Kopolow asked to minor; the option to write. [26] After dispatching of Buster Mathis, Lyle stated that he is looking for a match-up versus current undisputed champion Joe Frazier, saying "When I'm ready. [10], "I asked around about the Rocks. In the 1970s, when the heavyweight champions Ali, Foreman, Joe Frazier and Larry Holmes captivated the boxing world, Lyle was not only an unlikely contender but also a man lucky to be alive. Lyle was the more aggressive fighter in the early rounds, with Ali conserving his energy and covering up in the center of the ring allowing Lyle to score. On. Lyle was taking a horrible beating with his back to the ropes in the final seconds when Ali stopped for a moment to signal referee Ferd Hernandez, as if to say, “C’mon man, stop it.” Finally he did, at 1:08 of Round 11, ending one of the more breathtaking stretches … Ron Lyle vs Earnie Shavers – September 13, 1975 – VIDEO Ron Lyle (216 lbs) beat Earnie Shavers (206 lbs) by KO at 0:47 in round 6 of 12. On January 25, 1971, Lyle fought his last fight as an amateur, knocking out the Pacific Northwest Golden Gloves heavyweight champion Jim Wahlberg. “I’ve been as far down as a man can go,” Lyle said before that bout. Ron has ranked on the list of those famous people who were born on February 12, 1941.Ron Lyle is one of the Richest Boxing who was born in United States.Ron Lyle also has a position among the list of Most popular Boxing. Lyle died Saturday from complications from a sudden stomach ailment, said Ron McKinney, a Salvation Army official in Denver. I'm ahead on all scorecards. At 19, after dropping out of Manual High School, Lyle was convicted of second-degree murder in the shooting to death of 21-year-old gang rival Douglas Byrd. [5] Although when Mattax first approached Lyle, and tried to befriend him, he wasn't welcomed, "Man, you're a screw and I'm a convict. "He was the strongest man I have ever known, inside-and-out. “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,” he told The Rocky Mountain News in 2002. He made the team, and in the succeeding fifteen months, before turning pro, he won a number of tournaments. Early in the fifth round, Foreman battered Lyle in a corner with repeated blows, many of them left hands. Lyle took the offensive against the former champion and won the opening round. The fight was close going into the 11th round, with Lyle winning on all three of the judges' score cards. A slugger with a strong right hand, Lyle, who was 6 feet 3 inches and about 220 pounds, won his first 19 fights, 17 by knockouts, before landing a fight with Jerry Quarry in 1973 at Madison Square Garden. Lyle was ahead in the scoring in their May 1975 bout in Las Vegas and had inflicted a purplish swelling under Ali’s right eye by the 11th round. The Ring magazine quoted Lyle as saying afterwards "No one does that to me. As the round was drawing to a close, Lyle knocked Foreman down again with a flurry of blows. Lyle died at the age of 70, on Saturday November 26, 2011 from complications from a sudden stomach ailment. [33], While Lyle was working as a security guard in Las Vegas, he was accused of another murder. I will never have a close friend like him again", states Lisa Dawn Sheridan. [14] He lost by decision to Romanian Ion Alexe, but pounded Soviet Armenian heavyweight Kamo Saroyan (89–9[15]) against the ropes (referee interrupted and saved Saroyan from further pounding[16]) in a match broadcast by ABC television's Wide World of Sports,[17] preparing for which he quit his regular job,[9] and dispatched of Duane Bobick, which took the latter's corner five minutes to bring him back into consciousness. Lyle was divorced from his wife, Nadine. Lyle went on to post a 19–0 record with 17 knockouts, and became the 5th rated heavyweight contender. Lyle never got a title shot after his bout with Ali. I'll remember that punch on my deathbed. Meanwhile, two world's top-ranked heavyweights, Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier, were preparing themselves for the Fight of the Century. [9] Daniels, in turn, said of Lyle that, "The reason Ron has adjusted is that he's got a talent, something he knows he's good at and can dedicate himself to."[25]. The fight is looked upon to this day as one of the most exciting and brutal in heavyweight history. IBL Denver–Chicago match-up (Denver Rocks vs. Chicago Clippers), Auditorium Arena, Denver, Colorado, December 1969: IBL Eastern–Western Division match-up (Kentucky Pacers vs. Denver Rocks), Memorial Auditorium, Louisville, Kentucky, January 1970: IBL Denver–Milwaukee match-up (Denver Rocks vs. Milwaukee Bombers), Auditorium Arena, Denver, Colorado, January 1970: Colorado State Golden Gloves, February 1970: Regional Golden Gloves, Salt Palace, Salt Lake City, Utah, February 1970: National Golden Gloves, Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 1970: IBL Detroit–Denver (Detroit Dukes vs. Denver Rocks), Community Arts Building, State Fairgrounds, Detroit, Michigan, April 1970: IBL Denver–Miami match-up (Denver Rocks vs. Miami Barracudas), Auditorium Arena, Denver, Colorado, April 1970: National Championships, Trenton, New Jersey, April–May 1970: IBL Denver–Milwaukee match-up (Denver Rocks vs. Milwaukee Bombers), 1970: North American Championships, Vancouver, Canada, June 1970: IBL Denver–Louisville match-up (Denver Rocks vs. Kentucky Pacers), Auditorium Arena, Denver, Colorado, June 1970: IBL Championships (Denver Rocks vs. Kentucky Pacers), Auditorium Arena, Denver, Colorado, June 1970: Italy–USA Duals (Rocky Marciano Trophy), Palazzo dello Sport, Rome, Italy, June 1970: Yugoslavia–USA Duals, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, July 1970: Romania–USA Duals, Bucharest, Romania, July 1970: Rocky Mountain Golden Gloves, Derks Field, Salt Lake City, Utah, July 1970: IBL Denver–Mexico Exhibition (Denver Rocks vs. all-star Mexican team), State Fair Grounds, Pueblo, Colorado, August 1970: National Team Selection Eliminator, Fort Carson, Colorado, January 1971: USA–USSR Duals, Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada, January 1971: IBL Denver–Seattle match-up (Denver Rocks vs. the Pacific Northwest team), Auditorium Arena, Denver, Colorado, January 1971: His amateur career outside of prison lasted only 14 months, during which he compiled a record of 25–4[20] (no stoppages,) with 17 knockouts at national and international contests. They were trained by the well-known boxing veteran Bobby Lewis. Lyle died Saturday from complications fr His first fight was at the age of 30 in Denver, Colorado, against A. J. Denver’s Ron Lyle, the son of a preacher father and missionary mother who brawled with the best during a golden age of boxing heavyweights, died Saturday morning. The match was never made, however, and Lyle retired from boxing. Lyle lost to Quarry in a unanimous decision, but he continued to face leading heavyweights. But after recovering from a stab-wound, he changed his mind. Ronald "Ron" Lyle was an American professional boxer who competed from 1971 to 1980, before making a comeback in 1995. Staples, which he won by knockout in the second round. As a teenager he is convicted of second-degree murder, and while in prison he learns how to box. [6] He was paroled on November 22, 1969, and later he was given a full pardon by the Governor John Arthur Love. Ronald “Ron” Lyle Schlag, 71, of Park Rapids, MN died on Tuesday, January 26, 2021 at his home. In February, Lyle visited both rival camps. "[4], During the remainder of his sentence, he had around twenty-five unaccounted amateur fights, losing only once, and winning six heavyweight titles for inmates. George later recalled about Ron that he won the fight due to Lyle's exhaustion.[29]. By then, Lyle was 39 years old and his best years had gone. "Nobody ever hit me that hard. [34] A biography titled Off the Ropes: the Ron Lyle Story was written by Candace Toft and released in the United Kingdom by Scratching Shed Publishing in May 2010. Lyle was born the third of 19 children to William and Nellie Lyle of Dayton, Ohio. We became very good friends over the years. Ronald Lyle Goldman (July 2, 1968 – June 12, 1994) was an American restaurant waiter and a friend of Nicole Brown Simpson, the ex-wife of O. J. Simpson. Draws with fringe contenders Stan Ward and Scott LeDoux were followed by a stunning one-punch loss to unheard-of Lynn Ball. Lyle Mays, a keyboardist, composer and arranger best known for his long association with the guitarist Pat Metheny, died on Monday … He defeated Oscar Bonavena and Jimmy Ellis, a former champion, before challenging Ali, who was in his second reign as the champion. I figured I could whip him so I stuck around." Ron Lyle was born on February 12, 1941 in Dayton, Ohio.. Ron Lyle is one of the successful Boxing. I think George Foreman would have won this if they ever did get this heavyweight championship fight going. Bill Daniels, a cable television executive, president of American Basketball Association and owner of the Denver Rocks boxing team and the Utah Stars basketball team, offered Lyle an official job as a welder with a firm he owned, and on Sunday, November 9, 1969, Lyle was released from prison on parole. The 65-year-old Lyle assumed his role in 2012 and was only the third Chief Starter in NHRA history. Ron was born June 14, 1949 in Milwaukee, WI to Lyle … They told me they already had a heavyweight (Richard Archuletta and Dan Hermosillo). [21][22] (plus unaccounted record of 23–1, 15 KOs, and also without a stoppage, while serving seven-and-a-half-years prison term,[8][9] bringing his overall amateur record to around 47–5. Lyle had Bobby Lewis and Chico Ferrara in his corner. Lyle fell forward and was counted out. If there don't be no Ali, you think you'd be sitting here talking to Ron Lyle? No American before Lyle knocked out a Soviet heavyweight. I’ll go through him or over him.”. Lyle also showed restraint and did not respond to Ali's attempts at the rope-a-dope ploy. [41] "We're gonna miss Ron. In a later rematch, Young again edged Lyle and went on to outpoint George Foreman in 1977. No question about it. Ron retired again after a first-round knockout loss to then-rising star and undefeated power-hitting Gerry Cooney. After graduation Ron worked in construction as a truck driver. [8][9] Ron Lyle was born on February 12, 1941 in Dayton, Ohio, USA. A Denver cable television executive, Bill Daniels, who worked to rehabilitate prisoners, guided him into the boxing world on his release. Information on survivors was not immediately available. State Fairgrounds International Building, Learn how and when to remove this template message, "Big Georges Redemption Foreman Recalls Lyle War...", "Denver's Ron Lyle, heavyweight boxer, dies at age 70", Ronnie Lyle Made Big Comeback; Not in Ring, but in Life, Denver Boxer Lyle Readies for Professional Debut, U.S. I wasn't going to get beat because I wasn't in shape," Lyle recalled. According to Motorsport.com’s Anne Proffit, Lyle reportedly died while attempting to save a friend who was struggling while swimming Sunday while on vacation in Zipolite, Oaxaca, Mexico. He shot a man in his apartment who had spent time with him in the Colorado State Penitentiary (back in the 1970s he already brought along with him three fellow former convicts from the Colorado State Pen.) Ron … Lyle claimed self-defense and was found not guilty. He dropped out of high school, and then came the gang-fight killing that led to his imprisonment. Lyle argued he was being attacked with a lead pipe and was not the one who pulled the trigger.[3]. He proved an outstanding boxer in the prison’s recreation program. Lyle caught Foreman with a left-right combination that knocked him down in the fourth round. He was 70. Highlights of the former top Heavyweight contender.Ron Lyle - Was an American professional boxer. “But if you get in it for the respect of your peers, if you fight for the right reasons, it will all come.”, Ron Lyle, Who Met Ali for Title, Dies at 70. Ron Lyle Birthday and Date of Death. Other than Muhammad Ali and Jimmy Young, Lyle was the only boxer to have ever knocked down George Foreman during a professional boxing match. How Did Ron Lyle Die? a memorably furious battle with George Foreman. ", He would return to the ring, however, but not for long. He first attended a prison boxing event on July 4, 1962, as a spectator, though he noticed for himself he could compete as well. Bundini is of cause individuals, social justice for a free, state, please do. While in prison, Lyle, then age 26, enlisted the African-American self-help group named Black Cultural Development Society (BCDS,) and coached the group's football team, The Wildcats, and led them to a championship among the inter-prison teams. “To me, Jerry Quarry is just another obstacle. I performed an autopsy on the body of GOLDMAN, RONALD at the DEPARTMENT OF CORONER Los Angeles, California on June 14, 1994 @1030 HOURS From the anatomic findings and pertinent history, I ascribe the death to: MULTIPLE SHARP FORCE INJURIES Due To Or As a Consequence of Lyle supervised a Salvation Army boxing program for youngsters in Denver in his later years. His father, William, was a minister and worked in a steel mill. According to his own recollections, his prison boxing debut came in 1964. The family moved to Denver when Ron was a youngster. [35] It was republished in the United States by Hamilcar Publications in October 2018. Lyle had a very late start in professional boxing. Ron Lyle was a great puncher. Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011 | 12:39 p.m. Former heavyweight contender Ron Lyle, who fought Muhammad Ali for the title in 1975 and later battled George Foreman, has died in Denver at age 70. Ron Lyle, who learned to box while in prison for murder and went on to fight Muhammad Ali for the heavyweight championship and wage a memorably furious battle with George Foreman, died on Saturday in Denver. I sat around watching them for a while and finally said to myself, 'I can do that,'" Lyle said. He relied on his big right hand to end fights. Lyle was known for his punching power, crowd-pleasing fighting style, as well as courage and determination inside the ring. Feb. 12, 2020. Though in danger of falling too far behind on points, Ali appeared to be in control of the pace of the fight, and picked his moments to score. Details weren't immediately available. While serving his sentence at the Colorado state penitentiary, he was stabbed by a fellow inmate and narrowly survived surgery. [31], The year 1979 marked a decline in Lyle's abilities. Lyle credited Lt. Cliff Mattax, the athletic director at the prison, with getting him interested in boxing. So I quit my job and trained for six months. [3] After he underwent the operation, he was put into solitary confinement for 90 days, and as he was alone and there was nothing to do while recovering from the wound, he began doing push-ups, sit-ups, squats, and other exercises, after that he was training on a regular basis. In 1965, while in prison, Lyle nearly died on the operating table after being stabbed by an inmate, but Dr. Townsee didn't give up on him, Lyle underwent 36 blood transfusions and survived. In 1992 Lyle trained a young promising talent from Las Vegas, Arash Hashemi,[39] and under his mentorship Hashemi won two Golden Gloves championships. Earnie Dee Shaver (born August 31, 1944), best known as Earnie Shavers, is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1969 to 1983, with two further comebacks in 1987 and 1995. [...] Am I bitter? Ron Lyle appeared in the film Facing Ali,[42] a 2009 documentary, where he discusses his life and career. "[6], He watched boxing on TV and said, "I can do better than that," and soon the prison was bringing in boxers for him to fight. Lyle (43-7-1, 31 KOs) didn’t have too many more relevant fights after the Foreman classic. I came here by myself and I'll leave the same way." He graduated from Colorado State College in 1963. A celebration of life g… View Original Notice - Ronald "Ron" Lyle Schlag Lyle fought Foreman in January 1976, also in Las Vegas, 15 months after Foreman lost his title to Ali in Zaire — the Rumble in the Jungle, in which Foreman was knocked down for the first time. DENVER (AP) — Former heavyweight contender Ron Lyle, who fought Muhammad Ali for the title in 1975 and later battled George Foreman, has died in Denver at age 70. Fortunately, his fame had spread to Denver, where the Denver Rocks boxing team had just joined the short-lived International Boxing League. Lyle scored impressive victories over rated Jose Luis Garcia, and big names Oscar Bonavena and Earnie Shavers during his career. He held notable wins over Buster Mathis, Oscar Bonavena, Jimmy Ellis, Vicente Rondón, Earnie Shavers, Joe Bugner, and Scott LeDoux, but is best known for his slugfest against George Foreman in 1976, which won Fight of the Year honors by The Ring magazine.[2]. Ron was 70 years old at the time of death. He was arrested on a murder charge on New Year’s Day 1978 in the shooting death of a former aide at his home the night before. [4] He also played with the Canon City Rockbusters. After he turned pro, Lyle visited his fellow inmates in prison the day before or after each and every his professional fight. [24] Lyle's undefeated streak ended on a one-sided decision to veteran Jerry Quarry: the latter gave one of his career best performances using a boxer/puncher style to create openings first, gaining the initiative using his greater experience. Ron Lyle was born on Feb. 12, 1941, in Dayton, Ohio, one of 19 children. He was told that a professional boxing career was not a suitable parole plan. Lyle retired after being knocked out by Gerry Cooney in the first round in 1980, then came back when he was 54, winning four bouts against nondescript fighters before quitting for good. After capturing the NAA title, Lyle became a member of the United States National Boxing Team,[12] as he was still on parole he was given permission to leave the U.S.,[13] and dispatched on a boxing journey across Europe, visiting Italy, Yugoslavia, and Romania and meeting top local heavyweights in the process. Ron Lyle is best known as a Boxing. Ronald David Lyle (February 12, 1941 – November 26, 2011) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1971 to 1980, and in 1995. According to George Foreman, Ron Lyle was one of the three hardest punchers he had faced in his career along with Gerry Cooney and Cleveland Williams. Then he went to Catskill, New York, to the Frazier's camp, but Yancey Durham, Frazier's manager, did not approve Lyle as a sparring partner, instead he went against one of already selected Frazier's sparring partners, a professional boxer from Chicago[18] (Frazier reportedly has invited Lyle for a two-round exhibition at Kiamesha Lake, New York, on January 19, but Lyle was busy qualifying to fight the Soviet.[19]). "It was the turning point of my life. Tremendous puncher, great guy, good-hearted guy. Ron Goldman. During his time in Denver, Lyle was known to have associated with violent gangs. The next morning he showed up at the Rocks' Gym in Denver (later known as Elks Gym,) and was trying out with the Rocks. GEORGE FOREMAN w ko 5 RON LYLE January 24, 1976; Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, NV JANUARY was a good month for George Foreman. How Did Ron Lyle Die? He was married to Nadine Lyle. He was released after more than seven years in prison, became an Amateur Athletic Union champion and then turned professional at 30. A two-time world heavyweight championship challenger, Shavers is known for being one of the hardest punchers in boxing history. Ron Lyle died in Denver, Colorado. He was an actor, known for Unsolved Mysteries (1987), Facing Ali (2009) and ABC's Wide World of Sports (1961). During this documentary he revealed that, during his stint in prison, where he received one meal a day consisting of a bowl of spinach, he passed time by doing up to 1,000 push-ups in an hour each day. He was 70. He graduated from McKinley Grade School, Wilson Junior High School and Canon City High School, all in Canon City, Colorado. On May 16, 1975 he was given an opportunity to face heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali, during Ali's second title defense in his second reign as champion. After scoring four quick knockouts over second-rate opponents, Lyle tried to get a rematch with Foreman. Biography. But Ali unleashed a flurry of punches in that round that left Lyle defenseless, and the referee stopped the fight. Ron Lyle, left, in the 11th round of his heavyweight title fight with Muhammad Ali in 1975. He grew up on the Northeast side of the city, a predominantly African American area, in public housing projects. Lyle lost on a technical knockout. “It was most definitely the toughest fight I’ve ever had,” Foreman said. Ronald Lyle Packard was born in Springfield, Baca County, Colorado the son of Marian Loine Godrey (1916-1985) and Gordon R. Packard (1914-1993). I will greatly miss him now that he is gone. Ali then hit Lyle with a strong right hand and followed with several flurrying punches, scoring. The cause was complications of a stomach abscess, his sister, Sharon Dempsey, told The Denver Post. Foreman later wrote in his autobiography, and told on several occasions, that Lyle was the toughest man he ever fought, and the hardest hitter he ever took up.