1828
Feb 5 Ned Murphy Whetstone, Eng (50:00) D 50
Jul 29 George Murray in England (45:00) W
Aug 14 Thomas Hands Old Oak Common, Eng (17:00) W 10
Aug 20 Young Sambo Old Oak Common, Eng (33:00) W 15
1829
Mar 10 Young Berridge Leicester, Eng (22:00) W 11
-Some sources date this fight in 1834
Jun 9 Bill Fitzmaurice Harpenden Common, Eng (2:55:00) W 166
Aug 25 Bill Cousens Whetstone Commons, Eng (2:03:00) L 111
Dec 1 Jes Girdler Milford Bay, Eng (39:00) W 17
1830
Oct 4 Andrew Gow Temple Mills, Eng (25:00) W 22
Oct 26 Bob Hampson Hampden Common, Eng (44:00) W 41
Nov 16 Tim Crawley Whetstone, Eng (30:00) W 33
1831
Feb 22 Jack Davis Shepperton Range, Eng (27:00) W 13
May 28 James Blissett Colney Heath, London, Eng (44:00) W 19
1832
May 8 Jack Carter Woolwich, Eng (25:00) W 11
Jul -Burke challenged Jem Ward; Ward declined
and announced his retirement
1833
Jan 8 Harry Macone Lockington Bottom, Eng (1:38:00) W 59
May 30 Simon Byrne London, Eng (3:16:00) W 99
-Burke claimed the Championship of England but
Jem Ward still was regarded as champion
Jun 2 -Simon Byrne died of injuries from the fight held on May 30;
Burke was arrested
Jul 11 -Burke was judged and exonerated from blame for Byrne's death
--- The Atlas (London) - July 14 1833 ---
Jul 18 Young Dutch Sam SCH
-This fight was scheduled but not held;
Burke could not raise the necessary money
1834
-Burke traveled from town to town giving boxing exhibitions
and saved every pound to raise the money to fight Jem Ward;
But, in the meantime, Ward raised the stakes to a higher
amount to avoid the fight
1835
Harry Preston Birmingham, Eng SCH
-This fight was scheduled but not held;
Preston refused to fight
Young Langan SCH
-This fight was scheduled but not held;
Langan was arrested on the eve of the
fight for assaulting police
1836
Jan -Burke sailed for America the ship "Oregon"
1837
May 6 Samuel O'Rourke New Orleans, La ND 3
-The fight was stopped by local thugs
to save O'Rourke from the beating
he was taking
Aug 21 Tom O'Connell Hart's Island, NY W 10
-Burke returned to England
1839
Feb 12 William Thompson Heather, Eng (24:00) LF 10
-Championship of England;
Burke was disqualified for hitting
Thompson while he was down
Mar -Burke claimed the Championship of England after Thompson retired
1840
Sep 22 Nick Ward Lillingstone Level, Eng (2:18:00) LF 17
-Championship of England;
Ward's gang forced the referee to disqualify
Burke for an alleged foul
1842
Jul 7 -Burke challenged William Perry to a fight; Perry refused
1843
Jun 13 Bob Castles Rainham Ferry, Eng (1:10:00) W 37
-Castles was Burke's relative by marriage
Undated
-Burke retired and gave lessons of self-defence at
Jem Parish's houses
-After an iliness, he could not fight and was reduced
to extreme poverty
Record courtesy of Jan Skotnicki,
Historian,
International Boxing Research Organization
[Return to Top]
