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Mike Donovan vs Rube Ferns — record, stats and common opponents compared

Mike Donovan

🇺🇸WELTERWEIGHT

Rube Ferns

Mike Donovan (0-5-3 across 9 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.

Donovan

Tracked record

0–5–3

counted from 9 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

Ferns leads 1–0 with 1 draw

Mike Donovan and Rube Ferns have met 2 times; Ferns leads 1–0 with 1 draw.

Mike Donovan and Rube Ferns have met 2 times; Ferns leads 1–0 with 1 draw.
Met1900Feb 221906Mar 17Series
Mike DonovanFighter ALLostDDraw0–1–1W–L–D
Rube FernsFighter BWWonDDraw1–0–1W–L–D
ResultPTSNWS2Meetings

The Numbers

Donovan 1 · Ferns 4 of 5 measurable rows
DonovanFerns
Record†
0-5-346-19-9 (edge)
Win %0–100%
18.8%
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
0 (edge)
9
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 5.4
0.4
5.4 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 74
9
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
Mike Donovan: No height on file
Rube Ferns: 5′8″
Agenot held
Mike Donovan: No date of birth
Rube Ferns: Died aged 78
Stance
Mike Donovan: Not recorded
Rube Ferns: Orthodox

Mike Donovan 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
Mike Donovan0 wins · from 9 tracked bouts

Mike Donovan: no tracked wins in the 9 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Donovan 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 — Mike Donovan 9, 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

Mike Donovan last boxed on Nov 23, 1908 — 43,067 days ago. Donovan had lost the most recent, to Jack Blackburn.LLLDL

Blackburn Oct 1907Lewis Nov 1907Blackburn Dec 1907Blackburn Apr 1908Blackburn Nov 19080.4 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 Mike Donovan and Rube Ferns ever fought each other?
Yes. Mike Donovan and Rube Ferns have met 2 times and Rube Ferns leads the series 1-0 with 1 draw.
The 2 meetings

DMar 17, 1906 · Draw · NWS

LFeb 22, 1900 · Ferns · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Donovan or Ferns?
Mike Donovan is 0-5-3 across the 9 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 %

Donovan0–5–318.8%

Ferns46–19–968.2%

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

Donovan0

Ferns3371.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do Donovan and Ferns have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Mike Donovan and Rube Ferns have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Donovan and Ferns?
This comparison is drawn from 9 bouts tracked for Mike Donovan and 74 bouts tracked for Rube Ferns. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Donovan9bouts

Ferns74bouts

How They Win ↓

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