Ken Buchanan

Ken Buchanan
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	Portobello (en) da Edinburgh, 28 ga Yuni, 1945
ƙasa	Birtaniya
Mutuwa	1 ga Afirilu, 2023
Karatu
Makaranta	Portobello High School (en)
Harsuna	Turanci
Sana'a
Sana'a	boxer (en)
Tsayi	171 cm
Kyaututtuka	gani Member of the Order of the British Empire International Boxing Hall of Fame  (2000) WBC World Lightweight Champion WBA World Lightweight Champion The Ring World Lightweight Champion Sugar Ray Robinson Award  (1970)

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.

Hanyoyin haɗi na waje

• 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.

Sporting positions
Magabata Maurice Cullen	British lightweight champion 19 February 1968 – 1971 Vacated	Vacant Title next held by Willie Reilly
Magabata Jim Watt	British lightweight champion 29 January 1973 – 1973 Vacated	Vacant Title next held by Jim Watt
Magabata Antonio Puddu	European lightweight champion 1 May 1974 – 1976 Vacated	Vacant Title next held by Fernand Roelands
Magabata Ismael Laguna	WBA lightweight champion 26 September 1970 – 26 June 1972	Magaji Roberto Durán
	The Ring lightweight champion 26 September 1970 – 26 June 1972
Vacant Title last held by Ismael Laguna	WBC lightweight champion 12 February 1971 – 25 June 1971 Stripped	Vacant Title next held by Pedro Carrasco
	Undisputed lightweight champion 12 February 1971 – 25 June 1971 Titles fragmented	Vacant Title next held by Roberto Durán
Records			Oldest Living British World Champion 6 October 2017 – 1 April 2023