Why didn't Buchanan get a rematch with Duran ?

What would a rematch have settled really.. Duran was better and Ken was worse... i don't think either were interested in a match to be honestly.. Talking about one and believing you can actually win and really trying to get a watch are worlds apart.

 

Kenny deserved a rematch because he wasnt knocked out cleanly and he did give Duran a shot at the crown.

As far as the fight they had. Buchannon put up a good fight in the sense that he took a helluva beating and get trying. He really wasnt in it as far as be able to win the fight.

I havent read the entire thread so my apology if somebody else already touched on this..

Duran was very young `72 when they fought. During the course of Duran`s championship reign he evolved as a fighter. He developed patience, poise and he learned to finish a fighter off cleaner.

Freddie Brown taught Duran to keep his hands free and not smother himself on the inside like he was doing against Kenny Buchannon. Time after time he drilled Buchannon with righthands and then fell in and smother his own follow up attack.

If Buchannon had gotten a rematch around `75 he would have been in worse trouble. Or maybe less trouble because he isnt going to be in there for 13 rounds.

 

Both, Jimmy Robertson and Hector Thompson were 'worthy challengers' in 1973.

But, in September 1983 - Ishimatsu 'Guts' Suzuki was a more of a 'fill-in'.

Mainly, because he was the only Top 10 Lightweight willing to go to Panama to challenge
Roberto Duran, as he had been there before, versus Ismael Laguna in June 1970.

Now Ishimatsu was a tough fighter, but he had lost a Decision (L Dec 10) to Chang-Kil
Lee in December 1971. The same 'undefeated' Chang-Kil Lee who was 'blasted-out' (KO'd in 2)
by Ken Buchanan in New York in December 1972.

The current accomplishments by Ishimatsu, were that he held the OPBF Lightweight
Championship, and that he had won '6' fights in a row (2 KO's) in All-Japan bouts.

 

Ishimatsu 'Guts' Suzuki

Was willing to go to Panama on September 8, 1973 - to challenge Roberto Duran for the WBA Lightweight Championship.

The presumption here, is that Ishimatsu 'Guts' Suzuki is taking this fight in Panama in place of the former WBA Lightweight
Ken Buchanan (who lost to Roberto Duran in 1972), who is unwilling to travel to Central America.

The 24 year-old Japanese Warrior with a record of 25-10-5 (13 KO's), was no stanger to the Gimnasio Nuevo Panama, as he
travelled here once before, 3 years earlier in June 1970, when he challenged the Great Panamanian, Ismael Laguna for the
World Lightweight Championship.

Ishimatsu has won '6' straight bouts with '2' by knockout, and is the current OPBF Lightweight Champion.
The Japanese fighter is ranked as the #7 WBA Lightweight.

The question is whether Ishimatsu can win away from Japan, as he has lost all '4' of his fights outside of his
home country.

Ishimatsu said, that he was going to go straight at Roberto and keep constant pressure on him.
'I will wear him down with a body attack, and take over in the later rounds. I expect the fight to
go the full distance, and I hope to get a fair decision from the judges.'

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