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Michael Shanks vs Rydell Booker — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Michael Shanks

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Rydell Booker

Michael Shanks (0-5 across 5 tracked bouts) and Rydell Booker (27-16-1) 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.

Shanks

Tracked record

0–5

counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Booker

27

Wins15 KO · 56%

16

Losses

1

Draw44 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

Booker leads 1–0

Michael Shanks and Rydell Booker have met 1 time; Booker leads 1–0.

Michael Shanks and Rydell Booker have met 1 time; Booker leads 1–0.
Met2002Jun 28Series
Michael ShanksFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Rydell BookerFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR21Meeting

The Numbers

Shanks 0 · Booker 5 of 5 measurable rows
ShanksBooker
Record†
0-527-16-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
62.5% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 15
0
15 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—55.56%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—52%
Times stopped‡max 5
5
3 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 1.8
1.2
1.8 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 44
5
44

† 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
Michael Shanks: No height on file
Rydell Booker: 6′3″
Reachnot held
Michael Shanks: No reach on file
Rydell Booker: 81″
Agenot held
Michael Shanks: No date of birth
Rydell Booker: 45
Stance
Michael Shanks: Not recorded
Rydell Booker: Orthodox

Michael Shanks left, Rydell Booker right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Michael Shanks0 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

Michael Shanks: no tracked wins in the 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Shanks yet.

Rydell Booker27 wins · from 44 tracked bouts

Rydell Booker: 27 tracked wins — 14 by KO/TKO (52%) and 13 on the cards (48%). Counted from 44 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

14 by KO/TKO 52%13 on the cards 48%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Michael Shanks 5, Rydell Booker 44 — 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

Michael Shanks last boxed on May 15, 2004 — 8,194 days ago. Shanks had lost five straight.LLLLL

Blades Feb 2000Tubbs Mar 2002Booker Jun 2002Blades Feb 2003Sickle May 20041.2 tracked bouts per year

Rydell Booker has lost nine straight. Booker last boxed on May 16, 2026 — 158 days ago.LLLLL

Santana Jan 2026Blackwell Mar 2026Popper Apr 2026Avdylaj Apr 2026Gjolena May 20261.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Michael Shanks and Rydell Booker ever fought each other?
Yes. Michael Shanks and Rydell Booker met once on June 28, 2002, and Rydell Booker won by TKO in round 2.
The meeting

LJun 28, 2002 · Booker · TKO R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Shanks or Booker?
Michael Shanks is 0-5 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Rydell Booker is 27-16-1. Rydell Booker has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Shanks0–50%

Booker27–16–162.5%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Shanks or Booker?
Michael Shanks has 0 knockout wins and Rydell Booker has 15. Rydell Booker has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Shanks0

Booker1555.6%

The Numbers ↓
Do Shanks and Booker have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Michael Shanks and Rydell Booker have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Shanks and Booker?
This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for Michael Shanks and 44 bouts tracked for Rydell Booker. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Shanks5bouts

Booker44bouts

How They Win ↓

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