Category profile
- Dominance
- 74
- Peak
- 90
- Longevity
- 80
- Honours
- 68
- Statistics
- 86
Career timeline · Form index per season
| Season | Form index per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 8 | |
| 1972 | 7 | |
| 1973 | 6 | |
| 1974 | 5 | |
| 1975 | 4 | |
| 1976 | 3 | |
| 1977 | 3 | |
| 1978 | 2 | |
| 1979 | 2 | |
| 1980 | 1 | |
| 1981 | 1 | |
| 1982 | 1 |
Data sources
- BoxRec
- IBHOF
- The Ring
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Ron Lyle ranks #126 in Boxing
Ron Lyle ranks 126th among Boxing athletes on GOAT Rank and 1241st of 2289 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 79.0 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 74, Peak 90, Longevity 80, Honours 68, Statistics 86. Those categories are normalised against the full Boxing reference universe of 267 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 1971–1995 with 12 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1971, which sets the Peak component at 90. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 90 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes world title fights 1, professional wins 43, career knockouts 31, professional bouts 51.
Immediately ahead sits Shannon Briggs on 79.1, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Salvador Sánchez on 78.8. The position moves whenever the verified record moves: new titles, new seasons or a corrected source all feed straight back into the same formula, and every change is dated on this profile.
Ron Lyle GOAT Score explained
- Dominance74/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Lyle stood above the field while competing. Scored 74/100 against the full Boxing cohort.
- Peak90/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1971. Scored 90/100.
- Longevity80/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 24 years of competition and 12 recorded seasons. Scored 80/100.
- Honours68/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 68/100.
- Statistics86/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 86/100.
Top Lyle comparisons
Ron Lyle — frequently asked
- Is Ron Lyle the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Ron Lyle ranks 126th in Boxing with a GOAT Score of 79.0, behind Sugar Ray Robinson on 94.3.
- What is Ron Lyle's GOAT Score?
- 79.0 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 74 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 80 (20%), Honours 68 (20%), Statistics 86 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Ron Lyle rank all time?
- 1241st of 2289 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 126th within Boxing.
- Ron Lyle vs Shannon Briggs: who ranks higher?
- Shannon Briggs, on 79.1 against Ron Lyle's 79.0 — a margin of 0.1 points.