Have Rube Ferns and Tom Tracey ever fought each other?

Yes. Rube Ferns and Tom Tracey met once on February 26, 1902, and Tom Tracey won by PTS.

Who has the better record, Ferns or Tracey?

Rube Ferns is 46-19-9 and Tom Tracey is 1-7-2 across the 11 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 Tracey?

Rube Ferns has 33 knockout wins and Tom Tracey has 0. Rube Ferns has more.

Do Ferns and Tracey have any common opponents?

Rube Ferns and Tom Tracey share 2 common opponents: Barbados Joe Walcott and Mysterious Billy Smith. Rube Ferns fared better against 2 of them.

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

This comparison is drawn from 74 bouts tracked for Rube Ferns and 11 bouts tracked for Tom Tracey. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Rube Ferns vs Tom Tracey — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

🇺🇸WELTERWEIGHT

Rube Ferns

Tom Tracey

Rube Ferns (46-19-9) and Tom Tracey (1-7-2 across 11 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.

Ferns

Wins33 KO · 72%

Losses

Draws74 tracked bouts

Tracey

Tracked record

1–7–2

counted from 11 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

Tracey leads 1–0

Rube Ferns and Tom Tracey have met 1 time; Tracey leads 1–0.
Met	1902Feb 26	Series
Rube FernsFighter A	LLost	0–1W–L
Tom TraceyFighter B	WWon	1–0W–L
Result	PTSFerns vs Tracey	1Meeting

Ferns vs Tracey · Feb 26, 1902

The Numbers

Ferns 5 · Tracey 1 of 6 measurable rows

FernsEdge = longer wingTracey

Record^†: 46-19-9 (edge)1-7-2
Win %0–100%: 68.2% (edge)
20%
Wins by knockoutmax 33: 33 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable: 71.74%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡0–100%: 71% (edge)
0%
Times stopped^‡max 9: 9
4 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0: 0
0
Bouts per year^§max 5.4: 5.4 (edge)
1.2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 74: 74
11

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

Rube Ferns left, Tom Tracey 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%

Tom Tracey1 win · from 11 tracked bouts

1 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Rube Ferns 74, Tom Tracey 11 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Ferns better on 22 shared · Rube Ferns better on 2

FernsRube Ferns

Opponent

TraceyTom Tracey

Rube Ferns
Loss, TKO 5
1901Dec 1901
WalcottBarbados Joe WalcottBarbados 96–31–27 · WelterweightFerns betterRube Ferns better — 0–1 to 0–2–1
Tom Tracey
0–2–1 against
Draw, PTS
1897Dec 1897
Loss, NWS
1897Jun 1897
Loss, TKO
1894Apr 1894
Rube Ferns
Win, DQ 21
1900Jan 1900
SmithMysterious Billy SmithCanada 37–25–27 · WelterweightFerns betterRube Ferns better — 1–0 to 0–0–1
Tom Tracey
Draw, PTS
1901Oct 1901

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

Tom Tracey last boxed on May 13, 1903 — 45,088 days ago. Tracey had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Joe Gans.LLDWL

Lavigne Nov 1898O'Brien Sep 1899Smith Oct 1901Ferns Feb 1902Gans May 19031.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them

Have Rube Ferns and Tom Tracey ever fought each other?: Yes. Rube Ferns and Tom Tracey met once on February 26, 1902, and Tom Tracey won by PTS.
Who has the better record, Ferns or Tracey?: Rube Ferns is 46-19-9 and Tom Tracey is 1-7-2 across the 11 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 Tracey?: Rube Ferns has 33 knockout wins and Tom Tracey has 0. Rube Ferns has more.
Do Ferns and Tracey have any common opponents?: Rube Ferns and Tom Tracey share 2 common opponents: Barbados Joe Walcott and Mysterious Billy Smith. Rube Ferns fared better against 2 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Ferns and Tracey?: This comparison is drawn from 74 bouts tracked for Rube Ferns and 11 bouts tracked for Tom Tracey. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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