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Hugh McManus vs Rube Ferns — record, stats and common opponents compared

Hugh McManus

🇺🇸WELTERWEIGHT

Rube Ferns

Hugh McManus (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) 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.

McManus

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout 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

Hugh McManus and Rube Ferns have met 1 time; Ferns leads 1–0.

Hugh McManus and Rube Ferns have met 1 time; Ferns leads 1–0.
Met1897Dec 13Series
Hugh McManusFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Rube FernsFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR231Meeting

The Numbers

McManus 1 · Ferns 3 of 4 measurable rows
McManusFerns
Record†
0-146-19-9 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
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§not comparable
—5.4
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 74
1
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
Hugh McManus: No height on file
Rube Ferns: 5′8″
Agenot held
Hugh McManus: No date of birth
Rube Ferns: Died aged 78
Stance
Hugh McManus: Not recorded
Rube Ferns: Orthodox

Hugh McManus 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
Hugh McManus0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Hugh McManus: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for McManus 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 — Hugh McManus 1, 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

Hugh McManus last boxed on Dec 13, 1897 — 47,076 days ago. McManus had lost the most recent, to Rube Ferns.L

Ferns Dec 1897

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 Hugh McManus and Rube Ferns ever fought each other?
Yes. Hugh McManus and Rube Ferns met once on December 13, 1897, and Rube Ferns won by KO in round 23.
The meeting

LDec 13, 1897 · Ferns · KO R23

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, McManus or Ferns?
Hugh McManus is 0-1 across the 1 bout 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 %

McManus0–10%

Ferns46–19–968.2%

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

McManus0

Ferns3371.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do McManus and Ferns have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Hugh McManus and Rube Ferns have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on McManus and Ferns?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Hugh McManus and 74 bouts tracked for Rube Ferns. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

McManus1bout

Ferns74bouts

How They Win ↓

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