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Rube Ferns vs Walter Burgo — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Rube Ferns

Walter Burgo

Rube Ferns (46-19-9) and Walter Burgo (0-2 across 2 tracked bouts) 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

Burgo

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 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 1–0

Rube Ferns and Walter Burgo have met 1 time; Ferns leads 1–0.

Rube Ferns and Walter Burgo have met 1 time; Ferns leads 1–0.
Met1899Dec 28Series
Rube FernsFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Walter BurgoFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKOR21Meeting

The Numbers

Ferns 4 · Burgo 1 of 5 measurable rows
FernsBurgo
Record†
46-19-9 (edge)0-2
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
2 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 5.4
5.4 (edge)
0.6
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 74
74
2

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

Rube Ferns left, Walter Burgo 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%

Walter Burgo0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Walter Burgo: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Burgo yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Rube Ferns 74, Walter Burgo 2 — 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

Walter Burgo last boxed on Jun 19, 1903 — 45,052 days ago. Burgo had lost two straight.LL

Ferns Dec 1899Langford Jun 19030.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Rube Ferns and Walter Burgo ever fought each other?
Yes. Rube Ferns and Walter Burgo met once on December 28, 1899, and Rube Ferns won by KO in round 2.
The meeting

WDec 28, 1899 · Ferns · KO R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Ferns or Burgo?
Rube Ferns is 46-19-9 and Walter Burgo is 0-2 across the 2 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.
Records · win %

Ferns46–19–968.2%

Burgo0–20%

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

Ferns3371.7%

Burgo0

The Numbers ↓
Do Ferns and Burgo have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Rube Ferns and Walter Burgo have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Ferns and Burgo?
This comparison is drawn from 74 bouts tracked for Rube Ferns and 2 bouts tracked for Walter Burgo. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Ferns74bouts

Burgo2bouts

How They Win ↓

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