Buchanan vs Suzuki
Posted: 07 Jan 2004, 20:06
What was this fight like?.I see Suzuki won a UD and Buchanan is the best fighter he beat by far.Was it a dodgy decision or was Ken just past it by that point?
Ken claims in his book "The Tartan Legend" , which is well worth a read, that he got done up by the Japanese over their. He said they brought in a new sparring partner before the fight who must have known his left eye was soft, as he rolled a thumb into it during sparrin which was agony for Buchanan.
This softened it up before the fight and he maintains that he was winning and then his eye started swelling up and he statrted to lose some rounds as he couldn't see some of the shots coming.
The fight was in Japan against a Japanese fighter and Ken lost a 15 round UD which he still thinks he won.