Dave Sands

Dave Sands
Born
David Ritchie

(1926-02-04)4 February 1926
Died11 August 1952(1952-08-11) (aged 26)
Dungog, New South Wales, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Statistics
Weight(s)Middleweight
Light-heavyweight
Heavyweight
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record
Total fights100
Wins87
Wins by KO52
Losses10
Draws1
No contests2
Portrait of boxer Dave Sands, c. 1950
Memorial to Dave Sands in Glebe, Sydney

Dave Sands (born David Ritchie; 4 February 1926 – 11 August 1952) was an Australian professional boxer.

The man the Americans called the "boxer with the educated left hand" received his due when he was inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame in 1998 at a ceremony held in Los Angeles, recognised as one of the greatest boxers never to have won a world title.

Sands was the 2009 Inductee for the Australian National Boxing Hall of Fame Veterans category.