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.
Jesse Shelby (1-8 across 9 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 no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.
Jesse Shelby vs Lionel Butler — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Lionel Butler leads 1–0- Lionel Butler wonButler vs ShelbyMay 4, 1993 · TKO
The Numbers
- 1-8
- Record
- 32-17-1 (edge)
- 11.1%
- Win %
- 65% (edge)
- 1
- Wins by knockout
- 25 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 78.13%
- 100% (edge)
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 78%
- 5 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 8
- 0
- Title reigns
- 0
- 1
- Bouts per year
- 2.4 (edge)
- 9
- Bouts tracked
- 52
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
- —
- Height
- 5′11″ (180 cm)
- —
- Reach
- 72″ (183 cm)
- —
- Age
- 59
- —
- Stance
- Orthodox
- —
- Division
- Heavyweight
- —
- Nationality
- United States
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyJesse Shelby · 1 wins
KO/TKO
1
Decision
0
Other
0
Lionel Butler · 32 wins
KO/TKO
25
Decision
6
Other
1
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (9 and 52 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.
Current Form
Jesse Shelby
LLLLL
L7 streak · last fought Mar 24, 1995
Lionel Butler
LLWLW
L2 streak · last fought Jun 12, 2010
Common Questions
- 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.
- Who has the better record, Jesse Shelby or Lionel Butler?
- Jesse Shelby is 1-8 across the 9 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.
- Who has more knockouts, Jesse Shelby or Lionel Butler?
- Jesse Shelby has 1 knockout win and Lionel Butler has 25. Lionel Butler has more.
- Do Jesse Shelby and Lionel Butler have any common opponents?
- Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Jesse Shelby and Lionel Butler have faced.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Jesse Shelby and Lionel Butler?
- This comparison is drawn from 9 bouts tracked for Jesse Shelby and 52 bouts tracked for Lionel Butler. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.