Ron Lyle

Career, Record, Stats
Ron Lyle

Ron Lyle was an American professional boxer. In a career spanning 24 years, 3 months, and 26 days, Lyle amassed a record of 43-7-1, which includes 31 wins via KO.

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LEGEND

Ron Lyle's Boxing Career

Ron Lyle was born in Dayton, Ohio, U.S. on February 12, 1941. He made his professional debut at the age of 30 years on April 23, 1971 against A J Staples. Lyle defeated Staples via 2nd round TKO, making a successful beginning of his pro career.

Lyle got his first world-title fight at the age of 34 after 33 professional fights. On May 16, 1975 Lyle challenged Muhammad Ali's WBA, WBC, and The Ring heavyweight titles but lost via 11th round TKO. Lyle never got a world-title shot again.

Lyle's last fight was a 2nd-round TKO victory over Dave Slaughter at age 54, on August 18, 1995.

Some of Ron Lyle's best fights were against Vicente Rondón, Earnie Shavers, Oscar Bonavena, Buster Mathis, Jimmy Ellis, and Joe Bugner. For a complete list of Lyle's best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Ron Lyle".

Lyle has 7 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Ron Lyle Losses".

Ron Lyle's Boxing Record

# Date Age Opponent Res Via
51
Aug 18, 1995 54 generic fighter pic Dave Slaughter
win
TKO
2
50
Jun 09, 1995 54 generic fighter pic Ed Strickland
win
KO
2
49
May 12, 1995 54 generic fighter pic Tim Pollard
win
TKO
2
48
Apr 07, 1995 54 generic fighter pic Bruce Johnson
win
KO
4
47
Oct 24, 1980 39 Gerry Cooney Gerry Cooney 24 23-0
loss
KO
1
46
Aug 23, 1980 39 generic fighter pic George O'Mara
win
KO
10
45
Jun 19, 1980 39 generic fighter pic Al Neumann
win
TKO
10
44
Dec 12, 1979 38 generic fighter pic Lynn Ball
loss
TKO
2
43
May 12, 1979 38 generic fighter pic Scott LeDoux
win
SD
10
42
Apr 06, 1979 38 generic fighter pic Fili Moala
win
TKO
8
41
Jun 03, 1978 37 generic fighter pic Horace Robinson
win
RTD
8
40
Sep 14, 1977 36 generic fighter pic Stan Ward
win
MD
10
39
Mar 20, 1977 36 Joe Bugner Joe Bugner 27 51-7-1
win
SD
12
38
Nov 06, 1976 35 Jimmy Young Jimmy Young 27 19-5-2
loss
UD
12
37
Sep 11, 1976 35 generic fighter pic Kevin Isaac
win
TKO
7
36
Jan 24, 1976 34 George Foreman George Foreman 27 40-1
loss
KO
5
35
Sep 13, 1975 34 Earnie Shavers Earnie Shavers 31 49-4-1
win
TKO
6
34
May 16, 1975 34 Muhammad Ali Muhammad Ali 33 46-2
loss
TKO
11
33
Feb 11, 1975 33 Jimmy Young Jimmy Young 26 13-4-2
loss
UD
10
32
Dec 13, 1974 33 generic fighter pic Al Jones
win
TKO
5
31
Sep 17, 1974 33 generic fighter pic Boone Kirkman
win
TKO
8
30
Jul 16, 1974 33 Jimmy Ellis Jimmy Ellis 34 39-9-1
win
UD
12
29
Mar 19, 1974 33 Oscar Bonavena Oscar Bonavena 31 51-8-1
win
UD
12
28
Nov 17, 1973 32 generic fighter pic Gregorio Peralta
draw
PTS
10
27
Oct 31, 1973 32 generic fighter pic Larry Middleton
win
UD
10
26
Oct 04, 1973 32 generic fighter pic Jürgen Blin
win
TKO
2
25
Oct 04, 1973 32 generic fighter pic Jose Luis Garcia
win
KO
3
24
Jul 03, 1973 32 generic fighter pic Lou Bailey
win
UD
10
23
Jun 11, 1973 32 generic fighter pic Wendell Newton
win
SD
10
22
May 12, 1973 32 generic fighter pic Gregorio Peralta
win
UD
10
21
Apr 14, 1973 32 generic fighter pic Bob Stallings
win
UD
10
20
Feb 09, 1973 31 Jerry Quarry Jerry Quarry 27 44-6-4
loss
UD
12
19
Dec 09, 1972 31 generic fighter pic Larry Middleton
win
KO
3
18
Oct 28, 1972 31 generic fighter pic Luis Faustino Pires
win
KO
3
17
Sep 29, 1972 31 Buster Mathis Buster Mathis 29 30-3
win
KO
2
16
Jul 10, 1972 31 Vicente Rondón Vicente Rondón 33 36-6-1
win
TKO
2
15
May 25, 1972 31 generic fighter pic Mike Boswell
win
TKO
7
14
May 10, 1972 31 generic fighter pic Mel Turnbow
win
TKO
4
13
Mar 25, 1972 31 generic fighter pic George Johnson
win
KO
3
12
Jan 22, 1972 30 generic fighter pic Chuck Leslie
win
TKO
2
11
Dec 18, 1971 30 generic fighter pic Bill Drover
win
KO
2
10
Nov 26, 1971 30 generic fighter pic Jack O'Halloran
win
KO
4
9
Nov 10, 1971 30 generic fighter pic Joe E Lewis
win
KO
3
8
Oct 09, 1971 30 generic fighter pic Manuel Ramos
win
UD
10
7
Sep 01, 1971 30 generic fighter pic Eddie Land
win
TKO
7
6
Aug 11, 1971 30 generic fighter pic Frank Niblett
win
KO
9
5
Jul 24, 1971 30 generic fighter pic Leroy Caldwell
win
UD
5
4
Jul 16, 1971 30 generic fighter pic Edmund Stewart
win
TKO
2
3
Jun 19, 1971 30 generic fighter pic Gary Bates
win
KO
3
2
May 22, 1971 30 generic fighter pic Art Miller
win
KO
5
1
Apr 23, 1971 30 generic fighter pic A J Staples
win
TKO
2
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