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Billy Emerson vs Rube Ferns — record, stats and common opponents compared

Billy Emerson

🇺🇸WELTERWEIGHT

Rube Ferns

Billy Emerson (0-2 across 2 tracked bouts) and Rube Ferns (46-19-9) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 2 times. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Emerson

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Ferns

46

Wins33 KO · 72%

19

Losses

9

Draws74 tracked bouts

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

Ferns leads 2–0

Billy Emerson and Rube Ferns have met 2 times; Ferns leads 2–0.

Billy Emerson and Rube Ferns have met 2 times; Ferns leads 2–0.
Met1898Mar 171902Jul 18Series
Billy EmersonFighter ALLostLLost0–2W–L
Rube FernsFighter BWWonWWon2–0W–L
ResultPTSPTS2Meetings

The Numbers

Emerson 1 · Ferns 4 of 5 measurable rows
EmersonFerns
Record†
0-246-19-9 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
68.2% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 33
0
33 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—71.74%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—71%
Times stopped‡max 9
0 (edge)
9
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 5.4
0.5
5.4 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 74
2
74

† 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
Billy Emerson: No height on file
Rube Ferns: 5′8″
Agenot held
Billy Emerson: No date of birth
Rube Ferns: Died aged 78
Stance
Billy Emerson: Not recorded
Rube Ferns: Orthodox

Billy Emerson left, Rube Ferns right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Billy Emerson0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Billy Emerson: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Emerson yet.

Rube Ferns45 wins · from 74 tracked bouts

Rube Ferns: 45 tracked wins — 32 by KO/TKO (71%), 9 on the cards (20%) and 4 by another method or unrecorded (9%). Counted from 74 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

32 by KO/TKO 71%9 on the cards 20%4 by another method or unrecorded 9%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Billy Emerson 2, Rube Ferns 74 — 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

Billy Emerson last boxed on Jul 18, 1902 — 45,386 days ago. Emerson had lost two straight.LL

Ferns Mar 1898Ferns Jul 19020.5 tracked bouts per year

Rube Ferns has lost two straight. Ferns last boxed on Apr 5, 1910.WDDLL

Mason Jun 1906Sieger Jun 1906Dukelow Dec 1906Farmer Sep 1907Ferns Apr 19105.4 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Billy Emerson and Rube Ferns ever fought each other?
Yes. Billy Emerson and Rube Ferns have met 2 times and Rube Ferns leads the series 2-0.
The 2 meetings

LJul 18, 1902 · Ferns · PTS

LMar 17, 1898 · Ferns · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Emerson or Ferns?
Billy Emerson is 0-2 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Rube Ferns is 46-19-9. Rube Ferns has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Emerson0–20%

Ferns46–19–968.2%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Emerson or Ferns?
Billy Emerson has 0 knockout wins and Rube Ferns has 33. Rube Ferns has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Emerson0

Ferns3371.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do Emerson and Ferns have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Billy Emerson and Rube Ferns have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Emerson and Ferns?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Billy Emerson and 74 bouts tracked for Rube Ferns. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Emerson2bouts

Ferns74bouts

How They Win ↓

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