EBU Lightweight Championship of Europe
Feb 23 Leonard Tavarez            London, England                    W 10
Apr  6 Chris Fernandez            Nottingham, England                W 10
May 12 Brian Hudson               London, England                   KO  5
          -BBBC Lightweight Championship of Great Britain
Sep 26 Ismael Laguna              San Juan, Puerto Rico              W 15
          -WBA Lightweight Championship of the World
Dec  7 Donato Paduano             New York, NY                       W 10

1971
Feb 12 Ruben Navarro              Los Angeles, Ca                    W 15
          -WBC Lightweight Championship of the World;
          WBA Lightweight Championship of the World
May 10 Carlos Hernandez           London, England                   TK  8
          -Some sources report 5/11/71
Sep 13 Ismael Laguna              New York, NY                       W 15
          -WBA Lightweight Championship of the World

          -Buchanan was stripped of the WBC Lightweight Championship
          for failing to fight Pedro Carrasco

1972
Mar 28 Al Ford                    London, England                    W 10
Apr 29 Andries Steyn              Johannesburg, Trans, SAfrica      TK  3
Jun 26 Roberto Duran              New York, NY                      LT 14
          -WBA Lightweight Championship of the World
Sep 20 Carlos Ortiz               New York, NY                      TK  7
Dec  4 Chang Kil Lee              New York, NY                      TK  2

1973
Jan 29 Jim Watt                   Glasgow, Scotland                  W 15
          -BBBC Lightweight Championship of Great Britain
Mar 27 Hector Matta               London, England                    W 10
May 29 Frankie Otero              Miami Beach, Fl                    W 10
Sep  1 Edwin "Chu Chu" Malave     New York, NY                      TK  7
Oct 11 Frankie Otero              Toronto, Ont, Canada              TK  6
Dec  6 Miguel Araujo              Copenhagen, Denmark               KO  1

1974
Feb  7 Jose Peterson              Copenhagen, Denmark                W 10
Apr  4 Joe Tetteh                 Copenhagen, Denmark               KO  3
May  1 Antonio Puddu              Cagliari, Italy                   TK  6
          -EBU Lightweight Championship of Europe
Nov 21 Winston Noel               Copenhagen, Denmark               TK  2
Dec 16 Leonard Tavarez            Paris, France                     TK 14
          -EBU Lightweight Championship of Europe

1975
Feb 27 "Guts" Ishimatsu [Suzuki]  Tokyo, Japan                       L 15
          -WBC Lightweight Championship of the World
Jul 25 Giancarlo Usai             Cagliari, Italy                   TK 12
          -EBU Lightweight Championship of Europe

1979
Jun 28 Benny Benitez              Randers, Denmark                   W  8
Sep  6 Eloi De Souza              Randers, Denmark                   W  8
Dec  6 Charlie Nash               Copenhagen, Denmark                L 12
          -EBU Lightweight Championship of Europe

1980
May 15 Najib Daho                 London, England                   KO  7
Oct 19 Des Gwilliam               Birmingham, England                W  8
          -Some sources report 10/20/80

1981
Jan 26 Steve Early                Birmingham, England                L 12
         -BBBC Light Welterweight Championship of Great Britain - Elimination Bout
Apr  4 Langton Tinago             Harare, Zimbabwe                   L 10
Nov 24 Lawrence "Lance" Williams  London, England                    L  8

1982
Jan 25 George Feeney              London, England                    L  8



Record courtesy of Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing Research Organization

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