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Dave SANDS

Middleweight

Male
(David Ritchie)
Australia, Stockton, near Newcastle, New South Wales
Born: February 4, 1926, Burnt Ridge, Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia
Died: August 11, 1952, Dungog, New South Wales, Australia
(died prematurely in a motor vehicle accident,
when the truck he was driving rolled at Dungog
and the steering wheel hit him in the chest)

Height: 5ft 10 1/2in, mt 1,79

an Australian Aborigine boxer

Brother of Alfie Sands, Clem Sands, George Sands, Ritchie Sands and Russell Sands

No amateur results

Professional record


1941
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Aug. 16	Leo Con Corrigan	Newcastle, Australia	KO 1
+ Aug. 26	Paddy Chapman	Newcastle, Australia	TKO 4
+ Sept. 13	Eddie Roebuck	Newcastle, Australia	KO 4
- Sept. 16	Eddie Roebuck	Newcastle, Australia	L 4
+ Sept. 20	Eddie Roebuck	Newcastle, Australia	W 4
+ Sept. 23	Cec Burr	Newcastle, Australia	KO 2
- Nov. 25	Gunner Wilkinson	Newcastle, Australia	TKO by 4
+ Nov. 26	Clarrie Connolly	Newcastle, Australia	KO 1
+ Nov. 27	Jim Ryan	Newcastle, Australia	KO 2
+ Nov. 28	Fred O'Reilly	Newcastle, Australia	KO 3
+ Nov. 29	Jim Fields	Newcastle, Australia	KO 1
+ Nov. 30	Skip McGowan	Newcastle, Australia	KO 3
+ Dec. 1	Johnny Duggan	Newcastle, Australia	KO 2
+ Dec. 2	Claude Wainwright	Newcastle, Australia	KO 1
+ Dec. 3	Frank O'Neill	Newcastle, Australia	KO 4
+ Dec. 4	Jimmy Clements	Newcastle, Australia	KO 4
+ Dec. 5	Ted Hazel	Newcastle, Australia	KO 3


1942 Inactive

1943
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ June 12	Len Baker	Newcastle, Australia	KO 1
+ June 19	Snowy Stephens	Newcastle, Australia	W 6
+ July 3	Bill Warren	Newcastle, Australia	W 8
+ July 17	Eddie Truxel	Newcastle, Australia	W 6
+ Aug. 14	Ken McDermott	Newcastle, Australia	TKO 11
+ Aug. 21	Ken McDermott	Newcastle, Australia	KO 1
+ Sept. 11	Cliff Bowen	Newcastle, Australia	TKO 2
+ Oct. 23	Bobby Rivers	Newcastle, Australia	TKO 8
+ Nov. 20	George Cook	Newcastle, Australia	W 12
- Nov. 27	Billy Myers	Newcastle, Australia	L 12
+ Dec. 18	George Cook	Newcastle, Australia	W 12

1944
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 22	Bobby Clarke	Newcastle, Australia	KO 6
- Feb. 5	Jack McNamee	Newcastle, Australia	L 12
+ Feb. 25	John Buchanan	Kempsey, Australia	KO 2
+ Apr. 1	Jack Mitchell	Newcastle, Australia	TKO 12
- Apr. 15	Doug Brown	Newcastle, Australia	L 12
- May 13	Doug Brown	Newcastle, Australia	L 12
+ June 2	Bill Bayliss	Brisbane, Australia	KO 2
+ June 30	Dal Conway	Brisbane, Australia	TKO 4
+ July 15	Bob Coglan	Newcastle, Australia	W 12
+ Aug. 5	Jimmy Grey	Newcastle, Australia	W 12
+ Sept. 2	Jackie Day	Newcastle, Australia	TKO 5
+ Sept. 23	Tom Laming	Newcastle, Australia	KO 7
+ Oct. 21	Max Cameron	Newcastle, Australia	TKO 3
- Nov. 18	Jackie Marr	Newcastle, Australia	L 12
+ Dec. 1	Jimmy Grey	Brisbane, Australia	KO 8
+ Dec. 16	Jackie Marr	Newcastle, Australia	W 12

1945
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 3	Jack Brander	Newcastle, Australia	KO 2
+ Mar. 3	Al Walker	Newcastle, Australia	W 12
+ Mar. 29	Max Cameron	Sydney, Australia	W 12
+ May 5	Al Walker	Newcastle, Australia	KO 7
+ May 10	Max Cameron	Sydney, Australia	KO 6
+ June 16	Herb Broom	Newcastle, Australia	KO 3
+ July 7	Tom Laming	Newcastle, Australia	KO 2
+ Aug. 11	Billy Myers	Newcastle, Australia	KO 5
+ Oct. 20	Max Cameron	Newcastle, Australia	TKO 11
+ Nov. 24	Al Walker	Newcastle, Australia	W 12
+ Dec. 27	Tommy Colteaux	Sydney, Australia	KO 1

1946
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 26	Alex Buxton	Sydney, Australia	W 12
+ Mar. 2	Jimmy Brunt	Sydney, Australia	TKO 1
+ May 11	Jack Kirkham	Sydney, Australia	TKO 12
Australian Middleweight Title
+ June 7	Jack Kirkham	Brisbane, Australia	KO 5
Australian Middleweight Title
+ Aug. 24	Jack Johnson	Sydney, Australia	TKO 4
Australian Light-Heavyweight Title
+ Oct. 12	Jack Johnson	Melbourne, Australia	TKO 1
Australian Light-Heavyweight Title
= Nov. 23	Jackie Marr	Melbourne, Australia	Draw 12
+ Nov. 30	Alf Gallagher	Sydney, Australia	KO 3
Australian Light-Heavyweight Title

1947
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Feb. 14	Emory Jackson	Sydney, Australia	L 12
+ Mar. 24	Art Lind	Sydney, Australia	TKO 7
+ Apr. 14	Emory Jackson	Sydney, Australia	W 12
* May 3	Emory Jackson	Melbourne, Australia	NC 7
+ May 31	George Allen	Melbourne, Australia	TKO 1
+ Aug. 6	O'Neill Bell	Sydney, Australia	KO 2
+ Sept. 8	George Henry	Sydney, Australia	W 12
+ Oct. 13	George Henry	Sydney, Australia	W 12
+ Nov. 24	George Allen	Sydney, Australia	TKO 9
+ Nov. 29	Alex Buxton	Newcastle, Australia	W 12

1948
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 7	Alabama Kid	Newcastle, Australia	KO 4
+ Mar. 6	Doug Rollinson	Petone, New Zealand	KO 1
+ Mar. 27	Jackie Marr	Petone, New Zealand	W 12
+ Apr. 10	Don Mullett	Petone, New Zealand	W 12
* Apr. 19	Jackie Marr	Auckland, New Zealand	NC 7
+ June 12	Billy Myers	Newcastle, Australia	W 12
+ June 26	George Allen	Newcastle, Australia	TKO 6
+ Aug. 27	Billy Myers	Griffith, Australia	W 12
+ Sept. 27	Doug Brown	Sydney, Australia	TKO 1
+ Oct. 9	Len Dittmar	Melbourne, Australia	TKO 5
+ Dec. 17	Tommy Prince	Newcastle, Australia	KO 3

1949
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 18	Antoine Toniolo	Melbourne, Australia	TKO 1
- Apr. 4	Tommy Yarosz	Harringay, Great Britain	L 10
+ Apr. 19	Lucien Caboche	Kensington, Great Britain	W 10
+ May 16	Jackie Jones	Newcastle, Great Britain	KO 1
+ June 3	Jan de Bruin	Newcastle, Great Britain	W 10
+ July 5	Robert Villemain	Kensington, Great Britain	W 10
+ Sept. 6	Dick Turpin	Harringay, Great Britain	KO 1
Commonwealth Middleweight Title
+ Oct. 11	Pete Mead	Harringay, Great Britain	W 10

1950
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 20	Bobo Olson	Sydney, Australia	W 12
+ Apr. 21	Boy Brooks	Singapore, Singapore	WDQ 4
+ May 12	Boy Brooks	Singapore, Singapore	W 10
+ Aug. 7	Henry Brimm	Sydney, Australia	KO 2
+ Sept. 4	Alf Gallagher	Sydney, Australia	W 15
Australian Heavyweight Title
+ Dec. 14	Don Mullett	Wellington, New Zealand	W 12

1951
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 12	Boy Brooks	Melbourne, Australia	W 12
+ Feb. 5	Irvin Steen	Sydney, Australia	W 12
+ Feb. 10	Henry Bray	Newcastle, Australia	KO 7
+ July 10	Mel Brown	Kensington, Great Britain	W 10
+ Aug. 20	Doug Miller	Birmingham, Great Britain	W 10
+ Oct. 3	Bobo Olson	Chicago, United States	W 10
+ Oct. 30	Henry Brimm	Buffalo, United States	KO 10
- Nov. 13	Yolande Pompey	Harringay, Great Britain	TKO by 7

1952
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 8	Ron Toohey	Melbourne, Australia	TKO 10
+ Mar. 31	Chub Keith	Sydney, Australia	TKO 14
+ May 9	Al Bourke	Melbourne, Australia	KO 5
Australian and Commonwealth Middleweight Titles
+ July 9	Jim Woods	Wagga Wagga, Australia	KO 4
Australian Heavyweight Title

Summary

Total bouts: 110, Won: 97 (62 inside the limit), Lost: 10 (2 inside the limit), Draw: 1, NC: 2, ND: 0

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Middleweight

No amateur results

Professional record

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