Have Billy Rhodes and Rube Ferns ever fought each other?

Yes. Billy Rhodes and Rube Ferns met once on September 24, 1905, and Billy Rhodes won by TKO in round 3.

Who has the better record, Rhodes or Ferns?

Billy Rhodes is 1-3-2 across the 6 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.

Who has more knockouts, Rhodes or Ferns?

Billy Rhodes has 1 knockout win and Rube Ferns has 33. Rube Ferns has more.

Do Rhodes and Ferns have any common opponents?

Billy Rhodes and Rube Ferns share 1 common opponent: Barbados Joe Walcott. Billy Rhodes fared better against 1 of them.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Rhodes and Ferns?

This comparison is drawn from 6 bouts tracked for Billy Rhodes and 74 bouts tracked for Rube Ferns. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Billy Rhodes vs Rube Ferns — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

Billy Rhodes

🇺🇸WELTERWEIGHT

Rube Ferns

Billy Rhodes (1-3-2 across 6 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 once. They share 1 common opponent.

Rhodes

Tracked record

1–3–2

counted from 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Ferns

Wins33 KO · 72%

Losses

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

Rhodes leads 1–0

Billy Rhodes and Rube Ferns have met 1 time; Rhodes leads 1–0.
Met	1905Sep 24	Series
Billy RhodesFighter A	WWon	1–0W–L
Rube FernsFighter B	LLost	0–1W–L
Result	TKOR3Ferns vs Rhodes	1Meeting

Ferns vs Rhodes · Sep 24, 1905

The Numbers

Rhodes 2 · Ferns 4 of 6 measurable rows

RhodesEdge = longer wingFerns

Record^†: 1-3-246-19-9 (edge)
Win %0–100%: 33.3%
68.2% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 33: 1
33 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable: —71.74%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡0–100%: 100% (edge)
71%
Times stopped^‡max 9: 1 (edge)
9
Title reignslevelmax 0: 0
0
Bouts per year^§max 5.4: 0.1
5.4 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 74: 6
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 Rhodes: No height on file; Rube Ferns: 5′8″
Agenot held: Billy Rhodes: No date of birth; Rube Ferns: Died aged 78
Stance: Billy Rhodes: Not recorded; Rube Ferns: Orthodox

Billy Rhodes 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 Rhodes1 win · from 6 tracked bouts

1 by KO/TKO 100%

Rube Ferns45 wins · from 74 tracked bouts

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 Rhodes 6, Rube Ferns 74 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Rhodes better on 11 shared · Billy Rhodes better on 1

RhodesBilly Rhodes

Opponent

FernsRube Ferns

Billy Rhodes
Draw, PTS
1906Sep 1906
WalcottBarbados Joe WalcottBarbados 96–31–27 · WelterweightRhodes betterBilly Rhodes better — 0–0–1 to 0–1
Rube Ferns
Loss, TKO 5
1901Dec 1901

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Billy Rhodes last boxed on Feb 12, 1946 — 29,473 days ago. Rhodes had lost two straight.DLDLL

Walcott Sep 1906Papke Mar 1907Papke Mar 1907Brouillard Jan 1929Williams Feb 19460.1 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 Rhodes and Rube Ferns ever fought each other?: Yes. Billy Rhodes and Rube Ferns met once on September 24, 1905, and Billy Rhodes won by TKO in round 3.
Who has the better record, Rhodes or Ferns?: Billy Rhodes is 1-3-2 across the 6 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.
Who has more knockouts, Rhodes or Ferns?: Billy Rhodes has 1 knockout win and Rube Ferns has 33. Rube Ferns has more.
Do Rhodes and Ferns have any common opponents?: Billy Rhodes and Rube Ferns share 1 common opponent: Barbados Joe Walcott. Billy Rhodes fared better against 1 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Rhodes and Ferns?: This comparison is drawn from 6 bouts tracked for Billy Rhodes and 74 bouts tracked for Rube Ferns. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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