Toney vs. Booker: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

James Toney and Rydell Booker (Rock n' Rye) are scheduled to meet in a non-world-title heavyweight bout on at the Pechanga Resort & Casino, Temecula, California, U.S. Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

36
Oct 26, 1988
67-4-2
520
43 (58.9%)
178 cm
183 cm
5 cm
Orthodox
355 days
13
Age
Debut
Record
Rounds
KOs
Height
Reach
apeIndex
Stance
Lay Off
winStreak
23
Aug 10, 2001
22-0
90
12 (54.5%)
191 cm
206 cm
15 cm
Orthodox
97 days
22
IBF
CR
w1
d0
sMD
w1
d3
MD
w1
d6
heavyweight
Thursday, 23 Sep 2004
Pechanga Resort & Casino, Temecula, California, U.S.
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Toney vs. Booker

Date

This fight between James Toney and Rydell Booker took place on 23 September, 2004 at the Pechanga Resort and Casino, Temecula, California, U.S.

Tale of the Tape

At 191 cm, Rydell Booker is the taller of the two by 13 cms; James Toney is 178 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 206 cm, Booker also has a huge reach advantage of 23 cms over Toney's 183 cm. On top of that, Booker also has a 10 cm ape index advantage over Toney.

Toney is coming in to this fight with a record of 67-4-2 (43 KOs). His last fight was 11 months and 19 days ago against Evander Holyfield, which he won via 9th round TKO.

Booker comes in with an undefeated record of 22-0 (12 KOs). His last fight was 3 months and 5 days ago against Tipton Walker, which he won via 8 round split-decision.

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Toney will be 36 years old. Booker will be 23 years and 7 months old.

Prediction and Odds

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After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 52-48 in favor of James Toney. Note, this is a very close margin, just barely better than a 50-50 case. Here is the prediction for Toney vs. Booker.

A very close matchup, could go either way. James Toney may have a slighly better chance of winning — unless something crazy happens.

Result

James Toney defeated Rydell Booker via 12 round UD. Booker's undefeated record of 22 wins comes to an end, and Toney advances his win streak to 14. Toney is now 68-4-2, and Booker 22-1.

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