JAMES BURKE

JAMES BRUKE

• He was born in December 8, 1845, St.Giles, London
• England—died January 8, 1845, from tuberculosis at age 35 :(
• He was an orphan, never had a family.
• He dedicated his life to work (smart guy) :)
• Burke was hearing impaired since infabt

James burke

• He worked on the River Thames as a water boy before beginning his boxing career .
• He began fighting professionally in 1828.
• In the 1833 title fight between burke and Simon Byrne.
• Byrne was beaten so badly that he died three days later if his injuries.
• This fight gave Burke the English heavyweight championship.

JAMES BURKE ... AGAIN :)

• It didn't give any information in how he communicated with other ...sorry :(
• Burke fought a few more times after this title bout and retired in 1843
• After he retired he thought boxing lessons
• Two year later he died :( because of tuberculosis
• He was inducted into the Ring magazine's Boxing Hall of Fame in 1966 :)

CITATIONS -_-

• http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/756074/James-Burke
• http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/pioneer/burke.html
• http://deafness.about.com/cs/deafhistoricpeople/a/deafburke.htm
• http://prezi.com/admrxsgbuopg/james-deaf-burke/
• http://prezi.com/5kjkaxsgisvd/james-deaf-burke/?utm_source=website&utm_medi...

SORRY I FORGOT BOUT THIS :) OOPPS

• Never attended school, extremely poor
• He worked as a water boy to stay out of trouble (smart kid)
• Burke stayed connective to the deaf community by going to a deaf church
• Learned to fingers spell and write
• And he was 6 ft 2 in tall and weighted 200 bounds

THE END :D