Ken Buchanan da Roberto Durán

Ken Buchanan vs. Roberto Durán ya kasance wasan dambe na ƙwararru da aka yi a ranar 26 ga Yuni, 1972, don taken WBA da The Ring lightweight . 

 Tarihi 
In May 1972, it was announced that the reigning WBA lightweight champion would face the number-one ranked contender Roberto Durán in Madison Square Garden on June 26th, two days before Buchanan's 27th birthday. Heavily anticipated, Buchanan was given a $125,000 purse, a then-record for a fighter in the lightweight division. Buchanan had first won the lightweight title in 1970 after defeating Durán's countryman Ismael Laguna, the win propelled Buchanan into one of the boxing's top fighters and he was named the top fighter of 1970 by the American Boxing Writers' Association. The 21-year old Durán,  meanwhile, was a perfect 28–0 with all but four of his wins coming by knockout and had quickly established himself as a top contender.[<span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2024)">citation needed</span>]

Durán mai tsattsauran ra'ayi ya yi hasashen cewa zai kori zakaran "a zagaye 9 ko ƙasa da haka", Buchanan duk da haka ya lalata rikodin Durán mai ban sha'awa yana mai cewa babu wani daga cikin mayakan da ya doke a baya ya kasance babban mayakan yana tambaya, "Wane ne Ya doke?" Yana da rikodin da kyau, amma bai yi yaƙi da kowa ba. Shi ne mai ba, amma wanene ya doke shi? Ya taɓa yin yaƙi da wani a cikin manyan goma.

Buchanan ya shiga yakin a matsayin dan kadan 2-1 da aka fi so. Yakin ya jawo taron mutane 18,821 kuma ya samar da ƙofar $ 223,901, rikodin lokacin don gwagwarmayar cikin gida.

 Yaƙin 
Za a nada Durán a matsayin wanda ya yi nasara ta hanyar bugun ƙwallo a zagaye na 13, amma sakamakon ya kasance mai cike da ce-ce-ku-ce. A matsayinsa na mai kai hari, Durán ya sami damar sarrafa faɗan kuma ya sami babban ci gaba a kan katunan ƙwallon da alkalin ya zira kafin tsayawar yayin da Buchannan ke ƙoƙarin kai hari da kuma kare kai. Durán zai zira ƙwallon a zagaye na farko mai walƙiya (ita kaɗai ce daga cikin faɗan) bayan ya zura hannun dama wanda ya sa Buchanan ya sanya safar hannu a kan tabarma don karya faɗuwarsa. Yayin da zagaye na 13 da na ƙarshe ya ƙare, mayaƙan biyu sun ci gaba da jefa naushi bayan ƙararrawa ta yi ƙara jim kaɗan kafin alkalin wasa Johnny LoBianco ya raba su, Durán ya yi masa bugu mai sauƙi wanda ya sa Buchanan ya faɗi ƙasa a kan tabarma cikin azaba. Buchanan ya sami damar tashi amma dole ne a taimaka masa ya kai kusurwarsa kuma bayan LoBianco ya duba shi, an tabbatar da cewa Buchanan ba zai iya ci gaba ba kuma an dakatar da faɗan tare da nada Durán a matsayin wanda ya yi nasara ta hanyar bugun ƙwallo a fasaha duk da dagewar Buchanan cewa zai iya ci gaba da faɗan.