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Ken Buchanan Record

61-8
Total Fights69
Wins61
Losses8
Draws0
No-Contests0
Title Wins3
Title Defenses2
Title-Fight KOs0
KO Wins26
KO Losses1
Ken Buchanan Record & Stats
Ken Buchanan's Record
Ken Buchanan's boxing record and career infographic

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      What is Ken Buchanan's boxing record?

      In a professional boxing career spanning 16 years and four months, Ken Buchanan fought 69 times with 61 wins and 8 losses.

      Buchanan retired from professional boxing with a record of 61-8, which included three lightweight world-title wins and two successful title defense fights. He had a 37.7% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 26 of his total 69 fights being knockout wins. The only knockout loss in Buchanan's career was a 13th round TKO loss to Roberto Durán in a lightweight title fight.

      His last fight was a 8 round PTS defeat to George Feeney on January 25, 1982.

      Some of Buchanan's best fights and notable victories include wins over two Hall-of-Famers (Carlos Ortiz and Ismael Laguna), Carlos Morocho Hernández, Andries Steyn, Joe Tetteh, Edwin Malave, and Jim Watt.

      #DateAgeOpponentResVia
      69Jan 25, 198236George FeeneyLossPTS
      68Nov 24, 198136Lance WilliamsLossPTS
      67Apr 4, 198135Langton TinagoLossPTS
      66Jan 26, 198135Steve EarlyLossPTS
      65Oct 20, 198035Des GwilliamWinPTS
      64May 5, 198034Najib DahoWinKO7
      63Dec 6, 197934Charlie NashLossUD
      62Sep 6, 197934Eloi De SouzaWinPTS
      61Jun 28, 197934Benny BenitezWinPTS
      60Jul 25, 197530Giancarlo UsaiWinTKO12
      59Feb 27, 197529Guts IshimatsuLoss *UD
      58Dec 16, 197429Leonard TavarezWinTKO14
      57Nov 21, 197429Winston NoelWinTKO2
      56May 1, 197428Antonio PudduWinTKO6
      55Apr 4, 197428Joe TettehWinKO3
      54Feb 7, 197428Jose PetersonWinPTS
      53Dec 6, 197328Miguel AraujoWinKO1
      52Oct 11, 197328Frankie OteroWinTKO6
      51Sep 1, 197328Edwin MalaveWinTKO7
      50May 29, 197327Frankie OteroWinUD
      49Mar 27, 197327Hector MattaWinPTS
      48Jan 29, 197327Jim WattWinPTS
      47Dec 4, 197227Chang-Kil LeeWinTKO2
      46Sep 20, 197227Carlos OrtizWinRTD6
      45Jun 26, 197226Roberto DuránLoss *TKO13
      44Apr 29, 197226Andries SteynWinRTD3
      43Mar 28, 197226Al FordWinPTS
      42Sep 13, 197126Ismael LagunaWin *UD
      41May 11, 197125Carlos Morocho HernándezWinTKO8
      40Feb 12, 197125Ruben NavarroWin *UD
      39Dec 7, 197025Donato PaduanoWinUD
      38Sep 26, 197025Ismael LagunaWin *SD
      37May 12, 197024Brian HudsonWinPTS
      36Apr 6, 197024Chris FernandezWinPTS
      35Feb 23, 197024Leonard TavarezWinPTS
      34Jan 29, 197024Miguel VelasquezLossPTS
      33Nov 11, 196924Vincenzo PitardiWinTKO2
      32Jul 14, 196924Jerry GraciWinTKO1
      31Mar 5, 196923Jose Luis TocidaWinPTS
      30Feb 17, 196923Mike CruzWinTKO4
      29Jan 2, 196923Frankie NarvaezWinPTS
      28Dec 11, 196823Ameur LamineWinTKO3
      27Oct 23, 196823Angel Robinson GarciaWinPTS
      26Jun 10, 196822Ivan WhiterWinPTS
      25Apr 22, 196822Leonard TavarezWinPTS
      24Feb 19, 196822Maurice CullenWinKO11
      23Oct 30, 196722Jim McCormackWinPTS
      22Sep 14, 196722Al RoccaWinTKO7
      21Jul 26, 196722Rene RoqueWinPTS
      20Jun 28, 196722Winston LaudWinPTS
      19May 11, 196721Franco BrondiWinTKO3
      18Feb 14, 196721Tommy GarrisonWinPTS
      17Jan 23, 196721John McMillanWinPTS
      16Dec 19, 196621Phil LundgrenWinPTS
      15Oct 17, 196621Al KeenWinPTS
      14Oct 17, 196621Antonio PaivaWinPTS
      13Sep 8, 196621Mickey LaudWinPTS
      12Aug 8, 196621Ivan WhiterWinPTS
      11Jul 12, 196621Brian SmythWinTKO1
      10May 11, 196620Junior CassidyWinPTS
      9Apr 19, 196620Chris ElliottWinPTS
      8Apr 4, 196620Tommy TigerWinPTS
      7Mar 7, 196620Manley BrownWinTKO4
      6Jan 24, 196620Tommy TigerWinPTS
      5Dec 13, 196520Junior CassidyWinPTS
      4Nov 22, 196520Joe OkezieWinTKO3
      3Nov 1, 196520Billy WilliamsWinTKO3
      2Oct 18, 196520Vic WoodhallWinTKO2
      1Sep 20, 196520Brian Rocky TonksWinTKO2

      * World-title fight

      Boxing career

      Ken Buchanan (Fighting Carpenter) was a Scottish professional boxer. He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on June 28, 1945. He was a lightweight world champion. He died on April 1, 2023 at the age of 77 years. Buchanan was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in 2000. His professional boxing career spanned more than 16 years — from 1965 to 1982.

      Buchanan made his professional boxing debut against Brian Rocky Tonks at the age of 20 on September 20, 1965, defeating Tonks via 2nd round TKO. He went on to win 32 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 12 wins via stoppage.

      He had his first world title fight at the age of 25 on September 26, 1970 after 37 professional fights, against Ismael Laguna for the lightweight WBA and The Ring titles. He defeated Laguna via 15 round split decision to become the lightweight champion of the world.

      Ken Buchanan was a one-time undisputed lightweight world champion, and won three world titles at lightweight. For all the details about Buchanan's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.

      Buchanan had a total of eight losses in his professional boxing career.

      His last professional fight was a non-title bout against George Feeney at 36 years of age, on January 25, 1982. Buchanan lost the fight via 8 round PTS.

      Championships

      Buchanan had a total of five world-title fights, which includes winning three world titles and two successful title defenses. He won three of these fights and lost two.

      Title Wins

      Ken Buchanan fought for lightweight world titles in three fights and won two of these fights. In total, he won three lightweight belts.

      DateOpponentDivisionTitles WonMethod
      Feb 12, 1971+Ruben NavarroLightweightWBC*UD
      Sep 26, 1970Ismael LagunaLightweightWBA, The RingSD
      + Became undisputed world champion
      * Vacant title

      Title Defenses

      Ken Buchanan had three lightweight world-title defense fights. He won two of them and lost once.

      Following is the table of his successful title defense fights, the next section has the fights where he lost his titles.

      DateOpponentDivisionTitles DefendedMethod
      Sep 13, 1971Ismael LagunaLightweightWBA, The RingUD
      Feb 12, 1971+Ruben NavarroLightweightWBA, The RingUD
      + Became undisputed world champion

      Title Losses

      Ken Buchanan lost one world-title defense fight, and lost two titles in the fight.

      DateOpponentDivisionTitles LostMethod
      Jun 26, 1972Roberto DuránLightweightWBA, The RingTKO

      Highlights

      Buchanan fought a total of 69 times during his professional career, which includes 5 world-title fights at the lightweight division. These four fights are the highlight of his career.

      • September 26, 1970: Buchanan wins his first world titles by defeating Ismael Laguna via 15 round split decision. He is now the WBA and The Ring lightweight world champion.

      • February 12, 1971: Buchanan becomes the undisputed lightweight world champion by defeating Ruben Navarro via 15 round unanimous decision. He now holds the WBA, The Ring, and WBC lightweight world-champion belts.

      • September 13, 1971: Buchanan successfully defends the WBA and The Ring lightweight titles against Ismael Laguna, winning the fight via 15 round unanimous decision.

      • September 20, 1972: Ken Buchanan beats Carlos Ortiz via 6th round RTD.

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