Comments Thread For: Ron Lyle, Heavyweight Great Passes Away at 70-Years-Old

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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. A Salvation Army official in Denver says Lyle died Saturday from complications from a sudden stomach ailment. Details weren’t immediately available. Ron McKinney says Lyle retired last year from running the charity’s boxing program, called Red Shield Cox-Lyle Boxing, but had worked out at the gym every day. Lyle lost to both Ali and Foreman in the mid-1970s bouts. He tried unsuccessfully to schedule another fight with Foreman during a brief comeback in the 1990s.
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[Mr.Fantastic]

RIP. May he be in a better place.


Him vs Foreman is one of my All Time greatest fights I've ever seen in boxing.

[Oasis_Lad]

RIP, Ron.

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[KingTito]

Rip..................

[SN!PER]

Ron Lyle was the man. Awesome battles with Ali and Foreman, I only wish the sport had heavyweights like him today.

[Brockton Lip]

An excellent fighter and one of the nicest people I've met. Rest in peace Ron .

[ИATAS]

RIP. May he be in a better place.


Him vs Foreman is one of my All Time greatest fights I've ever seen in boxing.

yep, round 4 especially, one of the greatest rounds ever.

[TintaBoricua]

yep, round 4 especially, one of the greatest rounds ever.

Classic. Is that the one where Lyle knocks Foreman down, then Foreman knocks Lyle down, then Lyle comes back and knocks HIM down?

LOL! That round is CLASSIC.

[ИATAS]

Classic. Is that the one where Lyle knocks Foreman down, then Foreman knocks Lyle down, then Lyle comes back and knocks HIM down?

LOL! That round is CLASSIC.

yeah exactly. just a pure war

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