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Earnie Shavers vs Ron Lyle

A fight that actually happened — and everything both records say about it.

Earnie Shavers and Ron Lyle met once (1975). Ron Lyle won in 1975 by ko.

Side by side

Earnie ShaversRon Lyle
79″ (200.7 cm)Reach76″ (193 cm)
72″ (182.9 cm)Height75″ (190.5 cm)
+9.73%Reach advantage+1.31%
76–14Record43–7
92%Finish rate72%
30Longest unbeaten run25
89Recorded bouts50
OrthodoxStanceOrthodox

A comparison of what is on record. Nothing here predicts a result.

Common opponents

Both fought these 7. This is the comparison the siloed databases cannot make, because it needs every fight list linked to every other.

OpponentEarnie ShaversRon Lyle
Joe Bugner W W
Jimmy Young W L
Muhammad Ali L L
Jimmy Young W L
Jimmy Ellis W W
Jerry Quarry L L
Vicente Rondón W W

Careers side by side

Earnie Shavers

1970 1980 1990 win vs Gene Idelette (1969)win vs Chico Froncano (1969)win vs J. D. McCauley (1969)win vs Lee Roy (1969)loss vs Stan Johnson (1969)win vs George Holden (1969)win vs Silas Howell (1969)win vs Bunky Akins (1970)win vs Johnny Mac (1970)win vs Johnny Hudgins (1970)win vs Don Branch (1970)win vs Jim Daniels (1970)loss vs Ron Stander (1970)win vs Frank Smith (1970)win vs Ron Asher (1970)win vs Art Miller (1970)win vs Abe Brown (1970)win vs Joe Byrd (1970)win vs Del Morris (1971)win vs Cleo Daniels (1971)win vs Elmo Henderson (1971)win vs Charlie Boston (1971)win vs Pat Duncan (1971)win vs Richard Pittman (1971)win vs Bill McMurray (1971)win vs Bill Hardney (1971)win vs Chuck Leslie (1971)win vs Willie Johnson (1971)win vs Mac Harrison (1971)win vs Young Agabab (1971)win vs Steve Carter (1971)win vs Dick Gosha (1971)win vs Johnny Mac (1971)win vs Nat Shaver (1971)win vs Lee Estes (1971)win vs Leroy Caldwell (1972)win vs A J Staples (1972)win vs Vicente Rondón (1972)win vs Lou Bailey (1972)win vs Bob Felstein (1972)win vs Charley Polite (1972)win vs Elgie Walters (1972)win vs Ted Gullick (1972)loss vs Jerry Quarry (1973)win vs Jimmy Ellis (1973)win vs Harold Carter (1973)win vs Jimmy Young (1973)draw vs Jimmy Young (1974)loss vs Bob Stallings (1974)win vs Roy Wallace (1974)win vs Tommy Howard (1975)loss vs Ron Lyle (1975)win vs Oliver Wright (1975)win vs Rochell Norris (1975)win vs Leon Shaw (1975)win vs Roy Williams (1976)win vs Henry Clark (1976)loss vs Muhammad Ali (1977)win vs Howard Smith (1977)win vs Harold Carter (1978)win vs John Girowski (1978)win vs Harry Terrell (1978)loss vs Larry Holmes (1978)loss vs Larry Holmes (1979)win vs Eddie Parotte (1979)win vs Ken Norton (1979)win vs Ted Wadkins (1980)loss vs Randall Cobb (1980)win vs Leroy Boone (1980)loss vs Bernardo Mercado (1980)win vs Jeff Sims (1981)win vs Mike Rodgers (1981)win vs Terry Mims (1981)win vs Tony Perea (1982)win vs Al Jones (1982)win vs Phil Clinard (1982)win vs Chuck Gardner (1982)loss vs Walter Santemore (1982)win vs Billy Joe Thomas (1982)loss vs James Tillis (1982)win vs Danny Sutton (1982)win vs Joe Bugner (1982)win vs Ali Haakim (1982)loss vs George Chaplin (1983)win vs Phil Clinard (1983)win vs Rahim Muhammad (1983)win vs Larry Sims (1987)loss vs Brian Yates (1995)win vs Brian Morgan (1995)
winlossdraw / NC1969–1995

Ron Lyle

1980 1990 win vs Bill Drover (1971)win vs Jack O'Halloran (1971)win vs Joe E Lewis (1971)win vs Manuel Ramos (1971)win vs Eddie Land (1971)win vs Frank Niblett (1971)win vs Leroy Caldwell (1971)win vs Edmund Stewart (1971)win vs Gary Bates (1971)win vs Art Miller (1971)win vs A J Staples (1971)win vs Larry Middleton (1972)win vs Luis Faustino Pires (1972)win vs Buster Mathis (1972)win vs Vicente Rondón (1972)win vs Mike Boswell (1972)win vs Mel Turnbow (1972)win vs George Johnson (1972)win vs Chuck Leslie (1972)draw vs Gregorio Peralta (1973)win vs Larry Middleton (1973)win vs Jürgen Blin (1973)win vs José Luis García (1973)win vs Lou Bailey (1973)win vs Wendell Newton (1973)win vs Bob Stallings (1973)loss vs Jerry Quarry (1973)win vs Al Jones (1974)win vs Boone Kirkman (1974)win vs Jimmy Ellis (1974)win vs Oscar Bonavena (1974)win vs Earnie Shavers (1975)loss vs Muhammad Ali (1975)loss vs Jimmy Young (1975)loss vs Jimmy Young (1976)win vs Kevin Isaac (1976)loss vs George Foreman (1976)win vs Stan Ward (1977)win vs Joe Bugner (1977)win vs Horace Robinson (1978)loss vs Lynn Ball (1979)win vs Scott LeDoux (1979)win vs Fili Moala (1979)loss vs Gerry Cooney (1980)win vs George O'Mara (1980)win vs Al Neumann (1980)win vs Dave Slaughter (1995)win vs Ed Strickland (1995)win vs Tim Pollard (1995)win vs Bruce Johnson (1995)
winlossdraw / NC1971–1995

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