Sport & Note

Ron LYLE

Male

(Ronald David Lyle)
Heavyweight, USA, Denver, Colorado
Born: February 12, 1941, Dayton, Ohio, USA
Died: November 26, 2011, Denver, Colorado, USA
Height: 6ft 3in, mt 1,90

as an amateur:
1970 National Golden Gloves 3rd place, +81 kg
1970 AAU Championships winner, +81 kg
1970 North American Championships winner, +81 kg
1970 IBL Championships winner, +81 kg

amateur record claimed: 25-4-0 (17 KOs)
below are reported 23 contests, won 19, lost 4

Amateur fight rourtesy of Bob Yalen

Amateur results

Date	Opponent	Place	Result
1969
+ Dec. 19	Fred Houpe	Denver, Colorado	WTKO 3
1970
- Jan. 12	Tommy Garrett	Louisville, Kentucky	LPTS 3
+ Jan. 21	James Sherard	Denver, Colorado	WKO 2
+ Feb. 23	Joe Brown	St. Louis, Missouri	WKO 1
Salt Lake City, Utah, Regional Golden Gloves winner, +81 kg
+ Feb. 27	Charles Schollmeyer	Salt Lake City, Utah	WKO 1
+ Feb. 27	Charles Banks	Salt Lake City, Utah	WKO 1
Las Vegas, Nevada, National Golden Gloves 3rd place, +81 kg
+ Mar. 17	Kit Bourse	Las Vegas, Nevada	WKO 3
+ Mar. 18	Nick Wells	Las Vegas, Nevada	WPTS 3
- Mar. 19	Billy Boy Thompson	Las Vegas, Nevada	LPTS 3
- Apr. 4	Bill Hurt	Detroit, Michigan	LPTS 3
+ Apr. 27	Larry Penigar	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	WPTS 3
Trenton, New Jersey, AAU Championships winner, +81 kg
+ May 1	Duane Bobick	Trenton, New Jersey	WKO 2
+ May 2	Mike Montgomery	Trenton, New Jersey	WPTS 3
Vancouver, Canada, North American Championships winner, +81 kg
+ June 1	Jack Meda	Vancouver, Canada	WPTS 3
Denver, Colorado, IBL Championships winner, +81 kg
+ June 19	Billy Freeman	Denver, Colorado	WPTS 3
+ June 20	Jasper Evans	Denver, Colorado	WPTS 3
Roma, Italy, Dual Match Italy vs USA, +81 kg
+ June 27	Amedeo Laureti	Roma, Italy	WKO 1
Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Dual Match Yugoslavia vs USA, +81 kg
+ July 1	Anton Vukusic	Belgrade, Yugoslavia	WTKO 2
Bucharest, Romania, Dual Match Romania vs USA, +81 kg
- July 4	Ion Alexe	Bucharest, Romania	LPTS 3
+ Aug. 21	Pete Chiano	Denver, Colorado	WTKO 1
1971
Fort Carson, Colorado, US Selection, +81 kg
+ Jan. 16	Duane Bobick	Fort Carson, Colorado	WKO 2
Las Vegas, Nevada, Duals Match USA vs Soviet Union, +81 kg
+ Jan. 23	Kamo Saroyan	Las Vegas, Nevada	WTKO 2
+ Jan. 25	Jim Waltenburg	Denver, Colorado	WKO 2

Professional record

Date	Opponent	Place	Result
1971
+ Apr. 23	A J Staples	Denver, USA	KO 2
+ May 22	Art Miller	Boston, USA	KO 5
+ June 19	Gary Bates	Stateline, USA	KO 3
+ July 16	Edmund Stewart	New York, USA	KO 2
+ July 24	Leroy Caldwell	Lake Geneva, USA	W 5
+ Aug. 11	Frank Niblett	Las Vegas, USA	KO 9
+ Sept. 1	Eddie Land	Las Vegas, USA	KO 7
+ Oct. 9	Manuel Ramos	Denver, USA	W 10
+ Nov. 10	Joe E Lewis	Las Vegas, USA	KO 3
+ Nov. 26	Jack O'Halloran	Denver, USA	KO 4
+ Dec. 18	Bill Drover	Denver, USA	KO 2
1972
+ Jan. 22	Chuck Leslie	Denver, USA	KO 2
+ Mar. 25	George Johnson	Denver, USA	KO 3
+ May 10	Mel Turnbow	Las Vegas, USA	TKO 4
+ May 25	Mike Boswell	Omaha, USA	TKO 7
+ July 11	Vicente Rondon	Denver, USA	TKO 2
+ Sept. 29	Buster Mathis	Denver, USA	KO 2
+ Oct. 28	Luis Faustino Pires	Denver, USA	KO 3
+ Dec. 9	Larry Middleton	Denver, USA	KO 3
1973
- Feb. 9	Jerry Quarry	New York, USA	L 12
+ Apr. 14	Bob Stallings	Missoula, USA	W 10
+ May 12	Gregorio Peralta	Denver, USA	W 10
+ June 11	Wendell Newton	Philadelphia, USA	W 10
+ July 3	Lou Bailey	Oklahoma City, USA	W 10
+ Aug. 15	Jose Luis Garcia	Denver, USA	KO 3
+ Oct. 4	Juergen Blin	Denver, USA	TKO 2
+ Oct. 31	Larry Middleton	Baltimore, USA	W 10
= Nov. 17	Gregorio Peralta	Frankfurt, Germany	Draw 10
1974
+ Mar. 19	Oscar Bonavena	Denver, USA	W 12
+ July 16	Jimmy Ellis	Denver, USA	W 12
+ Sept. 17	Boone Kirkman	Seattle, USA	TKO 8
+ Dec. 13	Memphis Al Jones	New Orleans, USA	TKO 5
1975
- Feb. 11	Jimmy Young	Honolulu, USA	L 10
- May 16	Muhammad Ali	Las Vegas, USA	TKO by 11
World Heavyweight Title
+ Sept. 13	Earnie Shavers	Denver, USA	TKO 6
1976
- Jan. 24	George Foreman	Las Vegas, USA	KO by 5
vacant NABF Heavyweight Title
+ Sept. 11	Kevin Isaac	Utica, USA	TKO 7
- Nov. 6	Jimmy Young	San Francisco, USA	L 12
1977
+ Mar. 20	Joe Bugner	Las Vegas, USA	W 12
+ Sept. 14	Stan Ward	Las Vegas, USA	W 10
1978
+ June 3	Horace Robinson	Denver, USA	TKO 8
1979
+ Apr. 6	Fili Moala	San Diego, USA	KO 8
+ May 12	Scott LeDoux	Las Vegas, USA	W 10
- Dec. 12	Lynn Ball	Phoenix, USA	TKO by 2
1980
+ June 19	Al Neumann	Tacoma, USA	TKO 10
+ Aug. 23	George O'Mara	Inglewood, USA	KO 10
- Oct. 24	Gerry Cooney	Uniondale, USA	KO by 1
1981-1994 Inactive
1995
+ Apr. 7	Bruce Johnson	Erlanger, USA	KO 4
+ May 12	Tim Pollard	Erlanger, USA	TKO 2
+ June 9	Ed Strickland	Erlanger, USA	KO 2
+ Aug. 18	Dave Slaughter	Denver, USA	TKO 2

Summary

Total bouts: 51, Won: 43 (31 inside the limit), Lost: 7 (4 inside the limit), Draw: 1, NC: 0