Ken Buchanan

Ken Buchanan MBE (28 Yuni 1945 - 1 Afrilu 2023) ya kasance kwararren ɗan dambe na Scotland wanda ya yi gasa tsakanin 1965 da 1982. Ya gudanar da zakarun da yawa a nauyi mai sauƙi; World Boxing Association (WBA) da kuma taken Mujallar Ring daga 1970 zuwa 1972; da kuma taken World Boxing Council (WBC) a 1971, ya yi mulki a takaice a matsayin zakara ba tare da wata matsala ba har sai an cire shi daga taken WBC watanni hudu bayan haka. A matakin yanki ya rike taken Birtaniya sau biyu a 1968 da 1973, da kuma taken Turai daga 1974 zuwa 1975.

Ayyukan dambe

Farkon aiki

Kafin ya juya pro, Buchanan ya kasance zakaran ABA na 1965 . Ya fara dambe a ranar 20 ga Satumba 1965, inda ya doke Brian Tonks ta hanyar buga kwallo a zagaye na biyu a London. Ya shafe yawancin sassan farko na aikinsa yana yaƙi da abokan adawar da ba a san su ba a Ingila. Farkonsa na Scotland ya zo ne a yaƙin sa na 17, lokacin da ya fi John McMillan a zagaye 10 a ranar 23 ga Janairun 1967. Kafin wannan, ya kuma doke Ivan Whiter ta hanyar yanke shawara a zagaye takwas.

Mai kalubalantar nauyi mai sauƙi

Buchanan ya kara yawan nasarar da ya samu zuwa wasanni 23 a jere kafin ya kalubalanci Maurice Cullen a ranar 19 ga Fabrairu 1968 don taken Birtaniya a London. Ya kori Cullen a zagaye na 11 kuma ya zama mai kalubalantar duniya mai sauƙi.

Ya ci gaba da hanyarsa ta hawa matsayi na duniya ta hanyar kayar da Leonard Tavarez, Angel Robinson Garcia da Whiter (a cikin sakewa) da sauransu, amma a ranar 29 ga watan Janairun 1970, ya sami dutsensa na farko a kan hanyar dambe lokacin da ya kalubalanci zakaran WBC na gaba Miguel Velasquez a Madrid, don taken Turai. Buchanan ya rasa yanke shawara na zagaye 15 ga Velazquez, amma duk da haka, ya ci gaba da hawa zuwa matsayi na farko a cikin matsayi ta hanyar doke Tavarez a cikin sakewa, Chris Fernandez da Brian Hudson, wanda aka doke shi ta hanyar knockout a cikin biyar a cikin kare taken Birtaniya.