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Revision as of 07:24, 29 October 2004 by Ruszewski (talk | contribs) (new article)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Dave Sands (1926?-1952) was an Australian boxer. He was a middleweight, but held the Australian Heavyweight Championship title at the same time.
Dave Sands and Les Darcy 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.
Dave came from a large family of boxers originally named Ritchie who all took the name Sands as their boxing name. There were six brothers of which Dave was fourth. His also had a nephew who became welterweight champion.
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