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Gary Bates vs Ron Lyle — record, stats and common opponents compared

Gary Bates

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Ron Lyle

Gary Bates (0-4 across 4 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.

Bates

Tracked record

0–4

counted from 4 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

Gary Bates and Ron Lyle have met 1 time; Lyle leads 1–0.

Gary Bates and Ron Lyle have met 1 time; Lyle leads 1–0.
Met1971Jun 19Series
Gary BatesFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Ron LyleFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR31Meeting

The Numbers

Bates 1 · Lyle 4 of 5 measurable rows
BatesLyle
Record†
0-443-7-1 (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
3 (edge)
4
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 2.1
0.4
2.1 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 51
4
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
Gary Bates: No height on file
Ron Lyle: 6′3″
Reachnot held
Gary Bates: No reach on file
Ron Lyle: 76″
Agenot held
Gary Bates: No date of birth
Ron Lyle: Died aged 70
Stance
Gary Bates: Not recorded
Ron Lyle: Orthodox

Gary Bates 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
Gary Bates0 wins · from 4 tracked bouts

Gary Bates: no tracked wins in the 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Bates 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 — Gary Bates 4, Ron Lyle 51 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · even on 1

Bates

Opponent

Lyle

  • Gary Bates

    Loss, KO 4

    1978

    CooneyEven

    Ron Lyle

    Loss, KO 1

    1980

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

Gary Bates last boxed on Feb 11, 1978 — 17,780 days ago. Bates had lost four straight.LLLL

White Jul 1968Norton Jul 1969Lyle Jun 1971Cooney Feb 19780.4 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 Gary Bates and Ron Lyle ever fought each other?
Yes. Gary Bates and Ron Lyle met once on June 19, 1971, and Ron Lyle won by KO in round 3.
The meeting

LJun 19, 1971 · Lyle · KO R3

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Bates or Lyle?
Gary Bates is 0-4 across the 4 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 %

Bates0–40%

Lyle43–7–185.3%

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

Bates0

Lyle3172.1%

The Numbers ↓
Do Bates and Lyle have any common opponents?
Gary Bates and Ron Lyle share 1 common opponent: Gerry Cooney. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
Shared opponent

Gerry CooneyLL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Bates and Lyle?
This comparison is drawn from 4 bouts tracked for Gary Bates and 51 bouts tracked for Ron Lyle. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Bates4bouts

Lyle51bouts

How They Win ↓

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