Off the Ropes: the Ron Lyle Story
Language: English
Published by Scratching Shed Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom, Leeds, 2010
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- Title
- Off the Ropes: the Ron Lyle Story
- Author
- Candace Toft
- Publisher
- Scratching Shed Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom, Leeds
- Publication year
- 2010
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0956252621
- ISBN 13
- 9780956252623
- Item weight
- 440 grams
- Dimensions
- 216.0 x 238.0
Off the Ropes: The Ron Lyle Story not only explores the era of the greatest heavyweights in world boxing history, it tells an equally compelling personal tale. Ron Lyle grew up in the Denver projects, one of nineteen children in a religious family. Aged 20, he was convicted for a disputed gang killing and served several years in the state penitentiary, where he learned to box before he was paroled in 1969. After a meteoric amateur career and an executive pardon, he turned pro in 1971 and over the next six years established an outstanding record in the ring.
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 ultimate redemption. Today, he runs a youth center in Denver that bears his name.
Off the Ropes: The Ron Lyle Story is the poignant, uplifting biography of a singular man.
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Review
- John Exshaw, Boxing Monthly
--Boxing Monthly July 2010
"....Toft has crafted a story of hardship and triumph....a tale that shows how a man is defined not only by his losses, but by his many victories in life, as well as in the ring."
--Bert Randolph Sugar
"Toft did her pugilistic homework.... Purists have responded favorably to all of her work... Toft 'really got it right.'"
--Alan Russell, North County Times
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