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Jim McCormack vs Ken Buchanan — record, stats and common opponents compared

Jim McCormack

🇬🇧LIGHTWEIGHT

Ken Buchanan

Jim McCormack (0-1 across 1 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.

McCormack

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

Jim McCormack and Ken Buchanan have met 1 time; Buchanan leads 1–0.

Jim McCormack and Ken Buchanan have met 1 time; Buchanan leads 1–0.
Met1967Oct 30Series
Jim McCormackFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Ken BuchananFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

McCormack 1 · Buchanan 4 of 5 measurable rows
McCormackBuchanan
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‡max 1
0 (edge)
1
Title reignsmax 3
0
3 (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
Jim McCormack: No date of birth
Ken Buchanan: Died aged 77
Stance
Jim McCormack: Not recorded
Ken Buchanan: Orthodox

Jim McCormack 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
Jim McCormack0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Jim McCormack: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for McCormack 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 — Jim McCormack 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

Jim McCormack last boxed on Oct 30, 1967 — 21,539 days ago. McCormack had lost the most recent, to Ken Buchanan.L

Buchanan Oct 1967

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 Jim McCormack and Ken Buchanan ever fought each other?
Yes. Jim McCormack and Ken Buchanan met once on October 30, 1967, and Ken Buchanan won by PTS.
The meeting

LOct 30, 1967 · Buchanan · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, McCormack or Buchanan?
Jim McCormack is 0-1 across the 1 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 %

McCormack0–10%

Buchanan61–888.4%

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

McCormack0

Buchanan2744.3%

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

McCormack1bout

Buchanan69bouts

How They Win ↓

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