The extremely tough and durable Lyle who had a good jab and a nuclear bomb in his right hand against a granite chin and one of the best jabs in the history of the division. I think Pink can win a decision here, but Lyle obviously has a good chance of hurting Pink. Thoughts?
Thomas on a good night beats Lyle. Lyle will certainly not be an easy fight for Thomas but I see his good jab and range being trouble for Lyle who is a bit to easy to hit eventually I see Thomas hurting Lyle bad sometime in the mid to late rounds with an accumulation of his jabs and follow up right hands. I think Lyle would end up against the ropes and take a number of blows before finally hitting the canvas or the ref stopping the fight. It wouldn't surprise me to see Lyle go the distance either but Thomas wins a clear cut decision in that case. I don't consider Pinklon Thomas to overall be a much better fighter then Ron Lyle was but I see it as a bad match up for Lyle stylistically.
Good match up, Hook. Lyle has the power to cause some trouble but getting past Pink's ramrod jab will be a huge problem. I lean towards Pink in a barnburner.
Pink didn't have THAT much of a granite chin to absorb a Lyle right hand...and though he's use that spendid left jab of his and would outbox him for stretches...the question would be how he would react when Lyle tags him.
