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Lou Bailey vs Ron Lyle — record, stats and common opponents compared

Lou Bailey

🇺🇸HEAVYWEIGHT

Ron Lyle

Lou Bailey (0-13 across 13 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 5 common opponents.

Bailey

Tracked record

0–13

counted from 13 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

Lou Bailey and Ron Lyle have met 1 time; Lyle leads 1–0.

Lou Bailey and Ron Lyle have met 1 time; Lyle leads 1–0.
Met1973Jul 3Series
Lou BaileyFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Ron LyleFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Bailey 0 · Lyle 5 of 5 measurable rows
BaileyLyle
Record†
0-1343-7-1 (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 5
5
4 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 2.1
0.5
2.1 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 51
13
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
Lou Bailey: No height on file
Ron Lyle: 6′3″
Reachnot held
Lou Bailey: No reach on file
Ron Lyle: 76″
Agenot held
Lou Bailey: No date of birth
Ron Lyle: Died aged 70
Stance
Lou Bailey: Not recorded
Ron Lyle: Orthodox

Lou Bailey 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
Lou Bailey0 wins · from 13 tracked bouts

Lou Bailey: no tracked wins in the 13 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Bailey 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 — Lou Bailey 13, Ron Lyle 51 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

5 shared

5 shared · Lyle better on 3 · even on 2

Bailey

Opponent

Lyle

  • Lou Bailey

    Loss, TKO 3

    1970

    ForemanEven

    Ron Lyle

    Loss, KO 5

    1976

  • Lou Bailey

    Loss, KO 2

    1972

    ShaversLyle better

    Ron Lyle

    Win, KO 6

    1975

  • Lou Bailey

    Loss, PTS

    1973

    KirkmanLyle better

    Ron Lyle

    Win, TKO 8

    1974

  • Lou Bailey

    Loss, UD

    1973

    BonavenaLyle better

    Ron Lyle

    Win, UD

    1974

  • Lou Bailey

    Loss, UD

    1971

    QuarryEven

    Ron Lyle

    Loss, UD

    1973

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

Lou Bailey last boxed on Nov 2, 1985 — 14,961 days ago. Bailey had lost 13 straight.LLLLL

Lyle Jul 1973Bonavena Aug 1973Kirkman Oct 1973Bobick Apr 1974McCall Nov 19850.5 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 Lou Bailey and Ron Lyle ever fought each other?
Yes. Lou Bailey and Ron Lyle met once on July 3, 1973, and Ron Lyle won by UD.
The meeting

LJul 3, 1973 · Lyle · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Bailey or Lyle?
Lou Bailey is 0-13 across the 13 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 %

Bailey0–130%

Lyle43–7–185.3%

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

Bailey0

Lyle3172.1%

The Numbers ↓
Do Bailey and Lyle have any common opponents?
Lou Bailey and Ron Lyle share 5 common opponents: George Foreman, Earnie Shavers and Boone Kirkman (and 2 others). Ron Lyle fared better against 3 of them.
5 shared opponents

George ForemanLL

Earnie ShaversLW

Boone KirkmanLW

Oscar BonavenaLW

and 1 more

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Bailey and Lyle?
This comparison is drawn from 13 bouts tracked for Lou Bailey and 51 bouts tracked for Ron Lyle. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Bailey13bouts

Lyle51bouts

How They Win ↓

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