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Brian Smyth vs Ken Buchanan — record, stats and common opponents compared

Brian Smyth

🇬🇧LIGHTWEIGHT

Ken Buchanan

Brian Smyth (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) 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.

Smyth

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout 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

Brian Smyth and Ken Buchanan have met 1 time; Buchanan leads 1–0.

Brian Smyth and Ken Buchanan have met 1 time; Buchanan leads 1–0.
Met1966Jul 12Series
Brian SmythFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Ken BuchananFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Smyth 0 · Buchanan 4 of 4 measurable rows
SmythBuchanan
Record†
0-161-8 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
88.4% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 27
0
27 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—44.26%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—43%
Times stopped‡levelmax 1
1
1
Title reignsmax 6
0
6 (edge)
Bouts per year§not comparable
—4.2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 69
1
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
Brian Smyth: No date of birth
Ken Buchanan: Died aged 77
Stance
Brian Smyth: Not recorded
Ken Buchanan: Orthodox

Brian Smyth 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
Brian Smyth0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Brian Smyth: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Smyth yet.

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 — Brian Smyth 1, 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

Brian Smyth last boxed on Jul 12, 1966 — 22,029 days ago. Smyth had lost the most recent, to Ken Buchanan.L

Buchanan Jul 1966

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 Brian Smyth and Ken Buchanan ever fought each other?
Yes. Brian Smyth and Ken Buchanan met once on July 12, 1966, and Ken Buchanan won by TKO in round 1.
The meeting

LJul 12, 1966 · Buchanan · TKO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Smyth or Buchanan?
Brian Smyth is 0-1 across the 1 bout 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 %

Smyth0–10%

Buchanan61–888.4%

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

Smyth0

Buchanan2744.3%

The Numbers ↓
Do Smyth and Buchanan have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Brian Smyth and Ken Buchanan have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Smyth and Buchanan?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Brian Smyth and 69 bouts tracked for Ken Buchanan. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Smyth1bout

Buchanan69bouts

How They Win ↓

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