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George Fitzgerald vs Rube Ferns — record, stats and common opponents compared

George Fitzgerald

🇺🇸WELTERWEIGHT

Rube Ferns

George Fitzgerald (1-1 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.

Fitzgerald

Tracked record

1–1

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

Series level 1–1

George Fitzgerald and Rube Ferns have met 2 times; Series level 1–1.

George Fitzgerald and Rube Ferns have met 2 times; Series level 1–1.
Met1898May 21898Jul 11Series
George FitzgeraldFighter AWWonLLost1–1W–L
Rube FernsFighter BLLostWWon1–1W–L
ResultKOKO2Meetings

The Numbers

Fitzgerald 2 · Ferns 3 of 5 measurable rows
FitzgeraldFerns
Record†
1-146-19-9 (edge)
Win %0–100%
50%
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§not comparable
—5.4
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
George Fitzgerald: No height on file
Rube Ferns: 5′8″
Agenot held
George Fitzgerald: No date of birth
Rube Ferns: Died aged 78
Stance
George Fitzgerald: Not recorded
Rube Ferns: Orthodox

George Fitzgerald 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
George Fitzgerald1 win · from 2 tracked bouts

George Fitzgerald: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 100%

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 — George Fitzgerald 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

George Fitzgerald last boxed on Jul 11, 1898 — 46,867 days ago. Fitzgerald had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Rube Ferns.WL

Ferns May 1898Ferns Jul 1898

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 George Fitzgerald and Rube Ferns ever fought each other?
Yes. George Fitzgerald and Rube Ferns have met 2 times and the series is level at 1-1.
The 2 meetings

LJul 11, 1898 · Ferns · KO

WMay 2, 1898 · Fitzgerald · KO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Fitzgerald or Ferns?
George Fitzgerald is 1-1 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 %

Fitzgerald1–150%

Ferns46–19–968.2%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Fitzgerald or Ferns?
George Fitzgerald has 1 knockout win and Rube Ferns has 33. Rube Ferns has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Fitzgerald1

Ferns3371.7%

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

Fitzgerald2bouts

Ferns74bouts

How They Win ↓

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