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.
Charlie McKeever (4-10-3 across 17 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 2 common opponents.
Charlie McKeever vs Rube Ferns — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Charlie McKeever leads 1–0- Charlie McKeever wonFerns vs McKeeverFeb 7, 1899 · PTS
The Numbers
- 4-10-3
- Record
- 46-19-9 (edge)
- 32.4%
- Win %
- 68.2% (edge)
- 0
- Wins by knockout
- 33 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 71.74%
- 0%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 71% (edge)
- 4 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 9
- 0
- Title reigns
- 0
- 1.7
- Bouts per year
- 5.4 (edge)
- 17
- Bouts tracked
- 74
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
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- Height
- 5′8″ (173 cm)
- —
- Age
- 152
- —
- Stance
- Orthodox
- —
- Division
- Welterweight
- —
- Nationality
- American
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyCharlie McKeever · 4 wins
KO/TKO
0
Decision
2
Other
2
Rube Ferns · 45 wins
KO/TKO
32
Decision
9
Other
4
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (17 and 74 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
2 sharedCharlie McKeever
LPTS · Nov 1899WNWS · Oct 1899DPTS · Jun 1899LPTS · Oct 1898Rube Ferns
WDQ R21 · Jan 1900
Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Charlie McKeever
LLLLL
L9 streak · last fought Apr 16, 1906
Rube Ferns
LLDDW
L2 streak · last fought Apr 5, 1910
Common Questions
- Have Charlie McKeever and Rube Ferns ever fought each other?
- Yes. Charlie McKeever and Rube Ferns met once on February 7, 1899, and Charlie McKeever won by PTS.
- Who has the better record, Charlie McKeever or Rube Ferns?
- Charlie McKeever is 4-10-3 across the 17 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, Charlie McKeever or Rube Ferns?
- Charlie McKeever has 0 knockout wins and Rube Ferns has 33. Rube Ferns has more.
- Do Charlie McKeever and Rube Ferns have any common opponents?
- Charlie McKeever and Rube Ferns share 2 common opponents: Barbados Joe Walcott and Mysterious Billy Smith. Rube Ferns fared better against 1 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Charlie McKeever and Rube Ferns?
- This comparison is drawn from 17 bouts tracked for Charlie McKeever and 74 bouts tracked for Rube Ferns. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.