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Bruce Johnson vs Ron Lyle — record, stats and common opponents compared

Bruce Johnson

🇺🇸HEAVYWEIGHT

Ron Lyle

Bruce Johnson (1-21 across 22 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 no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Johnson

Tracked record

1–21

counted from 22 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

Bruce Johnson and Ron Lyle have met 1 time; Lyle leads 1–0.

Bruce Johnson and Ron Lyle have met 1 time; Lyle leads 1–0.
Met1995Apr 7Series
Bruce JohnsonFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Ron LyleFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR41Meeting

The Numbers

Johnson 1 · Lyle 5 of 6 measurable rows
JohnsonLyle
Record†
1-2143-7-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
4.5%
85.3% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 31
1
31 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—72.09%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
100% (edge)
72%
Times stopped‡max 20
20
4 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 2.1
1.5
2.1 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 51
22
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
Bruce Johnson: No height on file
Ron Lyle: 6′3″
Reachnot held
Bruce Johnson: No reach on file
Ron Lyle: 76″
Agenot held
Bruce Johnson: No date of birth
Ron Lyle: Died aged 70
Stance
Bruce Johnson: Not recorded
Ron Lyle: Orthodox

Bruce Johnson 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
Bruce Johnson1 win · from 22 tracked bouts

Bruce Johnson: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 22 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 100%

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 — Bruce Johnson 22, Ron Lyle 51 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Bruce Johnson last boxed on Dec 9, 1995 — 11,272 days ago. Johnson had lost seven straight.LLLLL

May Oct 1993Foster Apr 1994Lyle Apr 1995Berbick Aug 1995Ribalta Dec 19951.5 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 Bruce Johnson and Ron Lyle ever fought each other?
Yes. Bruce Johnson and Ron Lyle met once on April 7, 1995, and Ron Lyle won by KO in round 4.
The meeting

LApr 7, 1995 · Lyle · KO R4

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Johnson or Lyle?
Bruce Johnson is 1-21 across the 22 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 %

Johnson1–214.5%

Lyle43–7–185.3%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Johnson or Lyle?
Bruce Johnson has 1 knockout win and Ron Lyle has 31. Ron Lyle has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Johnson1

Lyle3172.1%

The Numbers ↓
Do Johnson and Lyle have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Bruce Johnson and Ron Lyle have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Johnson and Lyle?
This comparison is drawn from 22 bouts tracked for Bruce Johnson and 51 bouts tracked for Ron Lyle. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Johnson22bouts

Lyle51bouts

How They Win ↓

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