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| '''Dave Sands''', born '''David Ritchie''', (] ]-] ]) was an ] boxer, he was a member of the ] tribe. He was a ], but held the Australian Light-Heavyweight and ] Championship titles at the same time. He was also a ] Middleweight champion, winning the title from ]'s brother Dick. | |||
| Dave Sands and ] are considered the two outstanding boxers in Australian history. Both were middleweights and both held the heavyweight title as well. They also both died at a tragically early age. Sands died in a ] accident near ], ]. | |||
| Dave came from a large family of boxers, who all took the name ''Sands'' as their boxing name. There were six brothers of which Dave was fourth. He also had a nephew who became a ] champion. | |||
| At the time of his death Sands record stood at 97 wins (62 by KO), 10 losses, a draw and 2 no-contests from 110 fights. | |||
| ==Trivia== | |||
| * Because of ] at the time, Dave Sands was promoted as a ], rather than an ]. | |||
| * Dave Sands was well respected for his personal qualities, both on-ring and off-ring: it was said that after Dave Sands won a fight on one occasion, his managers were celebrating all night, but Dave Sands himself was absent; he was later seen waiting for the ] back home from ] to ]. When asked why he did not join the celebration, Dave Sands replied that he ''was'' celebrating indeed: instead of his usual one meat ] for supper, he bought two meat pies this time, one eaten while waiting at the railway station, the other to be eaten while travelling on the train. | |||
| * There are two memorials for Dave Sands in his home town of ], near ]; another memorial situates at ] in ]. There is also a memorial rest park near ] where the fatal ] crash took place. | |||
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