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Charles Dutch Thurston vs Rube Ferns — record, stats and common opponents compared

Charles Dutch Thurston

🇺🇸WELTERWEIGHT

Rube Ferns

Charles Dutch Thurston (0-2-1 across 3 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 no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Thurston

Tracked record

0–2–1

counted from 3 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 1–0

Charles Dutch Thurston and Rube Ferns have met 1 time; Ferns leads 1–0.

Charles Dutch Thurston and Rube Ferns have met 1 time; Ferns leads 1–0.
Met1901Nov 28Series
Charles Dutch ThurstonFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Rube FernsFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Thurston 1 · Ferns 4 of 5 measurable rows
ThurstonFerns
Record†
0-2-146-19-9 (edge)
Win %0–100%
16.7%
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
1 (edge)
9
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 5.4
2.1
5.4 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 74
3
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
Charles Dutch Thurston: No height on file
Rube Ferns: 5′8″
Agenot held
Charles Dutch Thurston: No date of birth
Rube Ferns: Died aged 78
Stance
Charles Dutch Thurston: Not recorded
Rube Ferns: Orthodox

Charles Dutch Thurston 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
Charles Dutch Thurston0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

Charles Dutch Thurston: no tracked wins in the 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Thurston 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 — Charles Dutch Thurston 3, 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

Charles Dutch Thurston last boxed on May 5, 1903 — 45,099 days ago. Thurston had lost the most recent, to Dixie Kid.LDL

Ferns Nov 1901Kid Dec 1902Kid May 19032.1 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 Charles Dutch Thurston and Rube Ferns ever fought each other?
Yes. Charles Dutch Thurston and Rube Ferns met once on November 28, 1901, and Rube Ferns won by PTS.
The meeting

LNov 28, 1901 · Ferns · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Thurston or Ferns?
Charles Dutch Thurston is 0-2-1 across the 3 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 %

Thurston0–2–116.7%

Ferns46–19–968.2%

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

Thurston0

Ferns3371.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do Thurston and Ferns have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Charles Dutch Thurston and Rube Ferns have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Thurston and Ferns?
This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for Charles Dutch Thurston and 74 bouts tracked for Rube Ferns. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Thurston3bouts

Ferns74bouts

How They Win ↓

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