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, Turnbow or Lyle?

Mel Turnbow is 0-7 across the 7 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, Turnbow or Lyle?

Mel Turnbow has 0 knockout wins and Ron Lyle has 31. Ron Lyle has more.

Do Turnbow and Lyle have any common opponents?

Mel Turnbow and Ron Lyle share 2 common opponents: George Foreman and Buster Mathis. Ron Lyle fared better against 1 of them.

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

This comparison is drawn from 7 bouts tracked for Mel Turnbow and 51 bouts tracked for Ron Lyle. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Mel Turnbow vs Ron Lyle — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

Mel Turnbow

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Ron Lyle

Mel Turnbow (0-7 across 7 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 2 common opponents.

Turnbow

Tracked record

0–7

counted from 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Lyle

Wins31 KO · 72%

Losses

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

Mel Turnbow and Ron Lyle have met 1 time; Lyle leads 1–0.
Met	1972May 10	Series
Mel TurnbowFighter A	LLost	0–1W–L
Ron LyleFighter B	WWon	1–0W–L
Result	TKOR4Lyle vs Turnbow	1Meeting

Lyle vs Turnbow · May 10, 1972

The Numbers

Turnbow 0 · Lyle 5 of 5 measurable rows

TurnbowEdge = longer wingLyle

Record^†: 0-743-7-1 (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 6: 6
4 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0: 0
0
Bouts per year^§max 2.1: 1.1
2.1 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 51: 7
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: Mel Turnbow: No height on file; Ron Lyle: 6′3″
Reachnot held: Mel Turnbow: No reach on file; Ron Lyle: 76″
Agenot held: Mel Turnbow: No date of birth; Ron Lyle: Died aged 70
Stance: Mel Turnbow: Not recorded; Ron Lyle: Orthodox

Mel Turnbow 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

Mel Turnbow0 wins · from 7 tracked bouts

No tracked wins for Turnbow yet.

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 — Mel Turnbow 7, Ron Lyle 51 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Lyle better on 1 · even on 12 shared · Ron Lyle better on 1 · even on 1

TurnbowMel Turnbow

Opponent

LyleRon Lyle

Mel Turnbow
Loss, TKO 1
1970Dec 1970
ForemanGeorge ForemanUnited States 76–5 · HeavyweightEvenEven — 0–1 both
Ron Lyle
Loss, KO 5
1976Jan 1976
Mel Turnbow
Loss, TKO
1968Apr 1968
MathisBuster MathisUnited States 30–4 · HeavyweightLyle betterRon Lyle better — 1–0 to 0–1
Ron Lyle
Win, KO 2
1972Sep 1972

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

Mel Turnbow last boxed on May 10, 1972 — 19,885 days ago. Turnbow had lost seven straight.LLLLL

Chuvalo Aug 1966Mathis Apr 1968Bodell Aug 1968Foreman Dec 1970Lyle May 19721.1 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 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, Turnbow or Lyle?: Mel Turnbow is 0-7 across the 7 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, Turnbow or Lyle?: Mel Turnbow has 0 knockout wins and Ron Lyle has 31. Ron Lyle has more.
Do Turnbow and Lyle have any common opponents?: Mel Turnbow and Ron Lyle share 2 common opponents: George Foreman and Buster Mathis. Ron Lyle fared better against 1 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Turnbow and Lyle?: This comparison is drawn from 7 bouts tracked for Mel Turnbow and 51 bouts tracked for Ron Lyle. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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