If you want to become a legend, you must be able to create a legendary life that matches it! "Prison Boxer" Ron Lyle is exactly that.
Against the "king of fighters" Ali, won the first 10 rounds, was controversially terminated!
Against George Foreman, knocked down the legendary boxer twice, and the second time just happened to ring!
These two matches alone are enough to make him one of the most interesting legends in the boxing world of the last century. But to change from legend to greatness, Lyle still lacks a little bit of luck!
In 1941, Lyell was born into a poor black family to 19 children. Therefore, Lyle also went to the streets early and became a gangster! Eventually, he was jailed for shooting and killing a member of a rival gang.
Although, Lyell argued that he did not pull the trigger, but was attacked. But in the end he was still imprisoned for 15-25 years for second-degree murder.
For most black gangsters, this is basically the end of life, even if they do not die in prison brawls, they will waste all their youth. But Lyle is not an ordinary person, he is a legend!
At the age of 24, Lyle was assassinated by a prisoner and nearly died on the operating table, but fortunately the kind doctor did not abandon him. Lyle, who was lucky enough to survive, began to re-examine his life!
He began doing daily push-ups, sit-ups, squats, and so on, and joined a black autonomous organization, BCDS. Once, he saw a boxing match on TV and said, "I can do better!" So the prison gave him that chance.
In this way, the 26-year-old was exposed to boxing for the first time and was on the right path.
While in prison, Lyle played about 25 amateur matches and won 6 heavyweight titles for the prison, and the name "Prison Boxer" was also well-known. Subsequently, with the mediation of the Rock Boxing Gym and the ibl (International Boxing Federation), Lyle, who had served a 7-and-a-half-year sentence, was successfully parole.
After his release from prison, Lyle joined rock boxing gym (later renamed Elk Boxing Gym) to continue his career as an amateur boxer, winning numerous victories in the 15 months that followed. In the end, he was completely pardoned by the local governor.
After entering the professional boxing world, Lyle's performance was equally stunning, winning all the first 19 matches, including 17 ko. Before playing against the greatest boxing champion, Muhammad Ali, he had only lost 2 of 33 games and won 22 times.
Despite this, no one was optimistic about Lyle before the game, so Ali was too strong!
As a result, Lyle almost directed the biggest cold spot of the century. In the match against Ali, Lyle played unusually actively, and in the first 10 rounds, all the referees also awarded the victory to Lyle.
Until Ali's fatal "bee sting" arrives!
In the 25th second of round 11, Ali's accurate backhand punch hit Lyle, instantly destroying his defense. In the nearly 40 seconds since, Lyle has completely transformed into a humanoid sandbag, and although he is still standing after countless heavy blows, the referee chose to terminate the game.
This caused strong resentment among Lyle and his team, believing that the termination of the verdict was too early and that he could continue to fight. But in fact, there are nearly 2 minutes left before the end of the round, and the referee's decision may even save Lyle's life.
Afterwards, Lyell also expressed relief: "When the referee was terminated, I couldn't believe it! You know, I'm ahead of the curve on all the scoreboards! Lyle said, "But forget it! I didn't take this as a personal vendetta. After all, if it wasn't for Ali, who would have known about Ron Lyle? "
With this battle Lyle became famous, he then met another great boxing champion, George Foreman. Amazing shows are happening again! After being narrowly ko in the second round, Lyle launched a Jedi counterattack in the fourth round, knocking out Foreman twice.
No one had ever been able to knock down Foreman more than once before, not even The Boxing Champion Ali, but Lyle did. And after being knocked down a second time, Foreman is obviously unable to recover through the number eight, and if it were not for the ringing of the bell, Lyle would have stepped from legend to greatness.
It was a little bit worse, and Fuhrman, who had rested, was back. In the fifth round, Lyle eventually ran out of ammunition and was brutally killed by Foreman Ko.
"Everyone will hide, flee, hide, no one will dare to fight me!" Foreman recalled after the game: "But Lyle decided not to run, he beat me hard, I have never been hit so hard! When I stood up, he knocked me down again! It was the match I remember the most! "
If he had been involved in boxing earlier and had a longer career, Lyle might have become as great a boxer as Ali and Foreman. But more than 7 years of prison ruined that possibility. Four years later, at the age of 39, Lyle retired.
In his twilight years, the legendary "prison boxer" also tried to set off another climax in his life. In 1995, at the age of 54, he announced his comeback and defeated four opponents in a full ko. Lyle wanted to play one more game with Foreman, but ultimately failed.
In the boxing ring, he faced two great boxing kings and played two great century classics. Outside the boxing ring, he shot and killed gang members once, shot cellmates once, and committed felonies twice. Exactly how to evaluate Lyle, I am afraid it is difficult to determine.
However, in 2011, at the age of 70, Lyle suddenly died of a stomach disease, and his legendary and controversial life was over. The so-called "comments on the post-meritorious service", I don't know what you think?