The fight took place over rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant there was no weight limit.

The scorecards were announced as 98-92, 99-91, 98-92 in favor of winner Kubrat Pulev.

Kubrat Pulev beat Rydell Booker by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest on Saturday 9th November 2019 at Chukchansi Park in California.

Pulev vs Booker stats Kubrat Pulev stepped into the ring with a record of 27 wins, 1 loss and draws, 14 of those wins coming by the way of knock out. Rydell Booker made his way to the ring with a record of 26 wins, 2 loses and draws, with 13 of those wins by knock out. The stats suggested Pulev had a slight advantage in power over Booker, with a 52% knock out percentage over Booker's 50%. Kubrat Pulev was the same age as Rydell Booker, at 39 years old. Pulev had a height advantage of 1 inch over Booker. Despite this, Booker had 1-inch reach advantage. Both Kubrat Pulev & Rydell Booker fought out of an orthodox stance. Pulev's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Booker's, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2009, 8 year and 1 month later than Booker, who’s first professional fight was in 2001. He had fought 60 more professional rounds, 203 to Booker's 143. Kubrat Pulev went into the fight ranked number 8 by the WBC and 1 by the IBF in the heavyweight division.

Pulev vs Booker form Pulev had won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 2 of them, going the distance 3 times. In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated Bogdan Dinu on 23rd March 2019 by knockout in the 7th round at The Hangar, California, United States. Previous to that, he had defeated Hughie Fury on 27th October 2018 by unanimous decision in their IBF World Heavyweight eliminator fight at Arena Armeec, Sofia, Bulgaria. Going into that contest, he had beat Kevin Johnson on 28th April 2017 by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Arena Armeec, Sofia. Before that, he had won against Dereck Chisora on 7th May 2016 by split decision in their 12 round contest at Barclaycard Arena, Hamburg, Germany. He had beat Maurice Harris on 5th December 2015 by knockout in the 1st round at Inselparkhalle, Wilhelmsburg. Booker had lost to all of his last 1 opponents. In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Jermaine Franklin on 13th April 2019 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, United States.

Activity check Pulev's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years 3 months and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 44 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 8.8 rounds on average. Booker's last 1 fights had come over a period of , meaning he had been fighting on average every . In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 10 rounds on average.

What time did Pulev vs Booker start? The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 9:00 pm EST / 6:00 pm PST at Chukchansi Park, California, United States, which was around 2:00 am GMT in the UK.