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Dave Sands (David Ritchie) was born on 4 February, 1926 in Burnt Bridge, Kempsey, New South Wales, is an Australian boxer. Discover Dave Sands's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 26 years old?

Popular As David Ritchie
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Age 26 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 4 February, 1926
Birthday 4 February
Birthplace Burnt Bridge, Kempsey, New South Wales
Date of death 11 August, 1952
Died Place Dungog, New South Wales, Australia
Nationality Australia

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Dave Sands Height, Weight & Measurements

At 26 years old, Dave Sands height is 5' 10½″ / 179 cm and Weight Middleweight Light-heavyweight Heavyweight.

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Height 5' 10½″ / 179 cm
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Dating & Relationship status

He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.

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Dave Sands Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Dave Sands worth at the age of 26 years old? Dave Sands’s income source is mostly from being a successful boxer. He is from Australia. We have estimated Dave Sands's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
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1926

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

1939

In 1939 Percy travelled to Newcastle to train with Tom Maguire, At the age of 15 Sands joined Percy training with Maguire and both lived at Maguire's gym.

1940

Dave and his five brothers took on the Sands name, taken off a train guard "Snowy" Sands who helped Percy Ritchie, travel to fight fare free in 1940.

1941

Without Maguire's knowledge, Dave fought a four-round preliminary bout in August 1941 at Newcastle Stadium, swinging his way to victory in the first round.

Maguire disapproved, but quickly transformed him into a skilled boxer.

1942

By the end of 1942 he had knocked out a dozen opponents at Newcastle.

1945

On 11 August 1945 he married 18-year-old Bessie Emma Burns at St Paul's Church of England, Stockton, New South Wales.

Sands was soon boxing in twelve-round matches before excited crowds of up to ten thousand people in Brisbane and Sydney.

1946

In May 1946 he defeated Jack Kirkham for the Australian middleweight title.

Three months later he knocked out Jack Johnson in four rounds to become national light-heavyweight champion.

The rematches were even more one-sided: Kirkham was defeated in five rounds and Johnson fell after 2½ minutes of furious punching.

1948

By 1948 Sands had beaten all his local opponents and most American 'imports'.

1949

His mauling of a French fighter Tony Toniolo in less than two minutes in February 1949 led the English promoter Jack Solomons to take an interest in him.

Despite an enthusiastic reception from the British press, Sands began his campaign for a world title disastrously.

In London on 4 April 1949, while suffering from a swollen, recently vaccinated arm, he was outpointed by Tommy Yarosz.

Fifteen days later Sands won, dismally, against a spoiler, Lucien Caboche.

Maguire then moved him to Newcastle-upon-Tyne, where friendly locals and a promoter Joe Shepherd restored his confidence.

After two solid victories, he returned to London and in July thrashed the much fancied Robert Villemain in the 'fight of the year'.

On 6 September Sands demolished Dick Turpin in 2 minutes 35 seconds for the British Empire middleweight title.

Shortly after his triumphal return to Australia in November 1949, Sands survived a serious accident when the steering on his motorcar failed and the vehicle somersaulted into a creek.

1950

Over the next eighteen months he contested and won nine fights, one of them a fifteen-rounder in September 1950 in which he took the Australian heavyweight championship from Alf Gallagher.

Sands had become a leading contender for the world middleweight title and Maguire vainly sought to arrange a bout with the American champion Sugar Ray Robinson.

In the tricky maze of international boxing promotion, his efforts were marked by a paper chase of offers and counter-offers.

1951

Sands defeated Mel Brown in London in July 1951 in a preliminary to a title fight between Robinson and another contender Randolph Turpin.

Had Maguire's negotiations succeeded, Sands would have been in Turpin's place and probably would have beaten an unfit Robinson, as did Turpin.

In October 1951, Sands won two fights in the United States.

Back home, he hoped for a world title-bout, but he was estranged from Maguire.

A new manager Bede Kerr reopened discussions with Robinson's connections, but the chance never came.

1952

On 11 August 1952, the truck Sands was driving with 15 passengers overturned at roadworks near Dungog, New South Wales.

Sands died of head and internal injuries that evening in the local hospital and was buried at Sandgate Cemetery, near Newcastle, New South Wales.

His wife, and their son and two daughters survived him; their third daughter was born in November.

Sands had earned about £30,000, but it went on manager's fees, travel costs, tax, family expenses and generosity to his kin.

A public appeal raised more than £2500, sufficient to pay off his Stockton home and create a trust fund for his family.

Pictures held and digitised as part of the Arnold Thomas boxing collection by the National Library of Australia

1998

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.

2009

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

Born at Burnt Bridge Mission Kempsey, New South Wales, fifth of eight children of George Ritchie, a rodeo-rider and timber-cutter of mixed Aboriginal and European descent, and his Aboriginal wife Mabel, née Russell.

Sands' brothers Clement, Percival, George, Alfred and Russell also boxed, emulating their father and their maternal great-uncle Bailey Russell, a noted bare-knuckle fighter.