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.
Mel Turnbow (0-6 across 6 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.
Mel Turnbow vs Ron Lyle — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Ron Lyle leads 1–0- Ron Lyle wonLyle vs TurnbowMay 10, 1972 · TKO · R4
The Numbers
- 0-6
- Record
- 43-7-1 (edge)
- 0%
- Win %
- 85.3% (edge)
- 0
- Wins by knockout
- 31 (edge)
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- KO rate
- 72.09%
- —
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 73%
- 5
- Times stopped
- 5
- 0
- Title reigns
- 0
- 1
- Bouts per year
- 2.2 (edge)
- 6
- 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)
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- Age
- 85
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- Stance
- Orthodox
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- Division
- Heavyweight
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- Nationality
- American
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyMel Turnbow · 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 (6 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
Mel Turnbow
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L6 streak · last fought May 10, 1972
Ron Lyle
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W4 streak · last fought Aug 18, 1995
Common Questions
- Have Mel Turnbow and Ron Lyle ever fought each other?
- Yes. Mel Turnbow and Ron Lyle met once on May 10, 1972, and Ron Lyle won by TKO in round 4.
- Who has the better record, Mel Turnbow or Ron Lyle?
- Mel Turnbow is 0-6 across the 6 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, Mel Turnbow or Ron Lyle?
- Mel Turnbow has 0 knockout wins and Ron Lyle has 31. Ron Lyle has more.
- Do Mel Turnbow and Ron Lyle have any common opponents?
- Mel Turnbow and Ron Lyle share 1 common opponent: George Foreman. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Mel Turnbow and Ron Lyle?
- This comparison is drawn from 6 bouts tracked for Mel Turnbow and 54 bouts tracked for Ron Lyle. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.