Ken Buchanan vs. Roberto Duran ~ June 26, 1972

[Bill Paxtom]

Ken Buchanan

Age......... 27 years, 0 months
Height..... 5' 7 1/2"
Reach...... 70"
Record.... 43-1-0 {16 KO's}

General Facts

Ken was offered $150,000 to defend his WBA Championship in Panama
against Roberto Duran.

Ken opted for less {$125,000} to defend the Title at Madison Sqare Garden,
where he felt that he would get 'fair' scoring as opposed to Panama.

Ken, who had a tremendous double left-jab, was working on setting down
more, to deliver harder punches on Roberto.

Ken knew that Roberto was tough, but the Buchanan Camp felt that Duran's
defense was porous, and he would be easy to counter.

Robeto was 'confident', and predicted that he would stop Ken by Round 9.