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Lyle Alzado vs Muhammad Ali — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Lyle Alzado

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Muhammad Ali

Lyle Alzado and Muhammad Ali (56-5) 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.

Alzado

Record pending

Ali

56

Wins37 KO · 66%

5

Losses

0

Draws62 tracked bouts

Heads up: we don't hold a record for one of these fighters yet, so the rows that depend on it are blank. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.

Head to Head

1 meeting, no result recorded

Lyle Alzado and Muhammad Ali have met 1 time; 1 meeting, no result recorded.

Lyle Alzado and Muhammad Ali have met 1 time; 1 meeting, no result recorded.
Met1979Jul 14Series
Lyle AlzadoFighter AResult pending0–0W–L
Muhammad AliFighter BResult pending0–0W–L
ResultNot recorded1Meeting

The Numbers

Alzado 1 · Ali 1 of 2 measurable rows
AlzadoAli
Record
—56-5
Win %not comparable
—91.8%
Wins by knockoutnot comparable
—37
KO ratenot comparable
—66.07%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†not comparable
—67%
Times stopped†max 1
0 (edge)
1
Title reignsmax 9
0
9 (edge)
Bouts per year‡not comparable
—2.9
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 62
0
62

† 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
Lyle Alzado: No height on file
Muhammad Ali: 6′3″
Reachnot held
Lyle Alzado: No reach on file
Muhammad Ali: 78″
Agenot comparable
Lyle Alzado: Died aged 43
Muhammad Ali: Died aged 74
Stance
Lyle Alzado: Not recorded
Muhammad Ali: Orthodox

Lyle Alzado left, Muhammad Ali right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Lyle AlzadoNo tracked bouts

Lyle Alzado: no completed bouts ingested yet, so there is no method split to show.

No tracked wins for Alzado yet.

Muhammad Ali57 wins · from 62 tracked bouts

Muhammad Ali: 57 tracked wins — 38 by KO/TKO (67%) and 19 on the cards (33%). Counted from 62 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

38 by KO/TKO 67%19 on the cards 33%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Lyle Alzado 0, Muhammad Ali 62 — 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

Lyle Alzado has no completed bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Record pending.

Muhammad Ali has lost two straight, after one straight win. Ali last boxed on Dec 11, 1981.WLWLL

Shavers Sep 1977Spinks Feb 1978Spinks Sep 1978Holmes Oct 1980Berbick Dec 19812.9 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Lyle Alzado and Muhammad Ali ever fought each other?
Yes. Lyle Alzado and Muhammad Ali met once on July 14, 1979, and the bout produced no decision.
The meeting

Jul 14, 1979 · Result pending

Head to Head ↓
Do Alzado and Ali have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Lyle Alzado and Muhammad Ali have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Alzado and Ali?
This comparison is drawn from 0 bouts tracked for Lyle Alzado and 62 bouts tracked for Muhammad Ali. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Alzado0bouts

Ali62bouts

How They Win ↓

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