Prime for prime: Ken Buchanan v Jim Watt

I see the same, Steve.
Ken on a slightly different level for me, but Jim was a bloody good fighter too.

 

Ah ah sounds like something Jim would come with.
Loved his Scottish wit.

 

They were. I always liked it when they did the big fight back in the day.

 

Ken 9-6.

 

It's amazing how the mind can play tricks on you. My initial thoughts were that Buchanan was, essentially, from an earlier era than Watt. I am sure that is related to when they were world champions. When I just looked at their records I found that Kenny is just a couple of years older and that Watt actually retired before Buchanan finally did. I would have bet a ton of money against that.

As far as a bout between the two, Buchanan is a level or two above Watt and while I don't think he stops Watt, he would take a hard fought but comfortable decision.

 

Would’ve been a nice chess match with some blood to boot. Buchanan though.

 

Buchanan wins comfortably by decision.

 

Buchanan wins clearly. It’s fair to say that he was more up for their fight as he had something to prove and it was a step down to the world title fights and big US shows he’d been on in the months and years prior. Watt was tough as hell and appeared to know how to fight him though.

Their fight is one of my favorite fights to be honest.

 

How did Ken fare against southpaws in general?

I know Watt beat him and Charlie Nash. Could be that he had trouble with lefties.

I’ll go with Watt narrowly, with a Glasgow Kiss headbutt opening Ken like a melon and him being troubled by the cut in the second half of the fight.

 

Buchanan at his best was a great fighter and no disrespect to Jim but he was not on Ken`s level.Buchanan by a fairly wide points decision

 

I like Ken Buchanan too in this fight, too bad he and Roberto Duran never had a rematch.