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Rube Ferns vs Tom Mackey — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇺🇸WELTERWEIGHT

Rube Ferns

Tom Mackey

Rube Ferns (46-19-9) and Tom Mackey (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

Mackey

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 Tom Mackey have met 1 time; Ferns leads 1–0.

Rube Ferns and Tom Mackey have met 1 time; Ferns leads 1–0.
Met1896Jun 29Series
Rube FernsFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Tom MackeyFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR101Meeting

The Numbers

Ferns 3 · Mackey 1 of 4 measurable rows
FernsMackey
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″
Tom Mackey: No height on file
Agenot held
Rube Ferns: Died aged 78
Tom Mackey: No date of birth
Stance
Rube Ferns: Orthodox
Tom Mackey: Not recorded

Rube Ferns left, Tom Mackey 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%

Tom Mackey0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Tom Mackey: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Mackey yet.

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

Tom Mackey last boxed on Jun 29, 1896 — 47,599 days ago. Mackey had lost the most recent, to Rube Ferns.L

Ferns Jun 1896

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Rube Ferns and Tom Mackey ever fought each other?
Yes. Rube Ferns and Tom Mackey met once on June 29, 1896, and Rube Ferns won by TKO in round 10.
The meeting

WJun 29, 1896 · Ferns · TKO R10

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Ferns or Mackey?
Rube Ferns is 46-19-9 and Tom Mackey 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%

Mackey0–10%

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

Ferns3371.7%

Mackey0

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

Ferns74bouts

Mackey1bout

How They Win ↓

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