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George Foreman vs Ron Lyle

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

George Foreman and Ron Lyle met once (1976). George Foreman won in 1976 by ko.

Side by side

George ForemanRon Lyle
Reach76″ (193 cm)
75″ (190.5 cm)Height75″ (190.5 cm)
Reach advantage+1.31%
76–5Record43–7
89%Finish rate72%
39Longest unbeaten run25
86Recorded 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.

OpponentGeorge ForemanRon Lyle
Gerry Cooney W L
Scott LeDoux W W
Jimmy Young L L
Muhammad Ali L L
Jimmy Young L L
Gregorio Peralta W D
Jack O'Halloran W W

Careers side by side

George Foreman

1970 1980 1990 win vs Gary Hobo Wiler (1969)win vs Levi Forte (1969)win vs Bob Hazelton (1969)win vs Max Martinez (1969)win vs Leo Peterson (1969)win vs Roberto Davila (1969)win vs Vernon Clay (1969)win vs Roy Wallace (1969)win vs Johnny Carroll (1969)win vs Chuck Wepner (1969)win vs Sylvester Dullaire (1969)win vs Fred Askew (1969)win vs Donald Walheim (1969)win vs Mel Turnbow (1970)win vs Boone Kirkman (1970)win vs Lou Bailey (1970)win vs George Chuvalo (1970)win vs Roger Russell (1970)win vs George Johnson (1970)win vs Aaron Eastling (1970)win vs James J. Woody (1970)win vs Rufus Brassell (1970)win vs Gregorio Peralta (1970)win vs Jack O'Halloran (1970)win vs Charley Polite (1970)win vs Luis Faustino Pires (1971)win vs Ollie Wilson (1971)win vs Leroy Caldwell (1971)win vs Vic Scott (1971)win vs Gregorio Peralta (1971)win vs Stamford Harris (1971)win vs Charlie Boston (1971)win vs Terry Sorrell (1972)win vs Miguel Angel Paez (1972)win vs Ted Gullick (1972)win vs Clarence Boone (1972)win vs Joe Murphy Goodwin (1972)win vs José Roman (1973)win vs Joe Frazier (1973)loss vs Muhammad Ali (1974)win vs Ken Norton (1974)? vs Boone Kirkman (1975)? vs Charlie Polite (1975)win vs Terry Daniels (1975)win vs Jerry Judge (1975)win vs Alonzo Johnson (1975)win vs John "Dino" Denis (1976)win vs Scott LeDoux (1976)win vs Joe Frazier (1976)win vs Ron Lyle (1976)loss vs Jimmy Young (1977)win vs Pedro Agosto (1977)win vs Rocky Sekorski (1987)win vs Tim Anderson (1987)win vs Bobby Crabtree (1987)win vs Charles Hostetter (1987)win vs Steve Zouski (1987)win vs David Jaco (1988)win vs Tony Fulilangi (1988)win vs Bobby Hitz (1988)win vs Ladislao Mijangos (1988)win vs Carlos Hernández (1988)win vs Frank Lux (1988)win vs Dwight Muhammad Qawi (1988)win vs Guido Trane (1988)win vs Tom Trimm (1988)win vs Everett Martin (1989)win vs Bert Cooper (1989)win vs J. B. Williamson (1989)win vs Manoel De Almeida (1989)win vs Mark Young (1989)win vs Terry Anderson (1990)win vs Ken Lakusta (1990)win vs Adilson Rodrigues (1990)win vs Mike Jameson (1990)win vs Gerry Cooney (1990)win vs Jimmy K. Ellis (1991)loss vs Evander Holyfield (1991)win vs Alex Stewart (1992)loss vs Tommy Morrison (1993)win vs Pierre Coetzer (1993)win vs Michael Moorer (1994)win vs Axel Schulz (1995)win vs Crawford Grimsley (1996)loss vs Shannon Briggs (1997)win vs Lou Savarese (1997)
winlossdraw / NC1969–1997

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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