Henry Buchanan | |
|---|---|
| Born | Henry Kanonta Buchanan August 5, 1978 |
| Other names | Sugar Poo |
| Statistics | |
| Weight(s) | Light heavyweight |
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 25 |
| Wins | 21 |
| Wins by KO | 14 |
| Losses | 4 |
| Draws | 0 |
| No contests | 0 |
Henry Kanonta Buchanan (born August 5, 1978) is an American professional boxer.
Known as "Sugar Poo", Buchanan began his professional career in 2004, and was undefeated heading into a ShoBox Super Middleweight eliminator tournament, and lost to Jean Paul Mendy.
He was the featured boxers on the 3rd season of the boxing reality TV series, The Contender , The Contender (season 3) , premiering September 4, 2007 on ESPN.
Episode that aired on September 11, 2007 said that for personal reasons, he would not participate in season 3 of The Contender. Buchanan later revealed that it was a business and financial decision, as his promoter did not want to surrender Buchanan's promotional rights to ESPN .
He is the uncle of San Diego Chargers linebacker Shawne Merriman.
| 25 fights | 21 wins | 4 losses |
|---|---|---|
| By knockout | 14 | 1 |
| By decision | 7 | 3 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | Loss | 21–4 | | TKO | 1 (8), 2:10 | 2014-09-20 | | |
| 24 | Win | 21–3 | | TKO | 3 (6), 2:29 | 2013-12-14 | | |
| 23 | Loss | 20–3 | | UD | 10 | 2012-03-31 | | |
| 22 | Win | 20–2 | | TKO | 9 (10), 0:22 | 2010-08-14 | | |
| 21 | Win | 19–2 | | UD | 8 | 2010-04-02 | | |
| 20 | Win | 18–2 | | UD | 8 | 2009-10-24 | | |
| 19 | Loss | 17–2 | | UD | 12 | 2009-02-06 | | For vacant NABF and WBO-NABO super middleweight title |
| 18 | Win | 17–1 | | TKO | 9 (10), 1:02 | 2008-06-25 | | |
| 17 | Win | 16–1 | | UD | 8 | Mar 1, 2008 | | |
| 16 | Win | 15–1 | | UD | 8 | 2007-10-20 | | |
| 15 | Loss | 14–1 | | UD | 10 | 2006-10-06 | | Buchanan was deducted 1 point in round 8 for low blows. |
| 14 | Win | 14–0 | | UD | 10 | 2006-07-28 | | |
| 13 | Win | 13–0 | | TKO | 1 (10), 2:52 | 2006-03-03 | | |
| 12 | Win | 12–0 | | UD | 8 | 2005-11-26 | | |
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | | UD | 8 | 2005-07-21 | | |
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | | TKO | 4 (8), 2:43 | 2005-05-17 | | |
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | | TKO | 6 (8), 1:55 | 2005-03-10 | | |
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | | TKO | 2 (6) | 2005-02-05 | | |
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | | TKO | 2 (6), 2:07 | 2004-12-12 | | |
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | | TKO | 1 (6), 2:44 | Nov 20, 2004 | | |
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | | TKO | 3 (4), 0:40 | 2004-09-30 | | |
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | | TKO | 1 (4), 2:15 | 2004-07-17 | | |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | | TKO | 1 (4) | 2004-06-26 | | |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | | TKO | 2 (4), 2:27 | 2004-05-01 | | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | | KO | 3 (4) | 2004-03-27 | |