The cortege for the Scottish boxer left Leith and passed his statue before heading to St Giles.
The Scottish boxing legend, who became the undisputed world lightweight champion in 1971, died earlier this month, aged 77. Born in Edinburgh in 1945 and growing up in a council house in Portobello, Ken took up boxing at the age of eight, at Edinburgh's Sparta Club. He vowed to become world champion at the age of eight after watching a film about Joe Louis. He had major amateur success before turning professional in 1965.
Buchanan is often named in the lists of the world’s greatest boxers of all time.
. The funeral procession of legendary Scottish boxing world champion Ken Buchanan MBE
The funeral procession of legendary Scottish boxing world champion Ken Buchanan MBE passes the Ken Buchanan statue ahead of a memorial service Photo: Mark Scates - SNS Group
. The funeral procession of legendary Scottish boxing world champion Ken Buchanan
The cortege for the Scottish boxer left Leith and passed his statue before heading to St Giles Photo: Mark Scates - SNS Group
. A pair of white boxing gloves rest on the coffin of former boxer Ken Buchanan
A pair of white boxing gloves rest on the coffin of former boxer Ken Buchanan at St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh, ahead of a memorial service. The Scottish boxing great, who became the undisputed world lightweight champion in 1971, died at the beginning of the month, aged 77. Photo: Andrew Milligan
. Pipers during a memorial service
Pipers during a memorial service for legendary Scottish boxing world champion Ken Buchanan MBE at St Giles Cathedral Photo: Paul Devlin - SNS Group
. A pair of white boxing gloves rest on the coffin of former boxer Ken Buchanan at St Giles' Cathedral
A pair of white boxing gloves rest on the coffin of former boxer Ken Buchanan at St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh, ahead of a memorial service. The Scottish boxing great, who became the undisputed world lightweight champion in 1971, died at the beginning of the month, aged 77 Photo: Andrew Milligan
1. The funeral procession of legendary Scottish boxing world champion Ken Buchanan MBE
The funeral procession of legendary Scottish boxing world champion Ken Buchanan MBE passes the Ken Buchanan statue ahead of a memorial service Photo: Mark Scates - SNS Group
2. The funeral procession of legendary Scottish boxing world champion Ken Buchanan
The cortege for the Scottish boxer left Leith and passed his statue before heading to St Giles Photo: Mark Scates - SNS Group
3. A pair of white boxing gloves rest on the coffin of former boxer Ken Buchanan
A pair of white boxing gloves rest on the coffin of former boxer Ken Buchanan at St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh, ahead of a memorial service. The Scottish boxing great, who became the undisputed world lightweight champion in 1971, died at the beginning of the month, aged 77. Photo: Andrew Milligan
4. Pipers during a memorial service
Pipers during a memorial service for legendary Scottish boxing world champion Ken Buchanan MBE at St Giles Cathedral Photo: Paul Devlin - SNS Group