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Sweet jesus, the UK will never produce a lightweight this slick & skilled ever again.

Now thats pure class!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfVKFjbZ ... re=related

Yes, fantastic fighter. Great movement. Two very impressive wins over Laguna, an outstanding lightweight himself. It annoys me when Alex Arthur publically criticises the man.

Soon as I read the Title I thought Bucannan

yeah he could do it all couldnt he?

Amazing to think that after his career he had to return to being a carpenter on the building sites of Scotland. If he turned pro in this day and age you would have to think he could expect to make a few million with that ability.

Buchanan's win over Laguna is one of the greatest wins by a British fighter. Ken went into the lions den & won. What stands out from the bout, is the very high temperatures both guys fought under. I cannot remember the temperatur given but by all accounts it was ridiculously hot!

Imagine Amir Khan in with Buchanan? No, I didn't think so either!

Looks like Alex Arthur's dad.

Gray-Fox wrote:Looks like Alex Arthur's dad.

Ken would certainly have beaten Alex like he was his daddy if they had ever met in the ring!

Kenny is a great guy, salt of the earth. I had the pleasure to chat with him in Glasgow a few years ago and he STILL weighs in at lightweight. He went through a bad patch some years ago, and was sexually assaulted by a housemate in Glasgow whilst asleep (for which the housemate paid a heavy price when Kenny woke up). He also hurt his back in a police station (allegedly hurled down some stairs), but Kenny is over all that shit.
It says a lot that one of the greatest fighters ever never gave him a deserved rematch.

A witty guy also as well as a great fighter.
In a documentary , he said "they call Duran hands of stone cuz he hit me in the stones".
Classic.

Hey, Pug, you should see Kenny in a kilt. He looks more Scottish than Robbie Burns.

I believe it Bennie.
Ken was such a skilled boxer. Really great to watch.
It always bugged me that Duran never fought him again.
Even if Duran stopped him in a rematch, it would at least have put some finality to the situation.
Ken had some good moments in their fight also.
Duran was a machine that night, but it wasnt entirely one way traffic in my opinion.