Ken Buchanan

Career, Record, Stats

Ken Buchanan (Fighting Carpenter) was a Scottish professional boxer. He was a lightweight world champion with 3 world-title wins. In a career spanning 16 years, 4 months, and 5 days, Buchanan amassed a record of 61-8, which includes 26 wins via KO. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in 2000.

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LEGEND

Ken Buchanan's Boxing Career

Ken Buchanan was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on June 28, 1945. He made his professional debut at the age of 20 years on September 20, 1965 against Brian Rocky Tonks. Buchanan defeated Tonks via 2nd round TKO, making a successful beginning of his pro career.

Buchanan became a world champion fight at the age of 25 after 37 professional fights. He challenged Ismael Laguna for the WBA and The Ring lightweight titles and defeated the champion via 15-round split decision, winning his first world titles.

He then went on to successfully win the WBC lightweight world title as well — and undisputed at lightweight.

Buchanan's last fight was an points decision loss to George Feeney at age 36, on January 25, 1982.

Some of Ken Buchanan's best fights were against Ismael Laguna (HOFer), Carlos Ortiz, and Jim Watt. For a complete list of Buchanan's best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Ken Buchanan".

Buchanan has 8 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Ken Buchanan Losses".

Ken Buchanan's Boxing Record

#	Date	Age	Opponent	Res	Via
69	Jan 25, 1982	36	George Feeney	loss	PTS 8
68	Nov 24, 1981	36	Lance Williams	loss	PTS 8
67	Apr 04, 1981	35	Langton Tinago	loss	PTS 10
66	Jan 26, 1981	35	Steve Early	loss	PTS 12
65	Oct 20, 1980	35	Des Gwilliam	win	PTS 8
64	May 05, 1980	34	Najib Daho	win	KO 7
63	Dec 06, 1979	34	Charlie Nash	loss	UD 12
62	Sep 06, 1979	34	Eloi De Souza	win	PTS 8
61	Jun 28, 1979	34	Benny Benitez	win	PTS 8
60	Jul 25, 1975	30	Giancarlo Usai	win	TKO 12
59	Feb 27, 1975	29	Guts Ishimatsu	loss	UD 15
58	Dec 16, 1974	29	Leonard Tavarez	win	TKO 14
57	Nov 21, 1974	29	Winston Noel	win	TKO 2
56	May 01, 1974	28	Antonio Puddu	win	TKO 6
55	Apr 04, 1974	28	Joe Tetteh	win	KO 3
54	Feb 07, 1974	28	Jose Peterson	win	PTS 10
53	Dec 06, 1973	28	Miguel Araujo	win	KO 1
52	Oct 11, 1973	28	Frankie Otero	win	TKO 6
51	Sep 01, 1973	28	Edwin Malave	win	TKO 7
50	May 29, 1973	27	Frankie Otero	win	UD 10
49	Mar 27, 1973	27	Hector Matta	win	PTS 10
48	Jan 29, 1973	27	Jim Watt 24 15-2	win	PTS 15
47	Dec 04, 1972	27	Chang-Kil Lee	win	TKO 2
46	Sep 20, 1972	27	Carlos Ortiz 36 61-6-1	win	RTD 6
45	Jun 26, 1972	26	Roberto Durán 21 28-0	loss	TKO 13
44	Apr 29, 1972	26	Andries Steyn	win	RTD 3
43	Mar 28, 1972	26	Al Ford	win	PTS 10
42	Sep 13, 1971	26	Ismael Laguna 28 65-8-1	win	UD 15
41	May 11, 1971	25	Carlos Morocho Hernández	win	TKO 8
40	Feb 12, 1971	25	Ruben Navarro	win	UD 15
39	Dec 07, 1970	25	Donato Paduano	win	UD 10
38	Sep 26, 1970	25	Ismael Laguna 27 63-6-1	win	SD 15
37	May 12, 1970	24	Brian Hudson	win	PTS 10
36	Apr 06, 1970	24	Chris Fernandez	win	PTS 10
35	Feb 23, 1970	24	Leonard Tavarez	win	PTS 10
34	Jan 29, 1970	24	Miguel Velasquez	loss	PTS 15
33	Nov 11, 1969	24	Vincenzo Pitardi	win	TKO 2
32	Jul 14, 1969	24	Jerry Graci	win	TKO 1
31	Mar 05, 1969	23	Jose Luis Tocida	win	PTS 10
30	Feb 17, 1969	23	Mike Cruz	win	TKO 4
29	Jan 02, 1969	23	Frankie Narvaez	win	PTS 10
28	Dec 11, 1968	23	Ameur Lamine	win	TKO 3
27	Oct 23, 1968	23	Angel Robinson Garcia	win	PTS 10
26	Jun 10, 1968	22	Ivan Whiter	win	PTS 8
25	Apr 22, 1968	22	Leonard Tavarez	win	PTS 8
24	Feb 19, 1968	22	Maurice Cullen	win	KO 11
23	Oct 30, 1967	22	Jim McCormack	win	PTS 12
22	Sep 14, 1967	22	Al Rocca	win	TKO 7
21	Jul 26, 1967	22	Rene Roque	win	PTS 8
20	Jun 28, 1967	22	Winston Laud	win	PTS 8
19	May 11, 1967	21	Franco Brondi	win	TKO 3
18	Feb 14, 1967	21	Tommy Garrison	win	PTS 10
17	Jan 23, 1967	21	John McMillan	win	PTS 10
16	Dec 19, 1966	21	Phil Lundgren	win	PTS 10
15	Oct 17, 1966	21	Al Keen	win	PTS 8
14	Oct 17, 1966	21	Antonio Paiva	win	PTS 10
13	Sep 08, 1966	21	Mickey Laud	win	PTS 8
12	Aug 08, 1966	21	Ivan Whiter	win	PTS 8
11	Jul 12, 1966	21	Brian Smyth	win	TKO 1
10	May 11, 1966	20	Junior Cassidy	win	PTS 8
9	Apr 19, 1966	20	Chris Elliott	win	PTS 8
8	Apr 04, 1966	20	Tommy Tiger	win	PTS 8
7	Mar 07, 1966	20	Manley Brown	win	TKO 4
6	Jan 24, 1966	20	Tommy Tiger	win	PTS 8
5	Dec 13, 1965	20	Junior Cassidy	win	PTS 8
4	Nov 22, 1965	20	Joe Okezie	win	TKO 3
3	Nov 01, 1965	20	Billy Williams	win	TKO 3
2	Oct 18, 1965	20	Vic Woodhall	win	TKO 2
1	Sep 20, 1965	20	Brian Rocky Tonks	win	TKO 2

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