Ron Lyle
- Born
- 1941
- Died
- 2011
- Nationality
- USA
- Career
- 1971–1995
Waged a classic slugfest with George Foreman in 1976.
Titles & Honours
- Never won a world title
Career Timeline
1971–1995- Milestone
First recorded professional bout
vs A J Staples · W TKO
- Milestone
25th recorded win
vs Jürgen Blin · TKO. Newspaper decisions excluded.
- Signature fight
vs Earnie Shavers
W TKO · Coliseum, Denver, Colorado, US. Archive selection: one of the first three wins over distinct fighters profiled here, not an expert-selected signature fight.
- Milestone
Latest recorded bout
vs Dave Slaughter · W TKO. Not necessarily the retirement date.
Derived from the current archive and profile honours. Title-reign years are not exact bout dates; title claims are not independently verified. Signature fights use existing profile selections, or clearly labelled wins over other archived fighters when no selections exist. Year-only dates retain their original precision.
Photo Archive
1 archival photographs under their original licences.
Fight-by-Fight Record
| Date | Result | Opponent | Method | Round | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971-04-23 | W | A J Staples | TKO | 2 | Auditorium Arena, Denver, Colorado, US |
| 1971-05-22 | W | Art Miller | KO | 5 | Matthews Arena , Boston , Massachusetts , US |
| 1971-06-19 | W | Gary Bates | KO | 3 | Sahara Tahoe , Stateline, Nevada , US |
| 1971-07-16 | W | Edmund Stewart | TKO | 2 | Sunnyside Garden Arena , New York, New York, US |
| 1971-07-24 | W | Leroy Caldwell | UD | 5 | Playboy Club , Lake Geneva, Wisconsin , US |
| 1971-08-11 | W | Frank Niblett | KO | 9 | Silver Slipper, Paradise, Nevada, US |
| 1971-09-01 | W | Eddie Land | TKO | 7 | Silver Slipper, Paradise, Nevada, US |
| 1971-10-09 | W | Manuel Ramos | UD | 10 | Auditorium Arena, Denver, Colorado, US |
| 1971-11-10 | W | Joe E Lewis | KO | 3 | Silver Slipper , Paradise, Nevada, US |
| 1971-11-26 | W | Jack O'Halloran | KO | 4 | Auditorium Arena, Denver, Colorado, US |
| 1971-12-18 | W | Bill Drover | KO | 2 | Auditorium Arena, Denver, Colorado, US |
| 1972-01-22 | W | Chuck Leslie | TKO | 2 | Auditorium Arena, Denver, Colorado, US |
| 1972-03-25 | W | George Johnson | KO | 3 | Coliseum , Denver, Colorado, US |
| 1972-05-10 | W | Mel Turnbow | TKO | 4 | Las Vegas, Nevada, US |
| 1972-05-25 | W | Mike Boswell | TKO | 7 | Civic Auditorium , Omaha, Nebraska , US |
| 1972-07-11 | W | Vicente Rondón | TKO | 2 | Mile High Stadium , Denver, Colorado, US |
| 1972-09-29 | W | Buster Mathis | KO | 2 | Coliseum, Denver, Colorado, US |
| 1972-10-28 | W | Luis Faustino Pires | KO | 3 | Coliseum, Denver, Colorado, US |
| 1972-12-09 | W | Larry Middleton | KO | 3 | Coliseum, Denver, Colorado, US |
| 1973-02-09 | L | Jerry Quarry | UD | 12 | Madison Square Garden , New York , New York , US |
| 1973-04-14 | W | Bob Stallings | UD | 10 | Harry Adams Field House , Missoula, Montana , US |
| 1973-05-12 | W | Gregorio Peralta | UD | 10 | Coliseum, Denver, Colorado, US |
| 1973-06-11 | W | Wendell Newton | SD | 10 | Spectrum , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , US |
| 1973-07-03 | W | Lou Bailey | UD | 10 | State Fairgrounds International Building, Oklahoma City , Oklahoma , US |
| 1973-08-15 | W | José Luis García | KO | 3 | Denver, Colorado, US |
| 1973-10-04 | W | Jürgen Blin | TKO | 2 | Denver, Colorado, US |
| 1973-10-31 | W | Larry Middleton | UD | 10 | Civic Center , Baltimore, Maryland , US |
| 1973-11-17 | D | Gregorio Peralta | PTS | 10 | Frankfurt , West Germany |
| 1974-03-19 | W | Oscar Bonavena | UD | 12 | Coliseum, Denver, Colorado, US |
| 1974-07-16 | W | Jimmy Ellis | UD | 12 | Denver, Colorado, US |
| 1974-09-17 | W | Boone Kirkman | TKO | 8 | Center Coliseum , Seattle, Washington , US |
| 1974-12-13 | W | Al Jones | TKO | 5 | Municipal Auditorium , New Orleans , Louisiana , US |
| 1975-02-11 | L | Jimmy Young | UD | 10 | International Center Arena , Honolulu , Hawaii , US |
| 1975-05-16 | L | Muhammad Ali | TKO | 11 | Las Vegas Convention Center , Winchester, Nevada , US |
| 1975-09-13 | W | Earnie Shavers | TKO | 6 | Coliseum, Denver, Colorado, US |
| 1976-01-24 | L | George Foreman | KO | 5 | Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada, US |
| 1976-09-11 | W | Kevin Isaac | TKO | 7 | Memorial Auditorium , Utica, New York , US |
| 1976-11-06 | L | Jimmy Young | UD | 12 | Civic Auditorium , San Francisco , California, US |
| 1977-03-20 | W | Joe Bugner | SD | 12 | Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada, US |
| 1977-09-14 | W | Stan Ward | MD | 10 | Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada , US |
| 1978-06-03 | W | Horace Robinson | RTD | 8 | Auditorium Arena, Denver, Colorado, US |
| 1979-04-06 | W | Fili Moala | TKO | 8 | San Diego Stadium , San Diego , California, US |
| 1979-05-12 | W | Scott LeDoux | SD | 10 | Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada, US |
| 1979-12-12 | L | Lynn Ball | TKO | 2 | Celebrity Theatre , Phoenix, Arizona , US |
| 1980-06-19 | W | Al Neumann | TKO | 10 | University of Puget Sound Fieldhouse, Tacoma, Washington , US |
| 1980-08-23 | W | George O'Mara | KO | 10 | Forum , Inglewood, California , US |
| 1980-10-24 | L | Gerry Cooney | KO | 1 | Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum , Hempstead, New York , US |
| 1995-04-07 | W | Bruce Johnson | KO | 4 | Peels Palace, Erlanger, Kentucky, US |
| 1995-05-12 | W | Tim Pollard | TKO | 2 | Peel's Palace, Erlanger, Kentucky, US |
| 1995-06-09 | W | Ed Strickland | KO | 2 | Erlanger, Kentucky , US |
| 1995-08-18 | W | Dave Slaughter | TKO | 2 | Regency Hotel , Denver, Colorado, US |
Showing 51 of 51 recorded fights · last updated 2026-10-15. Imported record tables are not independently verified and may be incomplete. Early-era logs include newspaper decisions (NWS), which are not counted in the official totals above.
Record notes
Fight record last retrieved: 2026-10-11. Title histories remain subject to archival review.
Historical-era totals differ between record-keeping conventions (newspaper decisions, exhibitions).
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