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.
Rube Ferns (46-19-9) and Shorty Ahearn (0-5-1 across 6 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.
Rube Ferns vs Shorty Ahearn — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Rube Ferns leads 2–0- Rube Ferns wonFerns vs AhearnJun 22, 1899 · KO
- Rube Ferns wonFerns vs AhearnMay 27, 1899 · PTS
- DrawFerns vs AhearnFeb 9, 1899 · PTS
The Numbers
- 46-19-9 (edge)
- Record
- 0-5-1
- 68.2% (edge)
- Win %
- 8.3%
- 33 (edge)
- Wins by knockout
- 0
- 71.74%
- KO rate
- —
- 71%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- —
- 9
- Times stopped
- 2 (edge)
- 0
- Title reigns
- 0
- 5.4 (edge)
- Bouts per year
- 1.3
- 74
- Bouts tracked
- 6
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
- 5′8″ (173 cm)
- Height
- —
- 152
- Age
- —
- Orthodox
- Stance
- —
- Welterweight
- Division
- —
- American
- Nationality
- —
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyRube Ferns · 45 wins
KO/TKO
32
Decision
9
Other
4
Shorty Ahearn · 0 wins
No tracked wins yet.
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (74 and 6 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
1 sharedShared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Rube Ferns
LLDDW
L2 streak · last fought Apr 5, 1910
Shorty Ahearn
LLLDL
L3 streak · last fought Jul 21, 1899
Common Questions
- 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, Rube Ferns or Shorty Ahearn?
- Rube Ferns is 46-19-9 and Shorty Ahearn is 0-5-1 across the 6 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, Rube Ferns or Shorty Ahearn?
- Rube Ferns has 33 knockout wins and Shorty Ahearn has 0. Rube Ferns has more.
- Do Rube Ferns and Shorty 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 Rube Ferns and Shorty Ahearn?
- This comparison is drawn from 74 bouts tracked for Rube Ferns and 6 bouts tracked for Shorty Ahearn. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.