Watch: Rydell Booker, age 41, hands first loss to Norman Neely

By Scott Shaffer

10/12/2022

Watch: Rydell Booker, age 41, hands first loss to Norman Neely

Rydell Booker TKO1 Norman Neely... At age 41, a very overweight Rydell Booker snapped a six-fight winless streak with a first-round stoppage of previously unbeaten Norman Neely. Booker (27-7-1) was barely three weeks removed from a shutout loss to Stephan Shaw and had gone 0-5-1. Booker was a respected cruiserweight who fought James Toney at heavyweight in 2004 but then went to prison for years. He returned to the ring as a full-time heavyweight in 2018 and accumulated losses to Shaw, Otto Wallin and Filip Hrgovic among others. He weighed approximately 260 pounds for this fight. Neely, now 13-1, had not fought anyone of note and was not ready for this step up.