"Toft adeptly shows this to be the legacy Ron Lyle left behind, one
that stands shoulder-to-shoulder with a boxing legacy that is
nothing short of remarkable."-Rafael Garcia, The Fight City "[Ron
Lyle's] life was a remarkable one and the story of it worth
re-telling, which makes the book's new edition thoroughly welcome.
Off The Ropes is absolutely recommended reading."-Gary Lucken,
Boxing Monthly "Nobody ever hit me that hard. No question. I'll
remember that punch on my deathbed. A great puncher, a great
guy."-Earnie ShaversIn a life as tough as his battles in the ring,
Ron Lyle had already served hard time for second-degree murder
before he started his amateur boxing career at the age of
twenty-nine. After he turned pro, fans knew him as the man who had
Muhammad Ali beat on the scorecards for ten rounds in a fight for
the heavyweight title; as the man who fought George Foreman in a
legendary brawl with four knockdowns that nearly saw Foreman
knocked cold; and as the man who was arrested for murder a second
time. Off the Ropes: The Ron Lyle Story is not your typical boxing
biography, exploring not only the greatest era of heavyweights in
boxing history, but also telling an equally compelling personal
tale. Ron Lyle grew up in the Denver projects, one of nineteen
children in a tight-knit, religious family. At twenty, he was
convicted for a disputed gang killing and served seven and a half
years at the Colorado State Penitentiary at Canon City, where at
one point he was nearly shanked to death, and where he learned to
box before he was paroled in 1969. After a meteoric amateur career,
he turned pro in 1971, and over the next six years established an
outstanding professional record, which, in addition to the near
misses against Ali and Foreman, included a brutal knockout win over
one of the era's most feared fighters, big-punching Earnie Shavers.
Then, in 1978, Lyle was indicted for murder a second time and, even
though he was acquitted, his career was effectively over. The years
that followed were filled with struggle, a captivating love story,
and eventual redemption. Today, a youth center in Denver that he
ran still bears his name. Off the Ropes: The Ron Lyle Story is the
poignant, uplifting biography of a singular man.
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