"Ken Buchanan, bleeding and battered around both eyes, pounded Ismael Laguna with solid left hands to the head and good body punches Monday night and retained his world lightweight championship with a unanimous 15 round decision at MSG. The classy scot never lost his cool although he bled from cuts below both eyes for a good deal of the fight and fought with his left eye badly swollen for the last 12 rounds and from a severe cut above his left eye in the last four rounds. Buchanan took control of the fight in the 4th round and almost ended the bout in the 14th when he drove the Panamanian around the ring with a two-fisted barrage that lasted for nearly a minute and almost sent Laguna through the ropes. Laguna managed to catch the top strand of the ropes and pull himself back into the ring where he escaped the charging Scot." -Associated Press

Ken Buchanan vs Ismael Laguna II

Carlos Ortiz vs Ismael Laguna I

Buchanan ignored the BBoC's order not to fight Laguna
WBC stripped Laguna on September 15, 1970. Source AP 9/16/1970. UPI reported the WBC said Laguna had to fight Mando Ramos instead, so they stripped him and matched Ramos and Carrasco.
NYSAC recognized this bout as championship one on OCt 5, 1970
Then, Ken Buchanan needed to be recognized from WBC. It is a reason that "British Boxing Board Of Control" had joined only in WBC those days. Buchanan negotiated with Mando Ramos and WBC. WBC accepted "Buchanan vs. Ramos" as a WBC Lightweight Championship. Source Reuter from The Times November 17 1970 issue page 14. However, Ramos canceled two days before the fight (2/10/1971). Source The Times February 11 1971 issue page 10. Ruben Navarro (No.3 WBA and No.4 WBC contender) fought instead of Ramos on February 12 1971.

Ismael Laguna vs Ken Buchanan

"Mexican champion Vicente Saldivar upset the world's No. 1 featherweight contender Ismael Laguna of Panama Monday night at the downtown bullring. Saldivar, 127 1/2, forced the action through most of the rounds to offset the superior boxing of the 129 lb. Laguna. Some 12,000 fans applauded the unanimous decision of referee Ray Solis and judges Carlos Scheilinger and Francisco Mulback." -United Press International

Ken Buchanan vs Ismael Laguna II

Carlos Ortiz vs Ismael Laguna I

Ismael Laguna vs Ken Buchanan

Ismael Laguna vs Vicente Saldivar

Mando Ramos vs Ismael Laguna

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