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

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Rube Ferns

Walter Montgomery

Rube Ferns (46-19-9) and Walter Montgomery (0-1-1 across 2 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 2 times. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Ferns

46

Wins33 KO · 72%

19

Losses

9

Draws74 tracked bouts

Montgomery

Tracked record

0–1–1

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 with 1 draw

Rube Ferns and Walter Montgomery have met 2 times; Ferns leads 1–0 with 1 draw.

Rube Ferns and Walter Montgomery have met 2 times; Ferns leads 1–0 with 1 draw.
Met1897Oct 251898Dec 23Series
Rube FernsFighter ADDrawWWon1–0–1W–L–D
Walter MontgomeryFighter BDDrawLLost0–1–1W–L–D
ResultPTSKOR92Meetings

The Numbers

Ferns 4 · Montgomery 1 of 5 measurable rows
FernsMontgomery
Record†
46-19-9 (edge)0-1-1
Win %0–100%
68.2% (edge)
25%
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§max 5.4
5.4 (edge)
1.7
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 Montgomery: No height on file
Agenot held
Rube Ferns: Died aged 78
Walter Montgomery: No date of birth
Stance
Rube Ferns: Orthodox
Walter Montgomery: Not recorded

Rube Ferns left, Walter Montgomery 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 Montgomery0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

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

No tracked wins for Montgomery yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Rube Ferns 74, Walter Montgomery 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 Montgomery last boxed on Dec 23, 1898 — 46,702 days ago. Montgomery had lost the most recent, to Rube Ferns.DL

Ferns Oct 1897Ferns Dec 18981.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Rube Ferns and Walter Montgomery ever fought each other?
Yes. Rube Ferns and Walter Montgomery have met 2 times and Rube Ferns leads the series 1-0 with 1 draw.
The 2 meetings

WDec 23, 1898 · Ferns · KO R9

DOct 25, 1897 · Draw · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Ferns or Montgomery?
Rube Ferns is 46-19-9 and Walter Montgomery is 0-1-1 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%

Montgomery0–1–125%

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

Ferns3371.7%

Montgomery0

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

Ferns74bouts

Montgomery2bouts

How They Win ↓

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