# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ron-lyle
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:18:52.277Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ron-lyle"
name: "Ron Lyle"
slug: "ron-lyle"
description: "Ronald David Lyle was an American professional boxer who competed from 1971 to 1980, and in 1995. He unsuccessfully challenged for the world heavyweight championship, losing to Muhammad Ali in 1975. Known for his punching power, crowd-pleasing fighting style, and his courage and determination in the ring, Lyle defeated Buster Mathis, Oscar Bonavena, Jimmy Ellis, Vicente Rondón, Earnie Shavers, Joe Bugner, Gregorio Peralta and Scott LeDoux. He is most famous for his fight against George Foreman in 1976, which was voted Fight of the Year by The Ring magazine."
tagline: "American boxer (1941–2011)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ron_Lyle_boxer.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1941-02-12"
deathDate: "2011-11-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.54
  momentum:             1.691489361702128
  historical:           10.76424266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3975543/"
    handle:    "nm3975543"
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB%2C_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Лайл, Рон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "رون لايل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "رون لايل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Lyle"
    title: "Ron Lyle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Lyle"
    title: "Ron Lyle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Lyle"
    title: "Ron Lyle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%84"
    title: "رون لیل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Lyle"
    title: "Ron Lyle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Lyle"
    title: "Ron Lyle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Lyle"
    title: "Ron Lyle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Lyle"
    title: "Ron Lyle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1970683"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2122528"
    title: "Ron Lyle"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump