Retirement
While Lyle was working as a security guard in Las Vegas, Nevada, he was accused of another murder. He shot a man in his apartment who had spent time with him in the Colorado State Penitentiary. The retired boxer claimed self-defense and was found not guilty. A biography, called Off the Ropes: the Ron Lyle Story, was written by Candace Toft and released by Scratching Shed Publishing in May 2010.
He ran the boxing gym, Denver Red Shield in Denver, Colorado. He was the former trainer of light welterweight contender Victor Ortiz, who fought out of Denver, during some his amateur career.
1992 he trained a young promising talent from Las Vegas Nevada, Arash Hashemi and under his mentor Hashemi won two Golden Gloves championships.
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