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Matty Matthews vs Rube Ferns — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Matty Matthews

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Rube Ferns

Matty Matthews (58-24-19) and Rube Ferns (46-19-9) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 6 times. They share 1 common opponent.

Matthews

58

Wins25 KO · 43%

24

Losses

19

Draws9 tracked bouts

Ferns

46

Wins33 KO · 72%

19

Losses

9

Draws74 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Ferns leads 4–2

Matty Matthews and Rube Ferns have met 6 times; Ferns leads 4–2.

Matty Matthews and Rube Ferns have met 6 times; Ferns leads 4–2.
Met1900Aug 301900Oct 161901May 241902Dec 221903Apr 271906Mar 16Series
Matty MatthewsFighter ALLostWWonLLostWWonLLostLLost2–4W–L
Rube FernsFighter BWWonLLostWWonLLostWWonWWon4–2W–L
ResultPTSPTSKOR10PTSTKOR19KOR96Meetings

The Numbers

Matthews 1 · Ferns 6 of 7 measurable rows
MatthewsFerns
Record
58-24-1946-19-9 (edge)
Win %0–100%
66.8%
68.2% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 33
25
33 (edge)
KO rate0–100%
43.1%
71.74% (edge)
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
33%
71% (edge)
Times stopped†max 9
3 (edge)
9
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year‡max 5.4
1.2
5.4 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 74
9
74

† 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

Height+1″
Matty Matthews: 5′7″
Rube Ferns: 5′8″ (edge)
Agenot comparable
Matty Matthews: Died aged 75
Rube Ferns: Died aged 78
Stance
Matty Matthews: Orthodox
Rube Ferns: Orthodox

Matty Matthews 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
Matty Matthews3 wins · from 9 tracked bouts

Matty Matthews: 3 tracked wins — 1 by KO/TKO (33%) and 2 on the cards (67%). Counted from 9 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 33%2 on the cards 67%

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 — Matty Matthews 9, Rube Ferns 74 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Ferns better on 1

Matthews

Opponent

Ferns

  • Matty Matthews

    1–1 against

    Win, KO 19

    1900

    Loss, PTS

    1898

    SmithFerns better

    Rube Ferns

    Win, DQ 21

    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

Matty Matthews has lost three straight, after one straight win. Matthews last boxed on Mar 16, 1906.LWLLL

Ferns May 1901Ferns Dec 1902Ferns Apr 1903Mellody Jan 1904Ferns Mar 19061.2 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 Matty Matthews and Rube Ferns ever fought each other?
Yes. Matty Matthews and Rube Ferns have met 6 times and Rube Ferns leads the series 4-2.
The 6 meetings

LMar 16, 1906 · Ferns · KO R9

LApr 27, 1903 · Ferns · TKO R19

WDec 22, 1902 · Matthews · PTS

LMay 24, 1901 · Ferns · KO R10

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Matthews or Ferns?
Matty Matthews is 58-24-19 and Rube Ferns is 46-19-9. Rube Ferns has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Matthews58–24–1966.8%

Ferns46–19–968.2%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Matthews or Ferns?
Matty Matthews has 25 knockout wins and Rube Ferns has 33. Rube Ferns has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Matthews2543.1%

Ferns3371.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do Matthews and Ferns have any common opponents?
Matty Matthews and Rube Ferns share 1 common opponent: Mysterious Billy Smith. Rube Ferns fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Mysterious Billy Smith1–1W

Common Opponents ↓
Who is bigger, Matthews or Ferns?
Rube Ferns is the taller fighter at 173 cm, 2 cm above the other.
Height · reach

Matthews171 cm

Ferns173 cm

Tale of the Tape ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Matthews and Ferns?
This comparison is drawn from 9 bouts tracked for Matty Matthews and 74 bouts tracked for Rube Ferns. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Matthews9bouts

Ferns74bouts

How They Win ↓

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