www.boxinghistory.org.uk - all rights reserved This page has been brought to you by www.boxinghistory.org.uk Click on the image above to visit our site Ken Buchanan (Edinburgh) Active: 1965-1973 Weight classes fought in: Recorded fights: 53 contests (won: 51 lost: 2) Fight Record 1965 Sep 20 Brian Tonks (Swindon) WRSF2(6) National Sporting Club, Piccadilly 24/09/1965 page 2 Buchanan 9st 0lbs Tonks 9st 1lbs 8ozs Oct 18 Vic Woodhall (Mexborough) WRSF2(8) Wyvern SC, Manchester 22/10/1965 page 16 Buchanan 9st 2lbs 8ozs Woodhall 9st 0lbs 8ozs Referee: Alan King Nov 1 Billy Williams (Cannock) WRSF2(6) National Sporting Club, Piccadilly 05/11/1965 page 3 Williams boxed for the Midlands Area Bantamweight Title twice in 1963. Buchanan 9st 3lbs Williams 8st 13lbs Nov 22 Joe Okesi (Nigeria) WRSF3(8) National Sporting Club, Piccadilly 26/11/1965 page 7 Buchanan 9st 2lbs 8ozs Okesi 9st 8lbs 8ozs
Dec 13 Junior Cassidy (Nigeria) WPTS(8) National Sporting Club, Piccadilly 17/12/1965 pages 3 and 11 Buchanan 9st 5lbs Cassidy 9st 5lbs 12ozs 1966 Jan 24 Tommy Tiger (Leicester) WPTS(8) National Sporting Club, Piccadilly 28/01/1966 page 4 Buchanan 9st 8lbs 8ozs Tiger 9st 12lbs 2ozs Mar 7 Manley Brown (Bournemouth) WRSF4(8) National Sporting Club, Piccadilly 11/03/1966 page 3 Buchanan 9st 6lbs 4ozs Brown 9st 10lbs 12ozs Referee: Bill White Apr 4 Tommy Tiger (Leicester) WPTS(8) National Sporting Club, Piccadilly 15/04/1966 pages 4 and 5 Buchanan 9st 6lbs Tiger 9st 12lbs 4ozs Apr 19 Chris Elliott (Leicester) WPTS(8) National Sporting Club, Piccadilly 22/04/1966 pages 5 and 6 Elliott was Midlands Area Lightweight Champion 1962-64. Buchanan 9st 7lbs Elliott 9st 11lbs May 11 Junior Cassidy (Nigeria) WPTS(8) Wyvern SC, Manchester 20/05/1966 page 2 Buchanan 9st 5lbs Cassidy 9st 7lbs Jul 12 Brian Smythe (Belfast) WRSF1 Afan Lido, Aberavon 29/07/1966 page 2 Smythe boxed for the Northern Ireland Featherweight Title 1965. Promoter: Cyril Thomas (brother of Eddie) Aug 6 Ivan Whiter (Tooting) WPTS(8) Empress Stadium, Earls' Court 12/08/1966 pages 8, 09 and 16 Whiter was Southern Area Lightweight Champion 1966 and Southern Area Welterweight Champion 1967-68. Buchanan 9st 5lbs 8ozs Whiter 9st 11lbs 8ozs Promoter: Jack Solomons and Lawrie Lewis Sep 6 Mickey Laud (St Ives) WPTS(8) Empire Pool, Wembley 09/09/1966 pages 8, 09 and 12 Laud boxed a British Junior Welterweight Title Eliminator 1967. Buchanan 9st 4lbs 4ozs Laud 9st 13lbs 12ozs Promoter: Jack Solomons Oct 17 Antonio Pavia (Brazil) WPTS(10) National Sporting Club, Piccadilly 21/10/1966 pages 3 and 12 Buchanan 9st 5lbs Pavia 9st 5lbs 3ozs Referee: Benny Caplan
Nov 29 Al Keen (Islington) WPTS(8) Town Hall, Leeds 09/12/1966 page 4 Buchanan 9st 8lbs 12ozs Keen 9st 12lbs Referee: Roland Dakin Dec 19 Phil Lundgren (Bermondsey) WPTS(10) National Sporting Club, Piccadilly 23/12/1966 page 16 Lundgren boxed a British Featherweight Title Eliminator 1964 and was Southern Area Featherweight Champion 1963-64 and Southern Area Lightweight Champion 1966. 1967 Jan 23 John McMillan (Glasgow) WPTS(10) Central Hotel, Glasgow 03/02/1967 page 2 (Scottish Area Lightweight Title) McMillan boxed for the Scottish Lightweight Title 1967. Buchanan 9st 6lbs McMillan 9st 9lbs Referee: George Smith Feb 14 Tommy Garrison (USA) WPTS(10) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington 17/02/1967 pages 7 and 16 Buchanan 9st 7lbs 12ozs Garrison 9st 11lbs 4ozs Referee: Harry Gibbs Promoter: Mike Barrett May 11 Franco Brondi (Italy) WRSF3(8) Ice Rink, Paisley 19/05/1967 pages 2 and 11 Buchanan 9st 8lbs Brondi 9st 9lbs Referee: Tommy Hendrie Promoter: Peter Keenan Jun 28 Winston Laud (St Ives) WPTS(8) National Sporting Club, Piccadilly Laud was Southern Area Lightweight Champion 1968. Jul 26 Rene Roque WPTS(10) Aberavon Sep 14 Al Rocca (Manchester) WRSF7 World Sporting Club, Mayfair Rocca boxed a British Lightweight Title Eliminator 1966. Oct 30 Jim Spike McCormack (Belfast) WPTS(12) National Sporting Club, Piccadilly 03/11/1967 page 3 (British Lightweight Title Final Eliminator) McCormack boxed a British Lightweight Title Eliminator 1967 and was Northern Ireland Area Lightweight Champion 1958. Buchanan 9st 8lbs 4ozs McCormack 9st 8lbs 12ozs Referee: Harry Gibbs
1968 Feb 19 Maurice Cullen (Shotton) WKO12(15) Anglo-American Sporting Club, Mayfair (British Lightweight Title) Cullen was British Lightweight Champion 1965-68. Buchanan 9st 5lbs 8ozs Cullen 9st 8lbs 14ozs Referee: Roland Dakin Attendance: 1000 Apr 22 Leonard Tavarez (France) WPTS(8) National Sporting Club, Piccadilly 26/04/1968 page 2 Buchanan 9st 8lbs 4ozs Tavarez 9st 6lbs Referee: Harry Gibbs Jun 10 Ivan Whiter (Tooting) WPTS(8) National Sporting Club, Piccadilly Oct 23 Angel Garcia (Cuba) WPTS(10) World Sporting Club, Mayfair Dec 11 Ameur Lamine WRSF3 Hamilton 1969 Jan 2 Frankie Narvaez (Puerto Rico) WPTS(10) National Sporting Club, Piccadilly 10/01/1969 pages 4 and 5 Buchanan 9st 5lbs Narvaez 9st 9lbs 8ozs Referee: Bill Williams Feb 17 Mike Cruz WRSF4 World Sporting Club, Mayfair Mar 5 Jose Luis Torceda (Spain) WPTS(8) Midlands SC, Solihull 14/03/1969 page 6 Buchanan 9st 6lbs Torceda 9st 10lbs 4ozs Referee: Chris Maggs Jul 14 Jerry Graci WRSF1 Nottingham Nov 11 Vincenzo Pitardi WRSF2 World Sporting Club, Mayfair 1970 Jan 29 Miguel Velazquez (Spain) LPTS(15) Madrid Spain (European Lightweight Title) Feb 23 Leonard Tavarez (France) WPTS(10) National Sporting Club, Piccadilly Buchanan 9st 8lbs 8ozs Tavarez 9st 7lbs Referee: Harry Humphreys
Apr 6 Chris Fernandez WPTS(10) Ice Stadium, Nottingham May 12 Brian Hudson (Woodford) WKO5 Pool, Wembley (British Lightweight Title) Hudson boxed for the British Lightweight Title 1970 and was Southern Area Lightweight Champion 1969-71. Sep 26 Ismael Laguna (Puerto Rico) WPTS(15) Bithorn Stadium, San Juan Puerto Rico 02/10/1970 pages 4 and 4 (WBA and New York Lightweight Titles) Buchanan 9st 8lbs Laguna 9st 8lbs 8ozs Referee: Waldemar Schmidt Dec 7 Donato Paduano (USA) WPTS(10) New York City USA 11/12/1970 pages 12 and 13 1971 Feb 12 Ruben Navarro WPTS(15) New York City USA (World Lightweight Title) May 11 Carlos Hernandez (Venezuela) WRSF8 Empire Pool, Wembley Buchanan 9st 9lbs 8ozs Hernandez 9st 11lbs Referee: Sid Nathan Sep 13 Ismael Laguna (Puerto Rico) WPTS(15) New York City USA (World Lightweight Title) 1972 Mar 28 Al Ford (Canada) WPTS(10) Wembley Apr 29 Andries Steyn (South Africa) Match made at 10st 3lbs Referee: Sid Nathan WRSF3 Johannesburg South Africa Jun 26 Roberto Duran (Panama) LRSF13(15) New York City USA Sep 20 Carlos Ortiz (USA) (World Lightweight Title) WRTD6 New York City USA Dec 4 Chang Kil-Lee WRSF2 New York City USA
1973 Jan 29 Jim Watt (Glasgow) WPTS(15) St Andrews SC, Glasgow (British Lightweight Title) Watt was British Lightweight Champion 1972-73 and 1975-77 and European Lightweight Title 1977-79 and World Lightweight Champion 1979-81. Buchanan 9st 7lbs 12ozs Watt 9st 8lbs 13ozs Referee: George Smith Mar 27 Hector Matta (Puerto Rico) WPTS(10) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Buchanan 9st 10lbs 8ozs Matta 9st 11lbs 4ozs Referee: Harry Gibbs May 29 Frankie Otero (USA) WPTS(10) Miami Beach USA Sep 1 Chu Chu Malave (USA) WRSF7 New York City USA Oct 11 Frankie Otero (USA) WRTD5 Toronto Canada Dec 6 Miguel Araujo WKO1 Copenhagen Denmark This record was researched and compiled by Miles Templeton and Richard Ireland. It may be published elsewhere provided full acknowledgement and a link to www.boxinghistory.org.uk are included www.boxinghistory.org.uk - all rights reserved This page has been brought to you by www.boxinghistory.org.uk Click on the image above to visit our site We have a lot more information on this boxer, and for all of the boxers listed on this record. Please email boxinghistory@hotmail.co.uk or phone 07872 578596 for details