Billy Buchanan: Dundee boxing legend dies at 64 as tributes paid to ‘one of the city’s finest fighters’

Tributes have been paid to one of Dundee boxing’s most respected fighters following the death of Lochee Boys Club legend Billy Buchanan at the age of 64. Growing up in St Kilda Road, Dundee, Billy attended St Mary’s Lochee Primary School before moving on to St John’s High School. “Billy was a Lochee Boys stalwart and competed with distinction for his club and for Scotland,” he said. Billy Buchanan’s final fight in DundeeBilly eventually brought the curtain down on his professional career after a final Dundee fight night at De Stihl’s nightclub. For those at Lochee Boys Club today, Billy remains a respected figure whose achievements continue to inspire young fighters.