Ken Buchanan

IBHoF Bio

Name: Ken Buchanan
Hometown: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Birthplace: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Died: 2023-04-01 (Age:77)
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 171cm
Reach: 178cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record

• Manager: Eddie Thomas
• Trainer: Gil Clancy
• Ken Buchanan Image Gallery
• Awarded BWAA Edward J. Neil Trophy as the "Fighter of the Year" for 1970
• 1965 ABA Featherweight Champion
• The Tartan Legend: The Autobiography

External Links

• boxingbiographies.co.uk
• "W.B.C. say Fight is for Title", Evening Times (Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom), 11 February 1971 – via Google News Newspaper Archive.
• "WBC approve Buchanan bout", The Glasgow Herald (Scotland, United Kingdom), 12 February 1971 – via Google News Newspaper Archive.
• "King Ken, World Champion after a shock knock-down", Reg Gutteridge, Evening Times (Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom), 13 February 1971 – via Google News Newspaper Archive.
• "World Champion home to-night", The Glasgow Herald (Scotland, United Kingdom), 15 February 1971 – via Google News Newspaper Archive.
• "Hero's welcome for Buchanan", Evening Times (Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom), 15 February 1971 – via Google News Newspaper Archive.
• World Boxing Council (Spanish: Consejo Mundial de Boxeo) Ratings on March 1971
  

(In Spanish) "Clasificaciones de Marzo Según el Consejo Mundial de Boxeo", El Informador (Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico), 11 March 1971 - via HNDM (Hemeroteca Nacional Digital de México).

WBC Ratings on March 1971 Lightweight (Spanish: Livianos)
Champion: Ken Buchanan (Great Britain) 1. Pedro Carrasco (Spain) 2. Mando Ramos (United States) 3. Miguel Velazquez (Spain) 4. René Barrientos (Philippines) 5. Rubén Navarro (United States) 6. Gerard Ferrat (Mexico) 7. Carlos Hernández (Venezuela) 8. Erubey "Chango" Carmona (Mexico) 9. Shinichi Kadota (Japan) 10. Al Ford (Canada)

Preceded by: Ismael Laguna	WBA Lightweight Champion 1970 Sep 26 – 1972 Jun 26	Succeeded by: Roberto Duran
Preceded by: Ismael Laguna Stripped	WBC Lightweight Champion 1971 Feb 12 – 1971 Jun 25 Stripped	Succeeded by: Pedro Carrasco