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Foreman vs. Lyle: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

George Foreman (Big George) and Ron Lyle are scheduled to meet in a heavyweight bout on at the Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

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27
Jun 23, 1969
40-1
4
37 (90.2%)
191 cm
199 cm
8 cm
Orthodox
Oct 30, 1974
1y, 2m, 25d
-1
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
34
Apr 23, 1971
31-3-1
1
22 (62.9%)
192 cm
193 cm
1 cm
Orthodox
Sep 13, 1975
4m, 11d
1
WBAWBCTheRing
HV
w1
d2
HV
w1
d2
HV
w1
d2
heavyweight
Saturday, 24 Jan 1976
Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
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George Foreman vs. Ron Lyle

Date

This fight between George Foreman and Ron Lyle took place on 24 January, 1976 at the Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.

Tale of the Tape

At 192 cm, Ron Lyle is the taller of the two by 1 cm; George Foreman is 191 cm. Despite being the shorter fighter, Foreman has a nice longer reach of 199 cm, which is 6 cms longer than Lyle's 193 cm. Foreman also has a 7 cm ape index advantage over Lyle.

Foreman is coming in to this fight with a record of 40-1 (37 KOs). His last fight was 1 year, 2 months, and 25 days ago against Muhammad Ali, which he lost via 8th round KO.

Muhammad Ali's boxing career

Lyle comes in with a record of 31-3-1 (22 KOs). His last fight was 4 months and 11 days ago against Earnie Shavers, which he won via 6th round TKO.

Earnie Shavers' boxing career

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Foreman will be 27 years old. Lyle will be 34 years and 11 months old.

Prediction and Odds

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After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 51-49 in favor of George Foreman. Note, this is a very close margin, just barely better than a 50-50 case. Here is the prediction for Foreman vs Lyle.

A very close matchup, could go either way. George Foreman may have a slighly better chance of winning — unless Lyle stops Foreman early.

Result

George Foreman defeated Ron Lyle via 5th round KO. Lyle's 1 fight win streak comes to an end, and Foreman gets on a new winning streak. Foreman is now 41-1, and Lyle 31-4-1.

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