Ken Buchanan
Ken Buchanan was born on June 28, 1945 in Northfield, Edinburgh. He joined the Sparta club aged eight and turned professional in 1965 aged 20. Before turning pro, Buchanan was the 1965 ABA featherweight champion.
Professional Career
At the age of 20 years old , Ken's burning ambition to be a boxer started to unfold. His debut fight was at London's National Sporting Club were he took on Brian Tonks (1-1-0). The fight was over fairly quickly when Ken won by KO in the second round. This was the first win of the unknown boxer from Scotland, but it wouldn't take long until Ken Buchanan's name was known on a bigger stage. Ken spent a lot of his early career fighting in England , mainly London's National Sporting Club were ten of his first sixteen bouts were held. Kens next fight was held outside England for the first time, it was to be held in his homeland with Glasgow's Central Hotel being the venue. The fight was for the vacant Scottish area lightweight title, the challenger John McMillan (6-10-3) lost a close decision to Ken. This was victories ken's first belt as a professional boxer and his seventeenth straight victory. With only sixteen months experience as a professional boxer things were looking bright for the young Scotsman, but what did the future have ahead for ken?.
Full of new confidence Ken's run continued, adding another five straight wins to his record beating better opposition than he previously faced. Not long after turning twenty-two Ken faced his first real challenge in his career. Ken (22-0) was up against a highly experienced Jim 'Spike' McCormack (42-38-12) on the 19th of February 1968 at a familiar venue London's National Sporting Club, this fight was a eliminator for the British lightweight title, which Ken went onto win on points.
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