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Hugh Ferns vs Joe Bygraves — record, stats and common opponents compared

Hugh Ferns

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Joe Bygraves

Hugh Ferns (1-3 across 4 tracked bouts) and Joe Bygraves (42-28-2) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 2 times. They share 2 common opponents.

Ferns

Tracked record

1–3

counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Bygraves

42

Wins22 KO · 52%

28

Losses

2

Draws72 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

Bygraves leads 2–0

Hugh Ferns and Joe Bygraves have met 2 times; Bygraves leads 2–0.

Hugh Ferns and Joe Bygraves have met 2 times; Bygraves leads 2–0.
Met1953Mar 121953Sep 3Series
Hugh FernsFighter ALLostLLost0–2W–L
Joe BygravesFighter BWWonWWon2–0W–L
ResultPTSPTS2Meetings

The Numbers

Ferns 1 · Bygraves 6 of 7 measurable rows
FernsBygraves
Record†
1-342-28-2 (edge)
Win %0–100%
25%
59.7% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 22
0
22 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—52.38%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
52% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 7
0 (edge)
7
Title reignsmax 1
0
1 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 5.1
1.8
5.1 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 72
4
72

† 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
Hugh Ferns: No height on file
Joe Bygraves: 6′1″
Agenot held
Hugh Ferns: No date of birth
Joe Bygraves: Died aged 80
Stance
Hugh Ferns: Not recorded
Joe Bygraves: Orthodox

Hugh Ferns left, Joe Bygraves right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Hugh Ferns1 win · from 4 tracked bouts

Hugh Ferns: 1 tracked win — 1 by another method or unrecorded (100%). Counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by another method or unrecorded 100%

Joe Bygraves42 wins · from 72 tracked bouts

Joe Bygraves: 42 tracked wins — 22 by KO/TKO (52%), 19 on the cards (45%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (2%). Counted from 72 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

22 by KO/TKO 52%19 on the cards 45%1 by another method or unrecorded 2%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Hugh Ferns 4, Joe Bygraves 72 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Ferns better on 1 · Bygraves better on 1

Ferns

Opponent

Bygraves

  • Hugh Ferns

    Win, DQ

    1955

    RichardsonFerns better

    Joe Bygraves

    Draw, PTS

    1957

  • Hugh Ferns

    Loss, DQ 2

    1955

    CooperBygraves better

    Joe Bygraves

    1–1 against

    Win, KO 9

    1957

    Loss, PTS

    1955

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

Hugh Ferns last boxed on Jun 13, 1955 — 26,067 days ago. Ferns had won once since three straight losses.LLLW

Bygraves Mar 1953Bygraves Sep 1953Cooper Mar 1955Richardson Jun 19551.8 tracked bouts per year

Joe Bygraves has lost three straight, after one straight win. Bygraves last boxed on Mar 20, 1967.LWLLL

Walker Jan 1964Westphal Feb 1965Zech Mar 1965Chuvalo Dec 1965Corletti Mar 19675.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Hugh Ferns and Joe Bygraves ever fought each other?
Yes. Hugh Ferns and Joe Bygraves have met 2 times and Joe Bygraves leads the series 2-0.
The 2 meetings

LSep 3, 1953 · Bygraves · PTS

LMar 12, 1953 · Bygraves · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Ferns or Bygraves?
Hugh Ferns is 1-3 across the 4 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Joe Bygraves is 42-28-2. Joe Bygraves has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Ferns1–325%

Bygraves42–28–259.7%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Ferns or Bygraves?
Hugh Ferns has 0 knockout wins and Joe Bygraves has 22. Joe Bygraves has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Ferns0

Bygraves2252.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Ferns and Bygraves have any common opponents?
Hugh Ferns and Joe Bygraves share 2 common opponents: Dick Richardson and Henry Cooper. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
2 shared opponents

Dick RichardsonWD

Henry CooperL1–1

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Ferns and Bygraves?
This comparison is drawn from 4 bouts tracked for Hugh Ferns and 72 bouts tracked for Joe Bygraves. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Ferns4bouts

Bygraves72bouts

How They Win ↓

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