Ken Buchanan vs. Carlos Hernandez

Ken Buchanan 136 lbs beat Carlos Hernandez 137 lbs by TKO at 0:30 in round 8 of 10

• Date: 1971-05-11
• Location: Empire Pool, Wembley, London, United Kingdom
• Referee: Sid Nathan

"Ken Buchanan of Scotland, world lightweight boxing champion, rallied after a slow start Tuesday night and scored a TKO victory over Venezuela's Carlos Hernandez in the 8th round of a scheduled 10 round non-title fight. Buchanan, cut over the left eye in the 6th, came on strong in the opening seconds of the 8th. He sent the Venezuelan reeling into a corner with two stinging left jabs, then followed with a barrage of punches which prompted referee Sid Nathan to stop it after 30 seconds of the round." - Associated Press

• Buchanan's cut required six stitches to close and postponed his title defense at Madison Square Garden against Ismael Laguna from its original date of June 9th until September.
• The co-feature on this card was Joe Bugner defending his European heavyweight title against Jürgen Blin.

Post-fight comment

• "The June date is definitely out. We might be able to make it in July but we'll have to see how the cut heals." -Eddie Thomas, Buchanan's manager, on rescheduling Ken's title defense against Ismael Laguna.