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Horace Robinson vs Ron Lyle — record, stats and common opponents compared

Horace Robinson

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Ron Lyle

Horace Robinson (1-4 across 5 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.

Robinson

Tracked record

1–4

counted from 5 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

Horace Robinson and Ron Lyle have met 1 time; Lyle leads 1–0.

Horace Robinson and Ron Lyle have met 1 time; Lyle leads 1–0.
Met1978Jun 3Series
Horace RobinsonFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Ron LyleFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultRTDR81Meeting

The Numbers

Robinson 3 · Lyle 3 of 6 measurable rows
RobinsonLyle
Record†
1-443-7-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
20%
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 4
2 (edge)
4
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 4.1
4.1 (edge)
2.1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 51
5
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
Horace Robinson: No height on file
Ron Lyle: 6′3″
Reachnot held
Horace Robinson: No reach on file
Ron Lyle: 76″
Agenot held
Horace Robinson: No date of birth
Ron Lyle: Died aged 70
Stance
Horace Robinson: Not recorded
Ron Lyle: Orthodox

Horace Robinson 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
Horace Robinson1 win · from 5 tracked bouts

Horace Robinson: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 5 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 — Horace Robinson 5, 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

Horace Robinson last boxed on Jun 3, 1978 — 17,670 days ago. Robinson had lost two straight, after one straight win.LLWLL

Holmes Mar 1977Mercado May 1977Stander Nov 1977Mercado Feb 1978Lyle Jun 19784.1 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 Horace Robinson and Ron Lyle ever fought each other?
Yes. Horace Robinson and Ron Lyle met once on June 3, 1978, and Ron Lyle won by RTD in round 8.
The meeting

LJun 3, 1978 · Lyle · RTD R8

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Robinson or Lyle?
Horace Robinson is 1-4 across the 5 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 %

Robinson1–420%

Lyle43–7–185.3%

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

Robinson1

Lyle3172.1%

The Numbers ↓
Do Robinson and Lyle have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Horace Robinson and Ron Lyle have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Robinson and Lyle?
This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for Horace Robinson and 51 bouts tracked for Ron Lyle. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Robinson5bouts

Lyle51bouts

How They Win ↓

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