Pinky Burns

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Name: Pinky Burns
Birth Name: Herman Brodowsky
Hometown: Paterson, New Jersey, USA
Died: 1970-11-00 (Age:73)
Pro Boxer: Record

Pinky Burns is the father of boxer and future judge Ronnie Burns.

December 3, 1922 Observer-Dispatch: "Herman Brodowsky a.k.a. Pinky Burns entered the farm house of Gustav Smith near Nyack, New York with two other men and stole $200. A fight broke out and Burns allegedly hit Smith with a pool cue which caused injuries that Smith later died from."

On December 17 this report was extracted as Burns had nothing to do with the incident. NY Daily News


Note: It is suspected that the bouts beginning in 1924, in the BoxRec database, may belong to another "Pinky Burns."