But Ali let loose with combinations in the 11th, and the referee stopped the fight, giving Ali a TKO a technical knockout. Ron Lyle was born on Feb. 12, 1941, in Dayton, Ohio, one of 19 children. Ron Lyle, Boxer | From Inmate to Heavyweight Contender - Hannibal Boxing Lyle argued he was being attacked with a lead pipe and was not the one who pulled the trigger. Foreman has called it the toughest fight of his long career. The gym, called Red Shield Cox-Lyle Boxing, would show replays of Lyle's fights every Friday night as inspiration for some of the program's 100 students, McKinney said. Lyle claimed self defence and was acquitted. I tell the kids if you get into this for the notoriety, for the money, and the girls, the fast life, well, those are the wrong reasons but if you get in it for the respect of your peers, if you fight for the right reasons, it will all come. No animated GIFs, photos with additional graphics (borders, embellishments. He physically hurt me and nobody else ever did that." When the opening bell rang, there was no feeling-out process. In the early 70s, Lyle continues his career winning his first 19 bouts, 17 of them by knockout. After leading for most of the fight, Lyle loses to Muhammad Ali during a bout on May 16, 1975. On Oct. 24, 1980, Lyle is knocked out by Gerry Cooney in the first round, then leaves the sport for 15 years. U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current, Web: Obituary Daily Times Index, 1995-2016, UK and Ireland, Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current, U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Thank you for fulfilling this photo request. This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. The internal bleeding that Goldman had in his abdomen also left critical wounds. Ron was a good-hearted guy. Early in the fifth round, Foreman battered Lyle in a corner with repeated blows, many of them left hands. The browser you are using is no longer supported on this site. On Sept. 13, 1975, Lyle fights Earnie Shavers in Denver, winning by a knockout in the sixth round. Ron Lyle came out of prison to become one of heavyweight boxing's most feared punchers during the early 1970s. Kiszla: Avs embarrass themselves with silence about Valeri Nichushkin's mysterious absence following reported 9-1-1 call. He was arrested on a murder charge on New Years Day 1978 in the shooting death of a former aide at his home the night before. Lyle retired in 1980, then attempted a comeback in 1995, winning four fights. I was involved, Lyle told The Denver Post, saying he could have received a softer sentence if he had revealed the killer. In recent years, Lyle coached kids in the Cox-Lyle boxing program at the Salvation Army Red Shield Center in the Whittier-. An epic struggle with the former champion George Foreman in 1976 was Lyle's reward for a knockout victory over the feared puncher Earnie Shavers. Nick Groke: 303-954-1015 or ngroke@denverpost.com. Quickly see who the memorial is for and when they lived and died and where they are buried. Ron Goldman - Wikipedia Please contact Find a Grave at [emailprotected] if you need help resetting your password. If [it wasn't] Ali, you think you would be sitting here talking to Ron Lyle? Its who we are.. Are you sure that you want to delete this memorial? We were all in it together. To view a photo in more detail or edit captions for photos you added, click the photo to open the photo viewer.
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