Have Gerry Cooney and Ron Lyle ever fought each other?

Yes. Gerry Cooney and Ron Lyle met once on October 24, 1980, and Gerry Cooney won by KO in round 1.

Who has the better record, Cooney or Lyle?

Gerry Cooney is 28-3 and Ron Lyle is 43-7-1. Gerry Cooney has the higher win percentage.

Who has more knockouts, Cooney or Lyle?

Gerry Cooney has 24 knockout wins and Ron Lyle has 31. Ron Lyle has more.

Do Cooney and Lyle have any common opponents?

Gerry Cooney and Ron Lyle share 3 common opponents: George Foreman, Jimmy Young and Gary Bates. Gerry Cooney fared better against 1 of them.

Who is bigger, Cooney or Lyle?

Gerry Cooney is the taller fighter at 198 cm, 8 cm above the other. Gerry Cooney also has the longer reach, by 13 cm.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Cooney and Lyle?

This comparison is drawn from 31 bouts tracked for Gerry Cooney and 51 bouts tracked for Ron Lyle. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Gerry Cooney vs Ron Lyle — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

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Ron Lyle

Gerry Cooney (28-3) 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 3 common opponents.

Cooney

Wins24 KO · 86%

Losses

Draws31 tracked bouts

Lyle

Wins31 KO · 72%

Losses

Draw51 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Cooney leads 1–0

Gerry Cooney and Ron Lyle have met 1 time; Cooney leads 1–0.
Met	1980Oct 24	Series
Gerry CooneyFighter A	WWon	1–0W–L
Ron LyleFighter B	LLost	0–1W–L
Result	KOR1Lyle vs Cooney	1Meeting

Lyle vs Cooney · Oct 24, 1980

The Numbers

Cooney 6 · Lyle 1 of 7 measurable rows

CooneyEdge = longer wingLyle

Record: 28-3 (edge)43-7-1
Win %0–100%: 90.3% (edge)
85.3%
Wins by knockoutmax 31: 24
31 (edge)
KO rate0–100%: 85.71% (edge)
72.09%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^†0–100%: 86% (edge)
72%
Times stopped^†max 4: 3 (edge)
4
Title reignslevelmax 0: 0
0
Bouts per year^‡max 2.4: 2.4 (edge)
2.1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 51: 31
51

† 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

Height+3″: Gerry Cooney: 6′6″ (edge); Ron Lyle: 6′3″
Reach+5″: Gerry Cooney: 81″ (edge); Ron Lyle: 76″
Agenot comparable: Gerry Cooney: 70; Ron Lyle: Died aged 70
Stance: Gerry Cooney: Orthodox; Ron Lyle: Orthodox

Gerry Cooney 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

Gerry Cooney28 wins · from 31 tracked bouts

24 by KO/TKO 86%3 on the cards 11%1 by another method or unrecorded 4%

Ron Lyle43 wins · from 51 tracked bouts

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 — Gerry Cooney 31, Ron Lyle 51 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

3 shared

3 shared · Cooney better on 1 · even on 23 shared · Gerry Cooney better on 1 · even on 2

CooneyGerry Cooney

Opponent

LyleRon Lyle

Gerry Cooney
Loss, KO 2
1990Jan 1990
ForemanGeorge ForemanUnited States 76–5 · HeavyweightEvenEven — 0–1 both
Ron Lyle
Loss, KO 5
1976Jan 1976
Gerry Cooney
Win, RTD 4
1980May 1980
YoungJimmy YoungUnited States 35–18–3 · HeavyweightCooney betterGerry Cooney better — 1–0 to 0–2
Ron Lyle
0–2 against
Loss, UD
1976Nov 1976
Loss, UD
1975Feb 1975
Gerry Cooney
Win, KO 4
1978Feb 1978
BatesGary BatesEvenEven — 1–0 both
Ron Lyle
Win, KO 3
1971Jun 1971

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

Gerry Cooney last boxed on Jan 15, 1990 — 13,429 days ago. Cooney had lost two straight, after three straight wins.WWWLL

Brown Sep 1984Chaplin Dec 1984Gregg May 1986Spinks Jun 1987Foreman Jan 19902.4 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 Gerry Cooney and Ron Lyle ever fought each other?: Yes. Gerry Cooney and Ron Lyle met once on October 24, 1980, and Gerry Cooney won by KO in round 1.
Who has the better record, Cooney or Lyle?: Gerry Cooney is 28-3 and Ron Lyle is 43-7-1. Gerry Cooney has the higher win percentage.
Who has more knockouts, Cooney or Lyle?: Gerry Cooney has 24 knockout wins and Ron Lyle has 31. Ron Lyle has more.
Do Cooney and Lyle have any common opponents?: Gerry Cooney and Ron Lyle share 3 common opponents: George Foreman, Jimmy Young and Gary Bates. Gerry Cooney fared better against 1 of them.
Who is bigger, Cooney or Lyle?: Gerry Cooney is the taller fighter at 198 cm, 8 cm above the other. Gerry Cooney also has the longer reach, by 13 cm.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Cooney and Lyle?: This comparison is drawn from 31 bouts tracked for Gerry Cooney and 51 bouts tracked for Ron Lyle. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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