Record details

	Ken Buchanan
	Lightweight Male Great Britain, Edinburgh, Scotland Born: 28 June 1945, Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain Died: 1 April 2023, Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain Height: 5ft 7 1/2in, mt 1,70

as an amateur:

1965 ABA featherweight champion
1965 East Berlin, East Germany, European Championships featherweight bronze medal

Amateur Results


1964
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
Glasgow, Scotland, Dual Match Scotland vs Italy, 57 kg
- Jan. 16	Giovanni Girgenti (ITA)	Glasgow, Scotland	LPTS

1965
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
Berlin, East Germany, European Championships bronze medal, 57 kg
+ May 22	Perez	Berlin, East Germany	WDQ 2
+ May 24	Lajos Baranyi	Berlin, East Germany	WPTS
+ May 25	Ivan Traykov	Berlin, East Germany	WPTS
- May 27	Stanislav Stepashkin	Berlin, East Germany	LPTS

Professional record


1965
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Sept. 20	Brian Rocky Tonks	Piccadilly, Great Britain	TKO 2
+ Oct. 18	Vic Woodhall	Manchester, Great Britain	TKO 2
+ Nov. 1	Billy Williams	Piccadilly, Great Britain	TKO 3
+ Nov. 22	Joe Okezie	Piccadilly, Great Britain	TKO 3
+ Dec. 13	Junior Cassidy	Piccadilly, Great Britain	W 8

1966
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 24	Tommy Tiger	Piccadilly, Great Britain	W 8
+ Mar. 7	Manley Brown	Piccadilly, Great Britain	TKO 4
+ Apr. 4	Tommy Tiger	Piccadilly, Great Britain	W 8
+ Apr. 19	Chris Elliott	Piccadilly, Great Britain	W 8
+ May 11	Junior Cassidy	Manchester, Great Britain	W 8
+ July 12	Brian Smyth	Port Talbot, Great Britain	TKO 1
+ Aug. 6	Ivan Whiter	Kensington, Great Britain	W 8
+ Sept. 6	Mickey Laud	Wembley, Great Britain	W 8
+ Oct. 17	Antonio Paiva	Piccadilly, Great Britain	W 10
+ Nov. 29	Al Keen	Leeds, Great Britain	W 8
+ Dec. 19	Phil Lundgren	Piccadilly, Great Britain	W 10

1967
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 23	John McMillan	Glasgow, Great Britain	W 10
vacant Scottish Lightweight Title
+ Feb. 14	Tommy Garrison	Kensington, Great Britain	W 10
+ May 11	Franco Brondi	Paisley, Great Britain	TKO 3
+ June 28	Winston Laud	Piccadilly, Great Britain	W 8
+ July 26	Rene Roque	Aberavon, Great Britain	W 10
+ Sept. 14	Al Rocca	Mayfair, Great Britain	TKO 7
+ Oct. 30	Jim McCormack	Piccadilly, Great Britain	W 12
British Lightweight Title Eliminator

1968
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 19	Maurice Cullen	Mayfair, Great Britain	KO 11
British Lightweight Title
+ Apr. 22	Leonard Tavarez	Piccadilly, Great Britain	W 8
+ June 10	Ivan Whiter	Piccadilly, Great Britain	W 8
+ Oct. 23	Angel Robinson Garcia	Mayfair, Great Britain	W 10
+ Dec. 11	Ameur Lamine	Hamilton, Great Britain	TKO 3

1969
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 2	Frankie Narvaez	Piccadilly, Great Britain	W 10
+ Feb. 17	Mike Cruz	Mayfair, Great Britain	TKO 4
+ Mar. 5	Jose Luis Torcida	Solihull, Great Britain	W 10
+ July 14	Jerry Graci	Nottingham, Great Britain	TKO 1
+ Nov. 11	Vincenzo Pitardi	Mayfair, Great Britain	TKO 2

1970
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Jan. 29	Miguel Velazquez	Madrid, Spain	L 15
vacant European Lightweight Title
+ Feb. 23	Leonard Tavarez	Piccadilly, Great Britain	W 10
+ Apr. 6	Chris Fernandez	Nottingham, Great Britain	W 10
+ May 12	Brian Hudson	Wembley, Great Britain	KO 5
British Lightweight Title
+ Sept. 26	Ismael Laguna	San Juan, Puerto Rico	W 15
World Lightweight Title
+ Dec. 7	Donato Paduano	New York, United States	W 10

1971
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 12	Ruben Navarro	Los Angeles, United States	W 15
World Lightweight Title
+ May 11	Carlos Hernandez	Wembley, Great Britain	TKO 8
+ Sept. 13	Ismael Laguna	New York, United States	W 15
World Lightweight Title

1972
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 28	Al Ford	Wembley, Great Britain	W 10
+ Apr. 29	Andries Steyn	Johannesburg, South Africa	TKO 3
- June 26	Roberto Duran	New York, United States	TKO by 13
World Lightweight Title
+ Sept. 20	Carlos Ortiz	New York, United States	TKO 6
+ Dec. 4	Chang-Kil Lee	New York, United States	TKO 2

1973
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 29	Jim Watt	Glasgow, Great Britain	W 15
British Lightweight Title
+ Mar. 27	Hector Matta	Kensington, Great Britain	W 10
+ May 29	Frankie Otero	Miami Beach, United States	W 10
+ Sept. 1	Edwin Malave	New York, United States	TKO 7
+ Oct. 11	Frankie Otero	Toronto, Canada	TKO 6
+ Dec. 6	Miguel Araujo	Copenhagen, Denmark	KO 1

1974
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 7	Jose Peterson	Copenhagen, Denmark	W 10
+ Apr. 4	Joe Tetteh	Copenhagen, Denmark	KO 3
+ May 1	Antonio Puddu	Cagliari, Italy	TKO 6
European Lightweight Title
+ Nov. 21	Winston Noel	Copenhagen, Denmark	TKO 2
+ Dec. 16	Leonard Tavarez	Paris, France	TKO 14
European Lightweight Title

1975
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Feb. 27	Guts Ishimatsu	Tokyo, Japan	L 15
WBC Lightweight Title
+ July 25	Giancarlo Usai	Cagliari, Italy	TKO 12
European Lightweight Title


1976-1978 Inactive

1979
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ June 28	Benny Benitez	Randers, Denmark	W 8
+ Sept. 6	Eloi Emiliano De Souza	Randers, Denmark	W 8
- Dec. 6	Charlie Nash	Copenhagen, Denmark	L 12
European Lightweight Title

1980
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ May 15	Najib Daho	Mayfair, Great Britain	KO 7
+ Oct. 20	Des Gwilliam	Birmingham, Great Britain	W 8

1981
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Jan. 26	Steve Early	Birmingham, Great Britain	L 12
British Super-Lightweight Title Final Eliminator
- Apr. 4	Langton Tinago	Salisbury, Zimbabwe	L 10
- Nov. 24	Lance Williams	Wembley, Great Britain	L 8

1982
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Jan. 25	George Feeney	Piccadilly, Great Britain	L 8