| Rydell Booker | |
| Real Name: | Rydell Tyron Booker |
| Nickname: | Rock n' Rye |
| Weight: | |
| Height: | 6 ft 3 in |
| Reach: | 81 in |
| Nationality: | American |
| Birth Date: | 17 February 1981 |
| Birth Place: | Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| Style: | Orthodox |
| Total: | 35 |
| Wins: | 27 |
| Ko: | 14 |
| Losses: | 7 |
| Draws: | 1 |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
Rydell Tyron Booker[1] (born 17 February 1981) is an American professional boxer. He was the former number one ranked amateur Heavyweight in the United States.[2]
Shortly after his first professional loss to James Toney,[3] Booker was convicted for possession of cocaine with intent to deliver over 1000 grams. He was sentenced to 12 to 30 years in prison. After serving over a decade, Booker was released, and won three comeback bouts of six rounds duration, before losing a televised ten round bout by unanimous decision to undefeated heavyweight Jermaine Franklin in Atlantic City's Boardwalk Hall.[4]
During his amateur career he won the Michigan State and Regional championships every year from 1992 through 2000, his first national title came in 1999. In 2001 he defeated Devin Vargas at the U.S. Challenge. As the top rated Heavyweight in the United States. Rydell was to represent the USA at the World Championship in Ireland. During Training at Lake Placid, New York, he was accused of stealing a calling card from fellow fighter Jason Estrada, and decided to leave the team training and turn pro instead.[5]
Much later in his professional career, while out of jail on bond and far from tip-top shape, he signed for an IBA world championship heavyweight bout with James Toney. Five months before, Booker had been arrested in Detroit with three other men and charged with possession of cocaine and intent to deliver more than 1,000 grams of the drug. On September 23, 2004 in Temecula, California,[6] Rydell fought James Toney for the International Boxing Association heavyweight and WBC Continental Americas heavyweight championships. In the fight Booker was down in the eighth and then went on to lose the twelve-round decision.[7] [8]
| Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35 | Win | 27–7–1 | Norman Neely | TKO | 1 (6), | 9 Dec 2022 | |||
| 34 | Loss | 26–7–1 | Stephan Shaw | UD | 8 | 22 Nov 2022 | |||
| 33 | Loss | 26–6–1 | Otto Wallin | UD | 10 | 26 May 2022 | |||
| 32 | Loss | 26–5–1 | Marcin Siwy | UD | 8 | 26 Mar 2022 | |||
| 31 | Draw | 26–4–1 | Ray Austin | SD | 6 | 19 Nov 2021 | |||
| 30 | Loss | 26–4 | Filip Hrgović | TKO | 5 (10), | 7 Nov 2020 | |||
| 29 | Loss | 26–3 | Kubrat Pulev | UD | 10 | 9 Nov 2019 | |||
| 28 | Win | 26–2 | Dieuly Aristilde | TKO | 3 (6), | 7 Jun 2019 | |||
| 27 | Loss | 25–2 | Jermaine Franklin | UD | 10 | 13 Apr 2019 | |||
| 26 | Win | 25–1 | Domonic Jenkins | UD | 6 | 13 Jul 2018 | |||
| 25 | Win | 24–1 | Terrell Jamal Woods | UD | 6 | 13 Apr 2018 | |||
| 24 | Win | 23–1 | Rodney Moore | UD | 6 | 2 Feb 2018 | |||
| 23 | Loss | 22–1 | James Toney | UD | 12 | 23 Sep 2004 | |||
| 22 | Win | 22–0 | Tipton Walker | SD | 8 | 18 Jun 2004 | |||
| 21 | Win | 21–0 | Ken Murphy | TKO | 3 (8) | 21 May 2004 | |||
| 20 | Win | 20–0 | Arthur Williams | UD | 10 | 13 Jun 2003 | |||
| 19 | Win | 19–0 | Andrew Greeley | 5 (10) | 14 Mar 2003 | ||||
| 18 | Win | 18–0 | Uriah Grant | UD | 10 | 10 Jan 2003 | |||
| 17 | Win | 17–0 | Larry Prather | 6 | 14 Dec 2002 | ||||
| 16 | Win | 16–0 | Art Jimmerson | TKO | 2 (6) | 23 Nov 2002 | |||
| 15 | Win | 15–0 | Leon Nkendzap | KO | 1 (10), | 20 Sep 2002 | |||
| 14 | Win | 14–0 | Donnie Penelton | UD | 4 | 5 Sep 2002 | |||
| 13 | Win | 13–0 | John Battle | UD | 6 | 29 Aug 2002 | |||
| 12 | Win | 12–0 | Eric Davis | UD | 6 | 17 Aug 2002 | |||
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | Anthony Kohler | TKO | 1 (4), | 9 Aug 2002 | |||
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | John Basil Jackson | UD | 6 | 20 Jul 2002 | |||
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Michael Shanks | TKO | 2 (4) | 28 Jun 2002 | |||
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Ka-Dy King | UD | 10 | 21 Jun 2002 | |||
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Ronald Burnett | KO | 1 (4), | 1 Jun 2002 | |||
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Roy Bedwell | KO | 1 (4) | 11 May 2002 | |||
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Anthony Prince | 1 (6), | 29 Mar 2002 | ||||
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Steve Thornton | TKO | 1 (4), | 31 Jan 2002 | |||
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Charles Judge | TKO | 1 (4), | 9 Nov 2001 | |||
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Michael Moncrief | 4 | 12 Oct 2001 | ||||
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Mike White | 1 (4), | 10 Aug 2001 |