Joe Berks

• Pioneer bare-knuckle boxer
• Last name also spelled "Burkes"
• From Shropshire, England

Bourke, Joe (alias Berks); wt. 13st.;
b. Christian, 55m., 22r., Hyde Park, September 18, 1797;
bn. by Jem Belcher twice,
bn. by Hen Pearce twice,
bn. by Dick Deplige.

Source: Famous Fights-Past and Present - No. 056