Ken Buchanan
| Ken Buchanan MBE | ||||||||||||||
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| File:Ken Buchanan (1945–2023).jpg Buchanan in 1965 | ||||||||||||||
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| Eikname(s) | Fighting Carpenter[1] | |||||||||||||
| Ratit at | Lichtwecht | |||||||||||||
| Naitionality | Scots | |||||||||||||
| Born | 28 Juin 1945 Edimburrie, Scotland | |||||||||||||
| Deed | 1 Apryle 2023 (aged 77) | |||||||||||||
| Stance | Orthodox | |||||||||||||
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| Tot fichts | 69 | |||||||||||||
| Grees | 61 | |||||||||||||
| Grees bi KO | 27 | |||||||||||||
| Losses | 8 | |||||||||||||
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Ken Buchanan MBE (28t June 1945 – 1t Apryle 2023) wis a Scots professional boxer wha became the wantulyied warld lichtwecht kemp in 1971.
Daith
[eedit | eedit soorce]Buchanan deed on the 1t Apryle 2023, eildit 77. He haed been dreein the dementia.[2][3][4][5]
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ "Fighting Carpenter From Scotland". Sports Illustrated. 8 Februar 1971. Archived frae the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
This convoluted mentality does different things to different people. To Ken Buchanan, a 25-year-old carpenter from Edinburgh, it has brought the lightweight championship of the world and an overnight reputation among American boxing followers as one of the most impressive European fighters ever to cross the Atlantic.
- ↑ Campsie, Alison (1 Apryle 2023). "Scottish boxing legend and 'gentleman' Ken Buchanan dies at 77". The Scotsman. Archived frae the original on 1 Apryle 2023.
- ↑ McCafferty, Gavin (1 Apryle 2023). "Ken Buchanan – a true boxing great who had battles in and out of the ring". The Independent. Archived frae the original on 1 Apryle 2023.
- ↑ "Ken Buchanan: Scotland's first undisputed boxing world champion dies at 77". BBC Sport. 1 Apryle 2023. Archived frae the original on 1 Apryle 2023.
- ↑ "Ken Buchanan, former world lightweight boxing champion, dies aged 77". The Guardian. 1 Apryle 2023. Archived frae the original on 1 Apryle 2023.
External links
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Ken Buchanan – A Look Back At a True Great - The Story of Buchanans Rise To Fame, ringnews24.com; accessed 20 August 2017.
- Ken Buchanan interview, stv.tv, 18 June 2007; accessed 20 August 2017.