The eldest son of Edinburgh boxing icon Ken Buchanan has revealed how he discovered that the prized puncher was his father long after he had idolised him.
Raymond Fraser Buchanan would have posters of the unified world champion on his walls as a young boy but only learned the truth of who his father was at the age of 10. The Scottish boxing legend was a global phenomenon and undisputed lightweight champion from 1970 to 1972.
Raymond, who grew up in Prestonpans, East Lothian, says that he would watch all of Buchanan’s fights on TV during his youth. He says that after the bouts, he and his friends would grab their boxing gloves and try to mirror the combinations they’d seen unfold on their screens at home.
