Have Rube Ferns and Shorty Ahearn ever fought each other?

Yes. Rube Ferns and Shorty Ahearn have met 3 times and Rube Ferns leads the series 2-0 with 1 draw.

Who has the better record, Ferns or Ahearn?

Rube Ferns is 46-19-9 and Shorty Ahearn is 0-6-1 across the 7 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 Ahearn?

Rube Ferns has 33 knockout wins and Shorty Ahearn has 0. Rube Ferns has more.

Do Ferns and Ahearn have any common opponents?

Rube Ferns and Shorty Ahearn share 1 common opponent: Barbados Joe Walcott. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.

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

This comparison is drawn from 74 bouts tracked for Rube Ferns and 7 bouts tracked for Shorty Ahearn. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Rube Ferns vs Shorty Ahearn — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

🇺🇸WELTERWEIGHT

Rube Ferns

Shorty Ahearn

Rube Ferns (46-19-9) and Shorty Ahearn (0-6-1 across 7 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 3 times. They share 1 common opponent.

Ferns

Wins33 KO · 72%

Losses

Draws74 tracked bouts

Ahearn

Tracked record

0–6–1

counted from 7 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

Ferns leads 2–0 with 1 draw

Rube Ferns and Shorty Ahearn have met 3 times; Ferns leads 2–0 with 1 draw.
Met	1899Feb 9	1899May 27	1899Jun 22	Series
Rube FernsFighter A	DDraw	WWon	WWon	2–0–1W–L–D
Shorty AhearnFighter B	DDraw	LLost	LLost	0–2–1W–L–D
Result	PTSFerns vs Ahearn	PTSFerns vs Ahearn	KOFerns vs Ahearn	3Meetings

The Numbers

Ferns 4 · Ahearn 1 of 5 measurable rows

FernsEdge = longer wingAhearn

Record^†: 46-19-9 (edge)0-6-1
Win %0–100%: 68.2% (edge)
7.1%
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)
0.2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 74: 74
7

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

Rube Ferns left, Shorty Ahearn 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%

Shorty Ahearn0 wins · from 7 tracked bouts

No tracked wins for Ahearn yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Rube Ferns 74, Shorty Ahearn 7 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · even on 11 shared · even on 1

FernsRube Ferns

Opponent

AhearnShorty Ahearn

Rube Ferns
Loss, TKO 5
1901Dec 1901
WalcottBarbados Joe WalcottBarbados 96–31–27 · WelterweightEvenEven — 0–1 both
Shorty Ahearn
Loss, KO
1894Nov 1894

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

Shorty Ahearn last boxed on Mar 15, 1937 — 32,729 days ago. Ahearn had lost four straight.DLLLL

Ferns Feb 1899Ferns May 1899Ferns Jun 1899O'Brien Jul 1899Walker Mar 19370.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them

Have Rube Ferns and Shorty Ahearn ever fought each other?: Yes. Rube Ferns and Shorty Ahearn have met 3 times and Rube Ferns leads the series 2-0 with 1 draw.
Who has the better record, Ferns or Ahearn?: Rube Ferns is 46-19-9 and Shorty Ahearn is 0-6-1 across the 7 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 Ahearn?: Rube Ferns has 33 knockout wins and Shorty Ahearn has 0. Rube Ferns has more.
Do Ferns and Ahearn have any common opponents?: Rube Ferns and Shorty Ahearn share 1 common opponent: Barbados Joe Walcott. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Ferns and Ahearn?: This comparison is drawn from 74 bouts tracked for Rube Ferns and 7 bouts tracked for Shorty Ahearn. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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