The Ron Lyle Vs. Earnie Shavers War: “Filmed By One Man With A Camera In The Audience”
This year of 2025 marks the anniversary of numerous big, memorable, and important fights: Barrera-Morales I, 25 years old. Benn-McClellan, 30 years old.
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48 Years Ago Today: George Foreman Vs. Ron Lyle – Pure Puncher Against Pure Puncher
“Rarely do two pure punchers get matched together,” George Foreman speaking to Ring Magazine about his epic battle with Ron Lyle.
Ron Lyle Tribute: “The Ali Fight Was Me At My Best. Foreman Didn’t Go My Way. I Passed The Shavers Test”
How great, how special was heavyweight contender Ron Lyle?
How great?
I’d go as far as to say former prison convict turned all-round good guy Lyle deserves to be remembered as the best heavyweight of the 1970s who was never able to become world champion.
George Foreman Vs. Ron Lyle – Still The Benchmark To Which All Other Fights Aspire
And to think, George Foreman was set to fight Pedro Lovell. If this had happened, the world would have been deprived of one of, if not THE greatest, heavyweight slugfests of all time.
Ron Lyle – The Man Who Earnie Shavers Said Hit Him The Hardest
Though he is best remembered for his truly incredible slugfest to end all heavyweight slugfests with George Foreman, Ron Lyle treated fans to another, almost as special punch-a-thon; this one with the recently departed Earnie Shavers.
Gil Clancy On The Epic Foreman-Lyle War: “Round Four Could Have Been The Greatest Round In The History Of Boxing”
Could the epic slugfest between rampaging heavyweights George Foreman and Ron Lyle have been THE greatest heavyweight battle ever? Might that astonishing, we-never-get-tired-of-watching-it fourth round have been THE greatest heavyweight round ever?