
Lyle vs. Foreman is the type of fight that doesn't leave you indifferent to boxing. Like listening to classical music after finding out the history of its composition, watching this fight, goes hand-in-hand with understanding who both fighters were at that point in time. Their lives leading up to that one night signaled something unforgettable. In short, Foreman's myth of invincibility had become vulnerable. His heart, and ability to stand after falling were put into question. The one knockdown in Zaire against Ali was something he could not rise up from to march forward. Many thought he was a broken fighter. Lyle, a former convict with no future, discovered a life in boxing while in prison. On the brink of death twice, after being knifed while incarcerated, he used boxing as a vehicle to transcend what to others may have seemed an even bleaker future, inside or outside the penal system. For many convicts if there is nothing worth living for on the outside, they will go back to the only life they know. There are many great fights that are great for many reasons. However, for me, there is only one that best defined the most extreme exaggeration of that term. Today, attempts at building a fighter's legacy are riddled with decisions, and indecisions, regarding a career spanning many bouts. So few simply fail to comprehend that something as memorable as a legacy can be built on as little as one perfect night, and one flawless fight. It didn't matter to whom Ron Lyle lost to <b>...</b>
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