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Buchanan fought his most famous fights at Madison Square Garden. WBO champion Taylor will honour the Scottish great in this title defence. He said: "My fight shorts will replicate how he wore his in Madison Square Garden. He wore the Buchanan tartan, his family tartan. I'm going to wear my family tartan but in the style that he had it with a white name band and the full shorts and the tartan and the robe [in] a similar style to what he had as well. So that will be a tribute to Ken.
"He's definitely going to be there with me and it's definitely going to be a good thing to look back on in a few years' time and tell the kids and the grandkids that I did just what Ken Buchanan did."
In Scotland, after becoming the undisputed champion, Taylor brought his titles to Buchanan. "When I came back from Vegas with the belts, I said 'Look champ, I'm just like you, done it just like you.'" Taylor remembered.
"He said: 'I told you'. We sat down and had a cup of tea and spoke for a few hours in the house and unfortunately that was the last time I saw him. But that moment will be living me for the rest of my life.
"I'm very, very proud to do that."
Watch Josh Taylor vs Teofimo Lopez live on Sky Sports in the early hours of Sunday morning