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Izzy Strauss vs Rube Ferns — record, stats and common opponents compared

Izzy Strauss

🇺🇸WELTERWEIGHT

Rube Ferns

Izzy Strauss (2-3-1 across 6 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 no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Strauss

Tracked record

2–3–1

counted from 6 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

Strauss leads 1–0

Izzy Strauss and Rube Ferns have met 1 time; Strauss leads 1–0.

Izzy Strauss and Rube Ferns have met 1 time; Strauss leads 1–0.
Met1897Jun 4Series
Izzy StraussFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Rube FernsFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultDQR11Meeting

The Numbers

Strauss 1 · Ferns 5 of 6 measurable rows
StraussFerns
Record†
2-3-146-19-9 (edge)
Win %0–100%
41.7%
68.2% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 33
0
33 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—71.74%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
71% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 9
1 (edge)
9
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 5.4
5.3
5.4 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 74
6
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
Izzy Strauss: No height on file
Rube Ferns: 5′8″
Agenot held
Izzy Strauss: No date of birth
Rube Ferns: Died aged 78
Stance
Izzy Strauss: Not recorded
Rube Ferns: Orthodox

Izzy Strauss 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
Izzy Strauss2 wins · from 6 tracked bouts

Izzy Strauss: 2 tracked wins — 2 by another method or unrecorded (100%). Counted from 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 by another method or unrecorded 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 — Izzy Strauss 6, 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

Izzy Strauss last boxed on Jan 29, 1898 — 47,019 days ago. Strauss had won once since losses to Joe Gans and Philadelphia Jack O'Brien.LWLLW

O'Brien Feb 1897Ferns Jun 1897Gans Aug 1897O'Brien Dec 1897O'Brien Jan 18985.3 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 Izzy Strauss and Rube Ferns ever fought each other?
Yes. Izzy Strauss and Rube Ferns met once on June 4, 1897, and Izzy Strauss won by DQ in round 1.
The meeting

WJun 4, 1897 · Strauss · DQ R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Strauss or Ferns?
Izzy Strauss is 2-3-1 across the 6 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 %

Strauss2–3–141.7%

Ferns46–19–968.2%

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

Strauss0

Ferns3371.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do Strauss and Ferns have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Izzy Strauss and Rube Ferns have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Strauss and Ferns?
This comparison is drawn from 6 bouts tracked for Izzy Strauss and 74 bouts tracked for Rube Ferns. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Strauss6bouts

Ferns74bouts

How They Win ↓

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