Английская Википедия:Dave Sands

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Файл:Memorial to Australian boxer Dave Sands, in Glebe, Sydney, Australia.jpg
Memorial to Dave Sands in Glebe, Sydney, Australia

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

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

Early life

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. 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. 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.

Career

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. By the end of 1942 he had knocked out a dozen opponents at Newcastle. 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. 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. By 1948 Sands had beaten all his local opponents and most American 'imports'. 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.

Файл:Grave of David Ritchie at Sandgate Cemetery.jpg
Grave of Dave Sands at Sandgate Cemetery.

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. 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. 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.

Death

On 11 August 1952, the truck Sands was driving with 15 passengers overturned at roadworks near Dungog, New South Wales.[1] 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.

Professional boxing record

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Шаблон:Abbr Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Age Location Notes
100 Шаблон:Yes2Win 87–10–1 Шаблон:Small Jim Woods KO 4 (15), Шаблон:Small Jul 9, 1952 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small Шаблон:Small
99 Шаблон:Yes2Win 86–10–1 Шаблон:Small Al Bourke KO 5 (15), Шаблон:Small May 9, 1952 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small Шаблон:Small
98 Шаблон:Yes2Win 85–10–1 Шаблон:Small Chub Keith TKO 14 (15), Шаблон:Small Mar 31, 1952 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small Шаблон:Small
97 Шаблон:Yes2Win 84–10–1 Шаблон:Small Ron Toohey TKO 10 (12), Шаблон:Small Feb 8, 1952 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small
96 Шаблон:No2Loss 83–10–1 Шаблон:Small Yolande Pompey TKO 7 (10), Шаблон:Small Nov 13, 1951 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small
95 Шаблон:Yes2Win 83–9–1 Шаблон:Small Henry Brimm KO 10 (10), Шаблон:Small Oct 30, 1951 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small
94 Шаблон:Yes2Win 82–9–1 Шаблон:Small Bobo Olson UD 10 Oct 3, 1951 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small
93 Шаблон:Yes2Win 81–9–1 Шаблон:Small Doug Miller PTS 10 Aug 20, 1951 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small
92 Шаблон:Yes2Win 80–9–1 Шаблон:Small Mel Brown PTS 10 Jul 10, 1951 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small
91 Шаблон:Yes2Win 79–9–1 Шаблон:Small Henry Bray TKO 7 (12) Feb 10, 1951 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small
90 Шаблон:Yes2Win 78–9–1 Шаблон:Small Irvin Steen PTS 12 Feb 5, 1951 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small
89 Шаблон:Yes2Win 77–9–1 Шаблон:Small Boy Brooks PTS 12 Jan 12, 1951 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small
88 Шаблон:Yes2Win 76–9–1 Шаблон:Small Don Mullett PTS 12 Dec 14, 1950 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small
87 Шаблон:Yes2Win 75–9–1 Шаблон:Small Alf Gallagher PTS 15 Sep 4, 1950 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small Шаблон:Small
86 Шаблон:Yes2Win 74–9–1 Шаблон:Small Henry Brimm TKO 2 (12), Шаблон:Small Aug 8, 1950 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small
85 Шаблон:Yes2Win 73–9–1 Шаблон:Small Boy Brooks UD 10 May 12, 1950 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small
84 Шаблон:Yes2Win 72–9–1 Шаблон:Small Boy Brooks DQ 4 (10) Apr 21, 1950 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small Шаблон:Small
83 Шаблон:Yes2Win 71–9–1 Шаблон:Small Bobo Olson PTS 12 Mar 20, 1950 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small
82 Шаблон:Yes2Win 70–9–1 Шаблон:Small Pete Mead PTS 10 Oct 11, 1949 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small
81 Шаблон:Yes2Win 69–9–1 Шаблон:Small Dick Turpin KO 1 (15), Шаблон:Small Sep 6, 1949 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small Шаблон:Small
80 Шаблон:Yes2Win 68–9–1 Шаблон:Small Robert Villemain PTS 10 Jul 5, 1949 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small
79 Шаблон:Yes2Win 67–9–1 Шаблон:Small Jan de Bruin PTS 10 Jun 3, 1949 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small
78 Шаблон:Yes2Win 66–9–1 Шаблон:Small Jackie Jones TKO 1 (10), Шаблон:Small May 16, 1949 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small
77 Шаблон:Yes2Win 65–9–1 Шаблон:Small Lucien Caboche PTS 10 Apr 19, 1949 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small
76 Шаблон:No2Loss 64–9–1 Шаблон:Small Tommy Yarosz PTS 10 Apr 4, 1949 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small
75 Шаблон:Yes2Win 64–8–1 Шаблон:Small Antoine Toniolo TKO 1 (12), Шаблон:Small Feb 18, 1949 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small
74 Шаблон:Yes2Win 63–8–1 Шаблон:Small Tommy Prince KO 3 (12) Dec 17, 1948 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small
73 Шаблон:Yes2Win 62–8–1 Шаблон:Small Len Dittmar TKO 5 (12) Oct 9, 1948 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small
72 Шаблон:Yes2Win 61–8–1 Шаблон:Small Doug Brown TKO 1 (12), Шаблон:Small Sep 27, 1948 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small
71 Шаблон:Yes2Win 60–8–1 Шаблон:Small Billy Meyers PTS 12 Aug 27, 1948 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small
70 Шаблон:Yes2Win 59–8–1 Шаблон:Small George Allen TKO 6 (12) Jun 26, 1948 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small
69 Шаблон:Yes2Win 58–8–1 Шаблон:Small Billy Myers PTS 12 Jun 12, 1948 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small
68 NC 57–8–1 Шаблон:Small Jackie Marr NC 7 (12) Apr 19, 1948 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small Шаблон:Small
67 Шаблон:Yes2Win 57–8–1 Шаблон:Small Don Mullett PTS 12 Apr 10, 1948 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small
66 Шаблон:Yes2Win 56–8–1 Шаблон:Small Jackie Marr PTS 12 Mar 27, 1948 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small
65 Шаблон:Yes2Win 55–8–1 Шаблон:Small Doug Rollinson KO 1 (12) Mar 6, 1948 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small
64 Шаблон:Yes2Win 54–8–1 Шаблон:Small Alabama Kid KO 4 (12) Feb 7, 1948 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small
63 Шаблон:Yes2Win 53–8–1 Шаблон:Small Alex Buxton PTS 12 Nov 29, 1947 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small
62 Шаблон:Yes2Win 52–8–1 Шаблон:Small George Allen TKO 9 (12) Nov 24, 1947 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small
61 Шаблон:Yes2Win 51–8–1 Шаблон:Small George 'Wildcat' Henry PTS 12 Oct 13, 1947 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small
60 Шаблон:Yes2Win 50–8–1 Шаблон:Small George 'Wildcat' Henry PTS 12 Sep 8, 1947 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small
59 Шаблон:Yes2Win 49–8–1 Шаблон:Small George Allen KO 2 (12), Шаблон:Small Aug 5, 1947 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small
58 Шаблон:Yes2Win 48–8–1 Шаблон:Small George Allen TKO 1 (12) May 31, 1947 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small
57 Шаблон:Abbr 47–8–1 Шаблон:Small Emory Jackson NC 7 (12) May 3, 1947 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small Шаблон:Small
56 Шаблон:Yes2Win 47–8–1 Emory Jackson PTS 12 Apr 14, 1947 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small
55 Шаблон:Yes2Win 46–8–1 Art Lind TKO 7 (12) Mar 24, 1947 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small
54 Шаблон:No2Loss 45–8–1 Emory Jackson PTS 12 Feb 24, 1947 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small
53 Шаблон:Yes2Win 45–7–1 Alf Gallagher KO 3 (15) Nov 30, 1946 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small Шаблон:Small
52 Шаблон:DrawDraw 44–7–1 Jackie Marr PTS 12 Nov 23, 1946 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small
51 Шаблон:Yes2Win 44–7 Jack Johnson TKO 1 (15) Oct 12, 1946 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small Шаблон:Small
50 Шаблон:Yes2Win 43–7 Jack Johnson TKO 4 (15), Шаблон:Small Aug 24, 1946 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small Шаблон:Small
49 Шаблон:Yes2Win 42–7 Jack Kirkham KO 5 (15) Jun 7, 1946 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small Шаблон:Small
48 Шаблон:Yes2Win 41–7 Jack Kirkham TKO 12 (15) May 11, 1946 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small Шаблон:Small
47 Шаблон:Yes2Win 40–7 Jimmy Brunt TKO 1 (12), Шаблон:Small Mar 2, 1946 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small
46 Шаблон:Yes2Win 39–7 Alex Buxton PTS 12 Jan 26, 1946 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small
45 Шаблон:Yes2Win 38–7 Tommy Colteaux RTD 2 (12) Dec 27, 1945 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small
44 Шаблон:Yes2Win 37–7 Al Walker PTS 12 Nov 24, 1945 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small
43 Шаблон:Yes2Win 36–7 Max Cameron TKO 11 (15) Oct 20, 1945 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small Шаблон:Small
42 Шаблон:Yes2Win 35–7 Billy Myers KO 5 (12) Aug 11, 1945 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small
41 Шаблон:Yes2Win 34–7 Tom Laming KO 2 (12) Jul 7, 1945 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small
40 Шаблон:Yes2Win 33–7 Herb Broom KO 3 (12) Jun 16, 1945 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small
39 Шаблон:Yes2Win 32–7 Max Cameron RTD 6 (12) May 10, 1945 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small
38 Шаблон:Yes2Win 31–7 Al Walker KO 7 (12) May 5, 1945 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small
37 Шаблон:Yes2Win 30–7 Max Cameron PTS 12 Mar 29, 1945 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small
36 Шаблон:Yes2Win 29–7 Al Walker PTS 12 Mar 3, 1945 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small
35 Шаблон:Yes2Win 28–7 Jack Brander KO 2 (12) Feb 3, 1945 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small
34 Шаблон:Yes2Win 27–7 Jackie Marr PTS 12 Dec 16, 1944 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small
33 Шаблон:Yes2Win 26–7 Jimmy Grey KO 8 (12), Шаблон:Small Dec 1, 1944 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small
32 Шаблон:No2Loss 25–7 Jackie Marr PTS 12 Nov 18, 1944 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small
31 Шаблон:Yes2Win 25–6 Max Cameron TKO 3 (12) Oct 21, 1944 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small
30 Шаблон:Yes2Win 24–6 Tom Laming KO 7 (12) Sep 23, 1944 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small
29 Шаблон:Yes2Win 23–6 Jackie Day TKO 5 (12) Sep 2, 1944 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small
28 Шаблон:Yes2Win 22–6 Jimmy Grey PTS 12 Aug 5, 1944 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small
27 Шаблон:Yes2Win 21–6 Bob Coughlan PTS 12 Jul 15, 1944 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small
26 Шаблон:Yes2Win 20–6 Dal Conway TKO 4 (12), Шаблон:Small Jun 30, 1944 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small
25 Шаблон:Yes2Win 19–6 Bill Bayliss KO 2 (12), Шаблон:Small Jun 2, 1944 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small
24 Шаблон:No2Loss 18–6 Doug Brown PTS 12 May 13, 1944 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small
23 Шаблон:No2Loss 18–5 Doug Brown PTS 12 Apr 15, 1944 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small
22 Шаблон:Yes2Win 18–4 Jack Mitchell TKO 12 (12) Apr 1, 1944 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small
21 Шаблон:Yes2Win 17–4 Jack Buchanan KO 2 (6) Feb 25, 1944 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small
20 Шаблон:No2Loss 16–4 Jack McNamee PTS 12 Feb 5, 1944 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small
19 Шаблон:Yes2Win 16–3 Bobby Clarke KO 6 (12) Jan 22, 1944 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small
18 Шаблон:Yes2Win 15–3 George Cook PTS 12 Dec 18, 1943 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small
17 Шаблон:No2Loss 14–3 Billy Myers PTS 12 Nov 27, 1943 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small
16 Шаблон:Yes2Win 14–2 George Cook PTS 12 Nov 20, 1943 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small
15 Шаблон:Yes2Win 13–2 Bobby Rivers TKO 9 (12) Oct 23, 1943 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small
14 Шаблон:Yes2Win 12–2 Cliff Bowen TKO 2 (12) Sep 11, 1943 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small
13 Шаблон:Yes2Win 11–2 Ken McDermott KO 1 (12) Aug 21, 1943 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small
12 Шаблон:Yes2Win 10–2 Ken McDermott RTD 10 (12) Aug 14, 1943 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small
11 Шаблон:Yes2Win 9–2 Eddie Truxel PTS 6 Jul 17, 1943 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small
10 Шаблон:Yes2Win 8–2 Bill Warren PTS 6 Jul 3, 1943 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small
9 Шаблон:Yes2Win 7–2 Snowy Stevens PTS 6 Jun 19, 1943 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small
8 Шаблон:Yes2Win 6–2 Len Baker KO 1 (4) Jun 12, 1943 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small
7 Шаблон:No2Loss 5–2 Gunner Wilkinson TKO 4 (4) Nov 25, 1941 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small
6 Шаблон:Yes2Win 5–1 Cec Burr KO 2 (4) Sep 23, 1941 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small
5 Шаблон:Yes2Win 4–1 Eddie Roebuck PTS 4 Sep 20, 1941 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small
4 Шаблон:No2Loss 3–1 Eddie Roebuck PTS 4 Sep 16, 1941 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small
3 Шаблон:Yes2Win 3–0 Eddie Roebuck KO 4 (4) Sep 13, 1941 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small
2 Шаблон:Yes2Win 2–0 Paddy Chapman TKO 4 (4) Aug 26, 1941 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small
1 Шаблон:Yes2Win 1–0 Leo Con Corrigan KO 1 (4) Aug 16, 1941 Шаблон:Age in years and days Шаблон:Small

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References

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Sources

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