Have Dick O'Brien and Rube Ferns ever fought each other?

Yes. Dick O'Brien and Rube Ferns met once on December 19, 1903, and the bout was a draw by PTS.

Who has the better record, O'Brien or Ferns?

Dick O'Brien is 0-9-6 across the 16 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, O'Brien or Ferns?

Dick O'Brien has 0 knockout wins and Rube Ferns has 33. Rube Ferns has more.

Do O'Brien and Ferns have any common opponents?

Dick O'Brien and Rube Ferns share 2 common opponents: Barbados Joe Walcott and Mysterious Billy Smith. Rube Ferns fared better against 2 of them.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on O'Brien and Ferns?

This comparison is drawn from 16 bouts tracked for Dick O'Brien and 74 bouts tracked for Rube Ferns. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Dick O'Brien vs Rube Ferns — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

Dick O'Brien

🇺🇸WELTERWEIGHT

Rube Ferns

Dick O'Brien (0-9-6 across 16 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.

O'Brien

Tracked record

0–9–6

counted from 16 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

Series level 0–0 with 1 draw

Dick O'Brien and Rube Ferns have met 1 time; Series level 0–0 with 1 draw.
Met	1903Dec 19	Series
Dick O'BrienFighter A	DDraw	0–0–1W–L–D
Rube FernsFighter B	DDraw	0–0–1W–L–D
Result	PTSFerns vs O'Brien	1Meeting

Ferns vs O'Brien · Dec 19, 1903

The Numbers

O'Brien 1 · Ferns 4 of 5 measurable rows

O'BrienEdge = longer wingFerns

Record^†: 0-9-646-19-9 (edge)
Win %0–100%: 20%
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: 6 (edge)
9
Title reignslevelmax 0: 0
0
Bouts per year^§max 5.4: 1.7
5.4 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 74: 16
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: Dick O'Brien: No height on file; Rube Ferns: 5′8″
Agenot held: Dick O'Brien: No date of birth; Rube Ferns: Died aged 78
Stance: Dick O'Brien: Not recorded; Rube Ferns: Orthodox

Dick O'Brien 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

Dick O'Brien0 wins · from 16 tracked bouts

No tracked wins for O'Brien yet.

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 — Dick O'Brien 16, Rube Ferns 74 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Ferns better on 22 shared · Rube Ferns better on 2

O'BrienDick O'Brien

Opponent

FernsRube Ferns

Dick O'Brien
0–4 against
Loss, KO 14
1899May 1899
Loss, PTS
1896Aug 1896
Loss, TKO 1
1895Aug 1895
Loss, PTS
1894Jul 1894
WalcottBarbados Joe WalcottBarbados 96–31–27 · WelterweightFerns betterRube Ferns better — 0–1 to 0–4
Rube Ferns
Loss, TKO 5
1901Dec 1901
Dick O'Brien
Draw, PTS
1894Oct 1894
SmithMysterious Billy SmithCanada 37–25–27 · WelterweightFerns betterRube Ferns better — 1–0 to 0–0–1
Rube Ferns
Win, DQ 21
1900Jan 1900

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

Dick O'Brien last boxed on Dec 19, 1903 — 44,867 days ago. O'Brien had drawn the most recent tracked bout with Rube Ferns.LLLDD

Root Jul 1900Root Oct 1900Hart Apr 1902Byers Oct 1902Ferns Dec 19031.7 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 Dick O'Brien and Rube Ferns ever fought each other?: Yes. Dick O'Brien and Rube Ferns met once on December 19, 1903, and the bout was a draw by PTS.
Who has the better record, O'Brien or Ferns?: Dick O'Brien is 0-9-6 across the 16 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, O'Brien or Ferns?: Dick O'Brien has 0 knockout wins and Rube Ferns has 33. Rube Ferns has more.
Do O'Brien and Ferns have any common opponents?: Dick O'Brien and Rube Ferns share 2 common opponents: Barbados Joe Walcott and Mysterious Billy Smith. Rube Ferns fared better against 2 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on O'Brien and Ferns?: This comparison is drawn from 16 bouts tracked for Dick O'Brien and 74 bouts tracked for Rube Ferns. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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