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Rydell Booker vs Steve Thornton — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Rydell Booker

Steve Thornton

Rydell Booker (27-16-1) and Steve Thornton (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) 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.

Booker

27

Wins15 KO · 56%

16

Losses

1

Draw44 tracked bouts

Thornton

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested

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

Rydell Booker and Steve Thornton have met 1 time; Booker leads 1–0.

Rydell Booker and Steve Thornton have met 1 time; Booker leads 1–0.
Met2002Jan 31Series
Rydell BookerFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Steve ThorntonFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Booker 3 · Thornton 1 of 4 measurable rows
BookerThornton
Record†
27-16-1 (edge)0-1
Win %0–100%
62.5% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 15
15 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
55.56%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
52%—
Times stopped‡max 3
3
1 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
1.8—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 44
44
1

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

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

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
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%

Steve Thornton0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Steve Thornton: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Thornton yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Rydell Booker 44, Steve Thornton 1 — 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

Rydell Booker has lost nine straight. Booker last boxed on May 16, 2026 — 159 days ago.LLLLL

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

Steve Thornton last boxed on Jan 31, 2002 — 9,030 days ago. Thornton had lost the most recent, to Rydell Booker.L

Booker Jan 2002

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Rydell Booker and Steve Thornton ever fought each other?
Yes. Rydell Booker and Steve Thornton met once on January 31, 2002, and Rydell Booker won by TKO in round 1.
The meeting

WJan 31, 2002 · Booker · TKO R1

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

Booker27–16–162.5%

Thornton0–10%

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

Booker1555.6%

Thornton0

The Numbers ↓
Do Booker and Thornton have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Rydell Booker and Steve Thornton have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Booker and Thornton?
This comparison is drawn from 44 bouts tracked for Rydell Booker and 1 bout tracked for Steve Thornton. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Booker44bouts

Thornton1bout

How They Win ↓

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