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Ken Buchanan vs Leonard Tavarez — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇬🇧LIGHTWEIGHT

Ken Buchanan

🇫🇷FRANCE

Leonard Tavarez

Ken Buchanan (61-8) and Leonard Tavarez (0-5 across 5 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 3 times. They share 2 common opponents.

Buchanan

61

Wins27 KO · 44%

8

Losses

0

Draws69 tracked bouts

Tavarez

Tracked record

0–5

counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

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 3–0

Ken Buchanan and Leonard Tavarez have met 3 times; Buchanan leads 3–0.

Ken Buchanan and Leonard Tavarez have met 3 times; Buchanan leads 3–0.
Met1968Apr 221970Feb 231974Dec 16Series
Ken BuchananFighter AWWonWWonWWon3–0W–L
Leonard TavarezFighter BLLostLLostLLost0–3W–L
ResultPTSPTSTKOR143Meetings

The Numbers

Buchanan 6 · Tavarez 0 of 6 measurable rows
BuchananTavarez
Record†
61-8 (edge)0-5
Win %0–100%
88.4% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 27
27 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
44.26%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
43%—
Times stopped‡max 3
1 (edge)
3
Title reignsmax 3
3 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 4.2
4.2 (edge)
0.8
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 69
69
5

† 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 comparable
Ken Buchanan: Died aged 77
Leonard Tavarez: Died aged 52
Stance
Ken Buchanan: Orthodox
Leonard Tavarez: Not recorded

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

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
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%

Leonard Tavarez0 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

Leonard Tavarez: no tracked wins in the 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Tavarez yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Ken Buchanan 69, Leonard Tavarez 5 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Buchanan better on 1 · even on 1

Buchanan

Opponent

Tavarez

  • Ken Buchanan

    Loss, TKO 13

    1972

    DuránEven

    Leonard Tavarez

    Loss, TKO 4

    1974

  • Ken Buchanan

    Win, PTS

    1973

    WattBuchanan better

    Leonard Tavarez

    Loss, TKO 9

    1971

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

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

Leonard Tavarez has lost five straight. Tavarez last boxed on Dec 16, 1974.LLLLL

Buchanan Apr 1968Buchanan Feb 1970Watt Nov 1971Durán Jan 1974Buchanan Dec 19740.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Ken Buchanan and Leonard Tavarez ever fought each other?
Yes. Ken Buchanan and Leonard Tavarez have met 3 times and Ken Buchanan leads the series 3-0.
The 3 meetings

WDec 16, 1974 · Buchanan · TKO R14

WFeb 23, 1970 · Buchanan · PTS

WApr 22, 1968 · Buchanan · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Buchanan or Tavarez?
Ken Buchanan is 61-8 and Leonard Tavarez is 0-5 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Ken Buchanan has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Buchanan61–888.4%

Tavarez0–50%

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

Buchanan2744.3%

Tavarez0

The Numbers ↓
Do Buchanan and Tavarez have any common opponents?
Ken Buchanan and Leonard Tavarez share 2 common opponents: Roberto Durán and Jim Watt. Ken Buchanan fared better against 1 of them.
2 shared opponents

Roberto DuránLL

Jim WattWL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Buchanan and Tavarez?
This comparison is drawn from 69 bouts tracked for Ken Buchanan and 5 bouts tracked for Leonard Tavarez. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Buchanan69bouts

Tavarez5bouts

How They Win ↓

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