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Jesse Shelby vs Obed Sullivan — record, stats and common opponents compared

Jesse Shelby

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Obed Sullivan

Jesse Shelby (2-11 across 13 tracked bouts) and Obed Sullivan (41-9-2) 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.

Shelby

Tracked record

2–11

counted from 13 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Sullivan

41

Wins30 KO · 73%

9

Losses

2

Draws54 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

Sullivan leads 1–0

Jesse Shelby and Obed Sullivan have met 1 time; Sullivan leads 1–0.

Jesse Shelby and Obed Sullivan have met 1 time; Sullivan leads 1–0.
Met1997Jul 12Series
Jesse ShelbyFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Obed SullivanFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Shelby 0 · Sullivan 6 of 6 measurable rows
ShelbySullivan
Record†
2-1141-9-2 (edge)
Win %0–100%
15.4%
80.8% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 30
1
30 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—73.17%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
50%
73% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 7
7
4 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 3.8
1.2
3.8 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 54
13
54

† 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
Obed Sullivan: 6′3″
Reachnot held
Jesse Shelby: No reach on file
Obed Sullivan: 79″
Agenot held
Jesse Shelby: No date of birth
Obed Sullivan: 58
Stance
Jesse Shelby: Not recorded
Obed Sullivan: Orthodox

Jesse Shelby left, Obed Sullivan 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%

Obed Sullivan41 wins · from 54 tracked bouts

Obed Sullivan: 41 tracked wins — 30 by KO/TKO (73%) and 11 on the cards (27%). Counted from 54 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

30 by KO/TKO 73%11 on the cards 27%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Jesse Shelby 13, Obed Sullivan 54 — 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

Oldest left · newest right

Jesse Shelby last boxed on Jul 12, 1997 — 10,691 days ago. Shelby had lost nine straight.LLLLL

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

Obed Sullivan last boxed on Jan 20, 2007 — 7,212 days ago. Sullivan had won two in a row before losing a decision to James Porter.WLWWL

Williams May 2001Oquendo Sep 2001Murphy Jan 2004Francisco Apr 2004Porter Jan 20073.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Jesse Shelby and Obed Sullivan ever fought each other?
Yes. Jesse Shelby and Obed Sullivan met once on July 12, 1997, and Obed Sullivan won by TKO.
The meeting

LJul 12, 1997 · Sullivan · TKO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Shelby or Sullivan?
Jesse Shelby is 2-11 across the 13 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Obed Sullivan is 41-9-2. Obed Sullivan has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Shelby2–1115.4%

Sullivan41–9–280.8%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Shelby or Sullivan?
Jesse Shelby has 1 knockout win and Obed Sullivan has 30. Obed Sullivan has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Shelby1

Sullivan3073.2%

The Numbers ↓
Do Shelby and Sullivan have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Jesse Shelby and Obed Sullivan have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Shelby and Sullivan?
This comparison is drawn from 13 bouts tracked for Jesse Shelby and 54 bouts tracked for Obed Sullivan. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Shelby13bouts

Sullivan54bouts

How They Win ↓

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