Have Rube Ferns and Scaldy Bill Quinn ever fought each other?

Yes. Rube Ferns and Scaldy Bill Quinn met once on March 8, 1897, and the bout was a draw by PTS.

Who has the better record, Ferns or Quinn?

Rube Ferns is 46-19-9 and Scaldy Bill Quinn is 0-3-1 across the 4 bouts 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.

Who has more knockouts, Ferns or Quinn?

Rube Ferns has 33 knockout wins and Scaldy Bill Quinn has 0. Rube Ferns has more.

Do Ferns and Quinn have any common opponents?

Rube Ferns and Scaldy Bill Quinn share 1 common opponent: Barbados Joe Walcott. Rube Ferns fared better against 1 of them.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Ferns and Quinn?

This comparison is drawn from 74 bouts tracked for Rube Ferns and 4 bouts tracked for Scaldy Bill Quinn. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Rube Ferns vs Scaldy Bill Quinn — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

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Rube Ferns

Scaldy Bill Quinn

Rube Ferns (46-19-9) and Scaldy Bill Quinn (0-3-1 across 4 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Ferns

Wins33 KO · 72%

Losses

Draws74 tracked bouts

Quinn

Tracked record

0–3–1

counted from 4 bouts 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

Series level 0–0 with 1 draw

Rube Ferns and Scaldy Bill Quinn have met 1 time; Series level 0–0 with 1 draw.
Met	1897Mar 8	Series
Rube FernsFighter A	DDraw	0–0–1W–L–D
Scaldy Bill QuinnFighter B	DDraw	0–0–1W–L–D
Result	PTSFerns vs Quinn	1Meeting

Ferns vs Quinn · Mar 8, 1897

The Numbers

Ferns 4 · Quinn 1 of 5 measurable rows

FernsEdge = longer wingQuinn

Record^†: 46-19-9 (edge)0-3-1
Win %0–100%: 68.2% (edge)
12.5%
Wins by knockoutmax 33: 33 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable: 71.74%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡not comparable: 71%—
Times stopped^‡max 9: 9
2 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0: 0
0
Bouts per year^§max 5.4: 5.4 (edge)
1.3
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 74: 74
4

† 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″; Scaldy Bill Quinn: No height on file
Agenot held: Rube Ferns: Died aged 78; Scaldy Bill Quinn: No date of birth
Stance: Rube Ferns: Orthodox; Scaldy Bill Quinn: Not recorded

Rube Ferns left, Scaldy Bill Quinn 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

32 by KO/TKO 71%9 on the cards 20%4 by another method or unrecorded 9%

Scaldy Bill Quinn0 wins · from 4 tracked bouts

No tracked wins for Quinn yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Rube Ferns 74, Scaldy Bill Quinn 4 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Ferns better on 11 shared · Rube Ferns better on 1

FernsRube Ferns

Opponent

QuinnScaldy Bill Quinn

Rube Ferns
Loss, TKO 5
1901Dec 1901
WalcottBarbados Joe WalcottBarbados 96–31–27 · WelterweightFerns betterRube Ferns better — 0–1 to 0–2
Scaldy Bill Quinn
0–2 against
Loss, KO 17
1896Oct 1896
Loss, PTS
1896May 1896

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

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

Scaldy Bill Quinn last boxed on May 27, 1899 — 46,540 days ago. Quinn had lost the most recent, to Klondike.LLDL

Walcott May 1896Walcott Oct 1896Ferns Mar 1897Klondike May 18991.3 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them

Have Rube Ferns and Scaldy Bill Quinn ever fought each other?: Yes. Rube Ferns and Scaldy Bill Quinn met once on March 8, 1897, and the bout was a draw by PTS.
Who has the better record, Ferns or Quinn?: Rube Ferns is 46-19-9 and Scaldy Bill Quinn is 0-3-1 across the 4 bouts 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.
Who has more knockouts, Ferns or Quinn?: Rube Ferns has 33 knockout wins and Scaldy Bill Quinn has 0. Rube Ferns has more.
Do Ferns and Quinn have any common opponents?: Rube Ferns and Scaldy Bill Quinn share 1 common opponent: Barbados Joe Walcott. Rube Ferns fared better against 1 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Ferns and Quinn?: This comparison is drawn from 74 bouts tracked for Rube Ferns and 4 bouts tracked for Scaldy Bill Quinn. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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