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Rube Ferns vs Sammy Callahan — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Rube Ferns

Sammy Callahan

Rube Ferns (46-19-9) and Sammy Callahan (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) 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.

Ferns

46

Wins33 KO · 72%

19

Losses

9

Draws74 tracked bouts

Callahan

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested

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

Rube Ferns and Sammy Callahan have met 1 time; Ferns leads 1–0.

Rube Ferns and Sammy Callahan have met 1 time; Ferns leads 1–0.
Met1899Nov 30Series
Rube FernsFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Sammy CallahanFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Ferns 3 · Callahan 1 of 4 measurable rows
FernsCallahan
Record†
46-19-9 (edge)0-1
Win %0–100%
68.2% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 33
33 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
71.74%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
71%—
Times stopped‡max 9
9
1 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
5.4—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 74
74
1

† 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
Rube Ferns: 5′8″
Sammy Callahan: No height on file
Agenot held
Rube Ferns: Died aged 78
Sammy Callahan: No date of birth
Stance
Rube Ferns: Orthodox
Sammy Callahan: Not recorded

Rube Ferns left, Sammy Callahan right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
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%

Sammy Callahan0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Sammy Callahan: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Callahan yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Rube Ferns 74, Sammy Callahan 1 — 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

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

Sammy Callahan last boxed on Nov 30, 1899 — 46,350 days ago. Callahan had lost the most recent, to Rube Ferns.L

Ferns Nov 1899

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Rube Ferns and Sammy Callahan ever fought each other?
Yes. Rube Ferns and Sammy Callahan met once on November 30, 1899, and Rube Ferns won by KO in round 1.
The meeting

WNov 30, 1899 · Ferns · KO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Ferns or Callahan?
Rube Ferns is 46-19-9 and Sammy Callahan is 0-1 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked. Rube Ferns has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Ferns46–19–968.2%

Callahan0–10%

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

Ferns3371.7%

Callahan0

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

Ferns74bouts

Callahan1bout

How They Win ↓

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