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.
Gary Bates (0-3 across 3 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.
Gary Bates vs Ron Lyle — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Ron Lyle leads 1–0- Ron Lyle wonLyle vs BatesJun 19, 1971 · KO · R3
The Numbers
- 0-3
- Record
- 43-7-1 (edge)
- 0%
- Win %
- 85.3% (edge)
- 0
- Wins by knockout
- 31 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 72.09%
- —
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 73%
- 3 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 5
- 0
- Title reigns
- 0
- 0.4
- Bouts per year
- 2.2 (edge)
- 3
- Bouts tracked
- 54
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
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- Height
- 6′3″ (190 cm)
- —
- Reach
- 76″ (193 cm)
- —
- Age
- 85
- —
- Stance
- Orthodox
- —
- Division
- Heavyweight
- —
- Nationality
- American
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyGary Bates · 0 wins
No tracked wins yet.
Ron Lyle · 44 wins
KO/TKO
32
Decision
12
Other
0
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (3 and 54 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
1 sharedShared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Gary Bates
LLL
L3 streak · last fought Feb 11, 1978
Ron Lyle
WWWWL
W4 streak · last fought Aug 18, 1995
Common Questions
- 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.
- Who has the better record, Gary Bates or Ron Lyle?
- Gary Bates is 0-3 across the 3 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.
- Who has more knockouts, Gary Bates or Ron Lyle?
- Gary Bates has 0 knockout wins and Ron Lyle has 31. Ron Lyle has more.
- Do Gary Bates and Ron 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.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Gary Bates and Ron Lyle?
- This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for Gary Bates and 54 bouts tracked for Ron Lyle. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.