Ron Lyke is a retired professional boxer

Boxing

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 and currently a boxing trainer

Athletic trainer

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 and coach

Coach (sport)

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 from Minneapolis

Minneapolis, Minnesota

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, Minnesota

Minnesota

Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...

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Boxing career

After turning pro on June 15, 1967, Lyke boxed just seven professional bouts in a career that spanned three years. He compiled a record of 6-1 with 1 knockout

Knockout

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. Lyke's only loss came early, in the second bout of his career, against future contender Al Ford

Al Ford

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After boxing

Lyke is the proprietor of Lyke's ACR Gym in Coon Rapids, Minnesota

Coon Rapids, Minnesota

As of the census of 2000, there were 61,627 people, 22,578 households, and 16,572 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,718.1 people per square mile . There were 22,828 housing units at an average density of 1,007.2 per square mile...

. Professional boxers trained by Lyke include Joey Abell

Joey Abell

Joey Abell is a heavyweight professional boxer from Minnesota.-Professional career:The first fight of southpaw Joey Abell's professional career was marred when his opponent, Ritchie Goosehead, fell through the ropes and landed on the cement. The fight was ruled a no-contest...

, Willshaun Boxley

Willshaun Boxley

Willshaun Devon Boxley, alias The One, is a featherweight professional boxer from Coon Rapids, Minnesota.-Amateur career:Boxley compiled an amateur record of 45-15, winning three Upper Midwest Golden Gloves titles and two USA Boxing 4-state titles....

, Jon Schmidt, and Caleb Truax

Caleb Truax

Caleb Truax, alias Golden , is a super middleweight professional boxer from Minnesota.-Personal life:Truax is a native of Osseo, Minnesota. He has a twin sister and a younger brother, and he still lives in Osseo....

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