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Jesse Shelby vs Lionel Butler — record, stats and common opponents compared

Jesse Shelby

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Lionel Butler

Jesse Shelby (2-11 across 13 tracked bouts) and Lionel Butler (32-17-1) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Shelby

Tracked record

2–11

counted from 13 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Butler

32

Wins25 KO · 78%

17

Losses

1

Draw51 tracked bouts

Heads up: at least one of these records is a tracked record — the wins and losses Kill The Body has ingested so far, not an independently verified career total. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.

Head to Head

Butler leads 1–0

Jesse Shelby and Lionel Butler have met 1 time; Butler leads 1–0.

Jesse Shelby and Lionel Butler have met 1 time; Butler leads 1–0.
Met1993May 4Series
Jesse ShelbyFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Lionel ButlerFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Shelby 1 · Butler 6 of 7 measurable rows
ShelbyButler
Record†
2-1132-17-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
15.4%
65% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 25
1
25 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—78.13%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
50%
78% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 8
7 (edge)
8
Title reignsmax 1
0
1 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 2.4
1.2
2.4 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 51
13
51

† One or both records are tracked, not career-verified. · ‡ Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total. · § Across each fighter's tracked career span. · Bars are scaled per row — percentages on 0–100, counts against the larger of the two. Every figure is also printed as text.

Tale of the Tape

Heightnot held
Jesse Shelby: No height on file
Lionel Butler: 5′11″
Reachnot held
Jesse Shelby: No reach on file
Lionel Butler: 72″
Agenot held
Jesse Shelby: No date of birth
Lionel Butler: 59
Stance
Jesse Shelby: Not recorded
Lionel Butler: Orthodox

Jesse Shelby left, Lionel Butler right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Jesse Shelby2 wins · from 13 tracked bouts

Jesse Shelby: 2 tracked wins — 1 by KO/TKO (50%) and 1 on the cards (50%). Counted from 13 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 50%1 on the cards 50%

Lionel Butler32 wins · from 51 tracked bouts

Lionel Butler: 32 tracked wins — 25 by KO/TKO (78%), 6 on the cards (19%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (3%). Counted from 51 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

25 by KO/TKO 78%6 on the cards 19%1 by another method or unrecorded 3%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Jesse Shelby 13, Lionel Butler 51 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · even on 1

Shelby

Opponent

Butler

  • Jesse Shelby

    Loss, TKO

    1990

    JacksonEven

    Lionel Butler

    Loss, PTS

    1989

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Jesse Shelby last boxed on Jul 12, 1997 — 10,696 days ago. Shelby had lost nine straight.LLLLL

Hipp Feb 1992Butler May 1993Golota Jun 1994Witherspoon Mar 1995Sullivan Jul 19971.2 tracked bouts per year

Lionel Butler last boxed on Jun 12, 2010 — 5,978 days ago. Butler had lost two straight, after one straight win.WLWLL

Ward Aug 2003Purlette Sep 2003Kassi Sep 2009Fedosov Jan 2010Wills Jun 20102.4 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Jesse Shelby and Lionel Butler ever fought each other?
Yes. Jesse Shelby and Lionel Butler met once on May 4, 1993, and Lionel Butler won by TKO.
The meeting

LMay 4, 1993 · Butler · TKO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Shelby or Butler?
Jesse Shelby is 2-11 across the 13 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Lionel Butler is 32-17-1. Lionel Butler has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Shelby2–1115.4%

Butler32–17–165%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Shelby or Butler?
Jesse Shelby has 1 knockout win and Lionel Butler has 25. Lionel Butler has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Shelby1

Butler2578.1%

The Numbers ↓
Do Shelby and Butler have any common opponents?
Jesse Shelby and Lionel Butler share 1 common opponent: Phil Jackson. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
Shared opponent

Phil JacksonLL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Shelby and Butler?
This comparison is drawn from 13 bouts tracked for Jesse Shelby and 51 bouts tracked for Lionel Butler. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Shelby13bouts

Butler51bouts

How They Win ↓

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