Talk:Ron Lyle

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According to CBS information broadcast during fight with Ali at the Las Vegas Convention Center in 1975 Ron Lyle was age 33, weighed 219#, stood 6'3 with a 76 inch reach when he fought for the the Worl Heavyweight Championship. The fight was reported live by Howard Cosell who interviewed Lyle beforehand (and from which interview much of the following information derives). Lyle wrote a letter in support of a presidential pardon for Jack Johnson (the first black Heavyweight Champion) about whom Ken Burns directed the film 'Unforgivable Blackness'. Lyle spent 7 1/2 years in prison during which time he was stabbed in the abdomen - a wound that nearly claimed his life (the death certificate was actually signed when he was revived on the operating table in an operation that lasted over 7 hours) after which he was placed in solitary confinement. This entry: 02 January 2006 MatthewStevenCarlos.

Ali v Lyle
I just watched the fight twice all through and I don't think the current account is balanced. Ali is clearly in control throughout, even if he's letting Lyle score. Rd 11, the referee waited a long time before coming in, and Lyle was helpless taking punches to the head. I don't think there should be any implication the fight was stopped too early. Spicemix (talk) 18:12, 4 June 2011 (UTC)

top para
I've toned down the claim that he was one of the best fighters never to become champion. Neither his record nor the videos of his fights quite justifies that. If that were the case, what about Jerry Quarry, a smaller man who beat him well? Spicemix (talk) 10:36, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

Wrong Picture
On the Mozilla search page the side bar area show a picture captioned as "Ron Lyle" but is actually a Getty image for Lyle Lovette.2602:306:BC4F:7810:103B:23EB:9FD8:F203 (talk) 20:37, 3 November 2014 (UTC)

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Unidentified surgeon
The article states: "In 1965, while in prison, Lyle nearly died on the operating table after being stabbed by an inmate, but Dr. Townsee didn't give up on him..." Who is Dr. Townsee? And isn't "not giving up on" a patient during surgery pretty much one's minimal expectation of a surgeon?

HeraclitusEphesus (talk) 21:40, 7 August 2021 (UTC)