Kelly Dee Burden (March 21, 1938 – August 31, 2016), fighting under the name Brian Kelly, was an American professional boxer. He began boxing at St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church gym in 1946 when he was 13 and won gold at the 1948

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trials at age 14 At age 16, he became the youngest boxer to ever win a Canadian amateur senior crown. Kelly was inducted into the

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Sports Wall of Fame 1990. Brian Kelly died in 1996 at age 62 from

Alzheimer's Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease that usually starts slowly and progressively worsens. It is the cause of 60–70% of cases of dementia. The most common early symptom is difficulty in remembering recent events. As t ...

disease. In 1971, Kelly fought for the

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world title, losing to Bob Foster. Kelly graduated from

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* 1938 births 2016 deaths American male boxers Light-heavyweight boxers People from Cushing, Oklahoma University of Tulsa alumni Deaths from Alzheimer's disease {{US-boxing-bio-stub