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 | | Boxer Dave Sands poses for the camera at Solomon's Gym, London, on March 21, 1949, in preparation for a fight against Tommy Yarosz. |
 | | Born David Ritchie in 1926 at Burnt Ridge near Kempsey, Dave Sands and his five brothers took on the Sands name, taken from a train guard who helped Percy Ritchie, the second oldest, travel to fight fare free in 1940. |
 | | At the time of his death in a truck accident at the age of 26 at Dungog, near Newcastle, Dave Sands was rated the number three Middleweight contender in the World behind Champion Sugar Ray Robinson, and had scored his 97th victory (62 ko) against 10 defeats and a draw. |
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