Ron Lyle
76″ reach · +1.31% reach advantage · 20th percentile
Ron Lyle has a reach of 76″ against a height of 75″ — a reach advantage of +1.31%, unusually short for heavyweight boxing and the 20th percentile of the 317 compared here.
Reach in context
Reach advantage
+1.31%
76″ reach on a 75″ frame
Compared against 317 heavyweight boxing fighters. Median 3.99%.
| Reach | 76″ (193 cm) | 32nd pct |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 75″ (190.5 cm) | 57th pct |
| Stance | Orthodox | |
| Division | Heavyweight Boxing | |
| Peak era | 1960s | |
| Country | United States |
Record
Boxing record
43–7
51 bouts on record
Finish rate
72%
of wins ended inside the distance — heavyweight boxing median 68%, 59th percentile
The career, bout by bout
50 recorded bouts from 1971 to 1995. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
25y
1971–1995
Longest unbeaten run
25
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
1971
11 bouts
Recorded bouts
50
50 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | W | Dave Slaughter | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1995 | W | Ed Strickland | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1995 | W | Tim Pollard | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1995 | W | Bruce Johnson | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1980 | L | Gerry Cooney | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1980 | W | George O'Mara | KO/TKO | 10 |
| 1980 | W | Al Neumann | KO/TKO | 10 |
| 1979 | L | Lynn Ball | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1979 | W | Scott LeDoux | Decision | 10 |
| 1979 | W | Fili Moala | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 1978 | W | Horace Robinson | — | 8 |
| 1977 | W | Stan Ward | — | 10 |
| 1977 | W | Joe Bugner | Decision | 12 |
| 1976 | L | Jimmy Young | Decision | 12 |
| 1976 | W | Kevin Isaac | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1976 | L | George Foreman | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1975 | W | Earnie Shavers | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1975 | L | Muhammad Ali | KO/TKO | 11 |
| 1975 | L | Jimmy Young | Decision | 10 |
| 1974 | W | Al Jones | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1974 | W | Boone Kirkman | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 1974 | W | Jimmy Ellis | Decision | 12 |
| 1974 | W | Oscar Bonavena | Decision | 12 |
| 1973 | D | Gregorio Peralta | Draw | 10 |
| 1973 | W | Larry Middleton | Decision | 10 |
| 1973 | W | Jürgen Blin | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1973 | W | José Luis García | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1973 | W | Lou Bailey | Decision | 10 |
| 1973 | W | Wendell Newton | — | 10 |
| 1973 | W | Bob Stallings | Decision | 10 |
| 1973 | L | Jerry Quarry | Decision | 12 |
| 1972 | W | Larry Middleton | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1972 | W | Luis Faustino Pires | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1972 | W | Buster Mathis | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1972 | W | Vicente Rondón | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1972 | W | Mike Boswell | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1972 | W | Mel Turnbow | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1972 | W | George Johnson | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1972 | W | Chuck Leslie | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1971 | W | Bill Drover | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1971 | W | Jack O'Halloran | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1971 | W | Joe E Lewis | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1971 | W | Manuel Ramos | Decision | 10 |
| 1971 | W | Eddie Land | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1971 | W | Frank Niblett | KO/TKO | 9 |
| 1971 | W | Leroy Caldwell | — | 5 |
| 1971 | W | Edmund Stewart | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1971 | W | Gary Bates | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1971 | W | Art Miller | — | 5 |
| 1971 | W | A J Staples | — | 2 |
16 of these opponents have their own page here.
Closest in build
heavyweight boxing fighters with the nearest reach advantage.
- John McDermott+1.31% 76″ reach · 20th pct
- Buster Mathis+1.31% 76″ reach · 20th pct
- Biko Botowamungu+1.31% 76″ reach · 20th pct
- Chris Arreola+1.31% 76″ reach · 20th pct
- Elieser Castillo+1.33% 75″ reach · 22nd pct
- Scott Welch+1.33% 75″ reach · 22nd pct
- Sefer Seferi+1.33% 75″ reach · 22nd pct
- Adam Balski+1.33% 75″ reach · 22nd pct
How this is worked out
- Measurements and records are read from the fighter's English Wikipedia infobox; the fight list is parsed from the article's own results table.
- Reach advantage is (reach − height) ÷ height as a percentage, so fighters of different sizes compare directly.
- Percentiles rank this fighter among the 317 heavyweight boxing fighters in the dataset — chosen because it is the most specific group of at least 30 that this fighter belongs to.
Reach advantage = (reach − height) ÷ height × 100
Source: Ron Lyle on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-07. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.