Ken Buchanan

Chavez would of just been that little bit more intense

Chavez WU15 (9-6)

Arguello would of struggled with Buchanan's speed

Buchanan WS15 (8-7)

 

No.......not without a decent suntan....

 

Id give him a decent shot against Arguello,but think Chavez would walk him down and catch him ,as he did Taylor,Jim Watt went the distance with Arguello ,and he wasnt the speedster Buchanan was ,plus Arguellos feet were pretty slow,so Ken has a real chance of outpointing him,imo.

 

He would have KOd both.

 

Yes both would be winnable fights for him.

However, would no doubt be the betting underdog for both


I'd slightly favour Chavez and make him a favourite over Arguello.

 

no. chavez was too strong, too relentless.

arguello could box as well a buchanan, but hit way harder.

ken loses to both.

 

Yes. His matches with both would have gone 15 rounds (as Buchanan would have done against Duran without the low blow after the bell). Duran has said Buchanan was his best opponent. (I don't know if Roberto ever contradicted that, but I've seen Cholo state this on camera during a post fight interview, given after he made short work of a hapless victim in the mid 1990's, and there was some on-air time to kill.)

Unlike Chavez and Arguello, Buchanan never sustained a legitimate legal knockdown, and was only stopped in his career by a low blow after the bell. (That punch would have incapacitated Cobb and Hagler.) He would have been too tough for either Arguello or Chavez to legally floor or stop, and that would have made him very difficult for Chavez and Arguello to defeat.

 

B I N G O!

 

Ken has a decent shot against both.

 

So how highly do you think buchanan ranks at lightweight? And how high in the pantheon of british fighters?

 

Thanks manassa. Would you say he is the best lightweight that duran fought?