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Revision as of 18:17, 11 December 2004 by Rje (talk | contribs) (add stub notice and cat)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Dave Sands, born David Ritchie, (February 4 1926-August 11 1952) was an Australian Aborigine boxer, he was a member of the Dainggati tribe. He was a middleweight, but held the Australian Light-Heavyweight and Heavyweight Championship titles at the same time. He was also a Commonwealth Middleweight champion, winning the title from Randy Turpin's brother Dick.
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. Sands died in a truck accident in Dungog, New South Wales.
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 welterweight 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.
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