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A J Staples vs Ron Lyle — record, stats and common opponents compared

A J Staples

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Ron Lyle

A J Staples (0-2 across 2 tracked bouts) and Ron Lyle (43-7-1) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Staples

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Lyle

43

Wins31 KO · 72%

7

Losses

1

Draw51 tracked bouts

Heads up: at least one of these records is a tracked record — the wins and losses Kill The Body has ingested so far, not an independently verified career total. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.

Head to Head

Lyle leads 1–0

A J Staples and Ron Lyle have met 1 time; Lyle leads 1–0.

A J Staples and Ron Lyle have met 1 time; Lyle leads 1–0.
Met1971Apr 23Series
A J StaplesFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Ron LyleFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR21Meeting

The Numbers

Staples 1 · Lyle 4 of 5 measurable rows
StaplesLyle
Record†
0-243-7-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
85.3% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 31
0
31 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—72.09%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—72%
Times stopped‡max 4
2 (edge)
4
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 2.1
1.4
2.1 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 51
2
51

† One or both records are tracked, not career-verified. · ‡ Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total. · § Across each fighter's tracked career span. · Bars are scaled per row — percentages on 0–100, counts against the larger of the two. Every figure is also printed as text.

Tale of the Tape

Heightnot held
A J Staples: No height on file
Ron Lyle: 6′3″
Reachnot held
A J Staples: No reach on file
Ron Lyle: 76″
Agenot held
A J Staples: No date of birth
Ron Lyle: Died aged 70
Stance
A J Staples: Not recorded
Ron Lyle: Orthodox

A J Staples left, Ron Lyle right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
A J Staples0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

A J Staples: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Staples yet.

Ron Lyle43 wins · from 51 tracked bouts

Ron Lyle: 43 tracked wins — 31 by KO/TKO (72%) and 12 on the cards (28%). Counted from 51 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

31 by KO/TKO 72%12 on the cards 28%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — A J Staples 2, Ron Lyle 51 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Lyle better on 1

Staples

Opponent

Lyle

  • A J Staples

    Loss, TKO 1

    1972

    ShaversLyle better

    Ron Lyle

    Win, KO 6

    1975

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

A J Staples last boxed on Sep 19, 1972 — 19,752 days ago. Staples had lost two straight.LL

Lyle Apr 1971Shavers Sep 19721.4 tracked bouts per year

Ron Lyle has won four straight since losing by stoppage to Gerry Cooney. Lyle last boxed on Aug 18, 1995.LWWWW

Cooney Oct 1980Johnson Apr 1995Pollard May 1995Strickland Jun 1995Slaughter Aug 19952.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have A J Staples and Ron Lyle ever fought each other?
Yes. A J Staples and Ron Lyle met once on April 23, 1971, and Ron Lyle won by TKO in round 2.
The meeting

LApr 23, 1971 · Lyle · TKO R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Staples or Lyle?
A J Staples is 0-2 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Ron Lyle is 43-7-1. Ron Lyle has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Staples0–20%

Lyle43–7–185.3%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Staples or Lyle?
A J Staples has 0 knockout wins and Ron Lyle has 31. Ron Lyle has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Staples0

Lyle3172.1%

The Numbers ↓
Do Staples and Lyle have any common opponents?
A J Staples and Ron Lyle share 1 common opponent: Earnie Shavers. Ron Lyle fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Earnie ShaversLW

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Staples and Lyle?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for A J Staples and 51 bouts tracked for Ron Lyle. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Staples2bouts

Lyle51bouts

How They Win ↓

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