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Billy Williams vs Ken Buchanan — record, stats and common opponents compared

Billy Williams

🇬🇧LIGHTWEIGHT

Ken Buchanan

Billy Williams (2-10 across 12 tracked bouts) and Ken Buchanan (61-8) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Williams

Tracked record

2–10

counted from 12 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Buchanan

61

Wins27 KO · 44%

8

Losses

0

Draws69 tracked bouts

Heads up: at least one of these records is a tracked record — the wins and losses Kill The Body has ingested so far, not an independently verified career total. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.

Head to Head

Buchanan leads 1–0

Billy Williams and Ken Buchanan have met 1 time; Buchanan leads 1–0.

Billy Williams and Ken Buchanan have met 1 time; Buchanan leads 1–0.
Met1965Nov 1Series
Billy WilliamsFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Ken BuchananFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR31Meeting

The Numbers

Williams 0 · Buchanan 7 of 7 measurable rows
WilliamsBuchanan
Record†
2-1061-8 (edge)
Win %0–100%
16.7%
88.4% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 27
0
27 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—44.26%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
43% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 5
5
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 3
0
3 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 4.2
0.1
4.2 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 69
12
69

† One or both records are tracked, not career-verified. · ‡ Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total. · § Across each fighter's tracked career span. · Bars are scaled per row — percentages on 0–100, counts against the larger of the two. Every figure is also printed as text.

Tale of the Tape

Agenot held
Billy Williams: No date of birth
Ken Buchanan: Died aged 77
Stance
Billy Williams: Not recorded
Ken Buchanan: Orthodox

Billy Williams left, Ken Buchanan right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Billy Williams2 wins · from 12 tracked bouts

Billy Williams: 2 tracked wins — 2 on the cards (100%). Counted from 12 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 on the cards 100%

Ken Buchanan61 wins · from 69 tracked bouts

Ken Buchanan: 61 tracked wins — 26 by KO/TKO (43%) and 35 on the cards (57%). Counted from 69 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

26 by KO/TKO 43%35 on the cards 57%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Billy Williams 12, Ken Buchanan 69 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Billy Williams last boxed on Jan 17, 1974 — 19,268 days ago. Williams had lost seven straight.LLLLL

Godfrey May 1932Carter Nov 1946Perkins May 1957Buchanan Nov 1965Wepner Jan 19740.1 tracked bouts per year

Ken Buchanan has lost four straight, after one straight win. Buchanan last boxed on Jan 25, 1982.WLLLL

Gwilliam Oct 1980Early Jan 1981Tinago Apr 1981Williams Nov 1981Feeney Jan 19824.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Billy Williams and Ken Buchanan ever fought each other?
Yes. Billy Williams and Ken Buchanan met once on November 1, 1965, and Ken Buchanan won by TKO in round 3.
The meeting

LNov 1, 1965 · Buchanan · TKO R3

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Williams or Buchanan?
Billy Williams is 2-10 across the 12 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Ken Buchanan is 61-8. Ken Buchanan has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Williams2–1016.7%

Buchanan61–888.4%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Williams or Buchanan?
Billy Williams has 0 knockout wins and Ken Buchanan has 27. Ken Buchanan has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Williams0

Buchanan2744.3%

The Numbers ↓
Do Williams and Buchanan have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Billy Williams and Ken Buchanan have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Williams and Buchanan?
This comparison is drawn from 12 bouts tracked for Billy Williams and 69 bouts tracked for Ken Buchanan. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Williams12bouts

Buchanan69bouts

How They Win ↓

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