Ken Buchanan
61–8 · 67 recorded bouts · 1965–1982
Ken Buchanan finished 44% of 61 wins inside the distance — the 36th percentile for lightweight boxing, where the median is 51%. No reach is on record, so this page compares record rather than measurements.
What is on record
| Reach | not recorded | |
|---|---|---|
| Height | not recorded | |
| Stance | Orthodox | |
| Division | Lightweight Boxing | |
| Peak era | 1970s | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
Wikipedia carries no reach figure for Ken Buchanan, so the reach-advantage comparison this site is built on cannot be computed. Everything below comes from the record instead.
Record
Boxing record
61–8
69 bouts on record
Finish rate
44%
of wins ended inside the distance — lightweight boxing median 51%, 36th percentile
The career, bout by bout
67 recorded bouts from 1965 to 1982. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
18y
1965–1982
Longest unbeaten run
37
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
1966
10 bouts
Recorded bouts
67
67 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | L | George Feeney | Decision | 8 |
| 1981 | L | Lance Williams | Decision | 8 |
| 1981 | L | Langton Tinago | Decision | 10 |
| 1981 | L | Steve Early | Decision | 12 |
| 1980 | W | Des Gwilliam | Decision | 8 |
| 1980 | W | Najib Daho | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1979 | L | Charlie Nash | Decision | 12 |
| 1979 | W | Eloi De Souza | Decision | 8 |
| 1979 | W | Benny Benitez | Decision | 8 |
| 1975 | W | Giancarlo Usai | KO/TKO | 12 |
| 1975 | L | Guts Ishimatsu | Decision | 15 |
| 1974 | W | Leonard Tavarez | KO/TKO | 14 |
| 1974 | W | Winston Noel | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1974 | W | Antonio Puddu | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1974 | W | Joe Tetteh | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1974 | W | Jose Peterson | Decision | 10 |
| 1973 | W | Miguel Araujo | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1973 | W | Frankie Otero | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1973 | W | Edwin Malave | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1973 | W | Hector Matta | Decision | 10 |
| 1973 | W | Jim Watt | Decision | 15 |
| 1972 | W | Chang-Kil Lee | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1972 | W | Carlos Ortiz | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1972 | L | Roberto Durán | KO/TKO | 13 |
| 1972 | W | Andries Steyn | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1972 | W | Al Ford | Decision | 10 |
| 1971 | W | Ismael Laguna | Decision | 15 |
| 1971 | W | Carlos Morocho Hernández | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 1971 | W | Ruben Navarro | Decision | 15 |
| 1970 | W | Donato Paduano | Decision | 10 |
| 1970 | W | Ismael Laguna | Decision | 15 |
| 1970 | W | Brian Hudson | Decision | 10 |
| 1970 | W | Chris Fernandez | Decision | 10 |
| 1970 | W | Leonard Tavarez | Decision | 10 |
| 1970 | L | Miguel Velasquez | Decision | 15 |
| 1969 | W | Vincenzo Pitardi | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1969 | W | Jerry Graci | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1969 | W | Jose Luis Tocida | Decision | 10 |
| 1969 | W | Mike Cruz | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1969 | W | Frankie Narvaez | Decision | 10 |
| 1968 | W | Ameur Lamine | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1968 | W | Angel Robinson Garcia | Decision | 10 |
| 1968 | W | Ivan Whiter | Decision | 8 |
| 1968 | W | Leonard Tavarez | Decision | 8 |
| 1968 | W | Maurice Cullen | KO/TKO | 11 |
| 1967 | W | Jim McCormack | Decision | 12 |
| 1967 | W | Al Rocca | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1967 | W | Rene Roque | Decision | 8 |
| 1967 | W | Winston Laud | Decision | 8 |
| 1967 | W | Franco Brondi | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1967 | W | Tommy Garrison | Decision | 10 |
| 1967 | W | John McMillan | Decision | 10 |
| 1966 | W | Phil Lundgren | Decision | 10 |
| 1966 | W | Al Keen | Decision | 8 |
| 1966 | W | Antonio Paiva | Decision | 10 |
| 1966 | W | Mickey Laud | Decision | 8 |
| 1966 | W | Ivan Whiter | Decision | 8 |
| 1966 | W | Brian Smyth | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1966 | W | Junior Cassidy | Decision | 8 |
| 1966 | W | Chris Elliott | Decision | 8 |
Showing the 60 most recent of 67 recorded bouts.
10 of these opponents have their own page here.
How this is worked out
- Measurements and records are read from the fighter's English Wikipedia infobox; the fight list is parsed from the article's own results table.
- Reach advantage is (reach − height) ÷ height as a percentage, so fighters of different sizes compare directly.
- Percentiles rank this fighter among the 258 lightweight boxing fighters in the dataset — chosen because it is the most specific group of at least 30 that this fighter belongs to.
Reach advantage = (reach − height) ÷ height × 100
Source: Ken Buchanan on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-07. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.