Boxing legend Ken Buchanan’s oldest son has revealed he hero-worshipped his famous father long before he knew he was his dad. Raymond Fraser Buchanan had posters of the Scottish world champion on his wall as a kid – but learned at age 10 that the star was actually his father.
The undisputed world lightweight champion from 1970 to 1972, Ken was a sporting superstar. Growing up in Prestonpans, East Lothian, Raymond watched Ken’s biggest fights on TV. He and his pals would go outside after, put their boxing gloves on and try to recreate the moves they’d seen.
Raymond said: “I’d say, ‘Right, I’m Ken Buchanan, you’re Muhammad Ali.’ And my pals would tell me where to go and say, ‘No, I’m Buchanan, you’re Ali.’ So that was always the first fight to be settled.”
