«Fighting Carpenter From Scotland». Sports Illustrated. 8 de febrero de 1971. Consultado el 11 de septiembre de 2010. «This convoluted mentality does different things to different people. To Ken Buchanan, a 25-year-old carpenter from Edinburgh, it has brought the lightweight championship of the world and an overnight reputation among American boxing followers as one of the most impressive European fighters ever to cross the Atlantic.»