Lindsay Malone was one of the many mourners who paid their respects to the champion fighter at his funeral this week
An Edinburgh woman has told how boxing legend Ken Buchanan paid for her pregnant mum to live in a hotel after she was made homeless. The lightweight champion sadly passed away at the age of 77 earlier this month.
She told the story of how Ken came to their rescue while her mum was expecting her. The 42-year-old told Edinburgh Live: "When my mum was pregnant [with me] and homeless, Ken gave them a safe place to stay at Victoria Park Hotel. I grew up knowing that. I moved to Leith when older and became friends with him as an adult."
Lindsay was among hundreds of people who lined the streets with stories about the sporting hero. Since the funeral, tributes have flooded in for Edinburgh's greatest boxer, including current world super-lightweight champion, Josh Taylor. "You could see the turnout he got, the number of people that came to witness this and see him off as the legend he was. He did things that might not be done again in boxing and in sport.
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