Dave Sands
Indigenous Australian boxer (1926-1952)
- Born
- 4 February 1926
- Died
- 11 August 1952, Dungog
- Citizenship
- Australia
- Sport
- boxing
- Discipline
- middleweight
- Occupation
- boxer
Dave Sands (born David Ritchie; 4 February 1926 – 11 August 1952) was an Aboriginal 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.
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Facts from Wikidata Q5229762 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.