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BUCHANAN IN CARE

KEN BUCHANAN is lost in his own world. Life is increasingly complicated for the 75-year-old boxing legend and he now finds himself in a nursing home in Leith.

Fifty years ago he was at the peak of his considerable powers, headlining Madison Square Garden with the comebacking Muhammad Ali fighting Oscar Bonavena on his undercard. Ali was a late addition to the New York event in 1970, so much so that he was not given a dressing room. Ali’s trainer, Angelo

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