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Ron Lyle vs Wendell Newton — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Ron Lyle

Wendell Newton

Ron Lyle (43-7-1) and Wendell Newton (0-6 across 6 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Lyle

43

Wins31 KO · 72%

7

Losses

1

Draw51 tracked bouts

Newton

Tracked record

0–6

counted from 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

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

Ron Lyle and Wendell Newton have met 1 time; Lyle leads 1–0.

Ron Lyle and Wendell Newton have met 1 time; Lyle leads 1–0.
Met1973Jun 11Series
Ron LyleFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Wendell NewtonFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultSD1Meeting

The Numbers

Lyle 4 · Newton 1 of 5 measurable rows
LyleNewton
Record†
43-7-1 (edge)0-6
Win %0–100%
85.3% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 31
31 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
72.09%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
72%—
Times stopped‡max 4
4
3 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 2.1
2.1 (edge)
0.5
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 51
51
6

† 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
Ron Lyle: 6′3″
Wendell Newton: No height on file
Reachnot held
Ron Lyle: 76″
Wendell Newton: No reach on file
Agenot held
Ron Lyle: Died aged 70
Wendell Newton: No date of birth
Stance
Ron Lyle: Orthodox
Wendell Newton: Not recorded

Ron Lyle left, Wendell Newton right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
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%

Wendell Newton0 wins · from 6 tracked bouts

Wendell Newton: no tracked wins in the 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Newton yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Ron Lyle 51, Wendell Newton 6 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Lyle better on 1

Lyle

Opponent

Newton

  • Ron Lyle

    Win, UD

    1974

    BonavenaLyle better

    Wendell Newton

    Loss, TKO 5

    1964

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

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

Wendell Newton last boxed on Jun 11, 1973 — 19,489 days ago. Newton had lost six straight.LLLLL

Siler Jun 1961Piccoli Nov 1962Bonavena Mar 1964Martin Oct 1969Lyle Jun 19730.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Ron Lyle and Wendell Newton ever fought each other?
Yes. Ron Lyle and Wendell Newton met once on June 11, 1973, and Ron Lyle won by SD.
The meeting

WJun 11, 1973 · Lyle · SD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Lyle or Newton?
Ron Lyle is 43-7-1 and Wendell Newton is 0-6 across the 6 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Ron Lyle has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Lyle43–7–185.3%

Newton0–60%

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

Lyle3172.1%

Newton0

The Numbers ↓
Do Lyle and Newton have any common opponents?
Ron Lyle and Wendell Newton share 1 common opponent: Oscar Bonavena. Ron Lyle fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Oscar BonavenaWL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Lyle and Newton?
This comparison is drawn from 51 bouts tracked for Ron Lyle and 6 bouts tracked for Wendell Newton. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Lyle51bouts

Newton6bouts

How They Win ↓

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