british empire middleweight championship belt

chadda · Post by **chadda** » 12 Jun 2006, 21:52

Hi My name is Chad Ritchie i am the grandson of Dave Sands and i am trying to track down or can someone tell me if my grandfather was awarded a belt when he stopped Dick Turpin for the British Empire Middleweight Championship??? I am trying to also collect memrobilia for my collection if anyone can help about my grandfather. I am following in my grandfathers footsteps of becoming a professional boxer.

jomothepure · Post by **jomothepure** » 13 Jun 2006, 02:40

You may not have seen his record then? Born 4/2/1926, Dave Sands had a 97-10-1 record, and did indeed beat Turpin to win the British Empire (now known as the Commonwealth) title. He also defended it a couple of years later. He also (quite incredibly) held three Australian titles at different weights simultaneously! (He won the heavyweight title @ 154lb. Obviiously he must have been the dominant force in Oz boxing at the time, with little competition.

http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=024688

TerribleTerry · Post by **TerribleTerry** » 13 Jun 2006, 04:06

jomothepure wrote:You may not have seen his record then? Born 4/2/1926, Dave Sands had a 97-10-1 record, and did indeed beat Turpin to win the British Empire (now known as the Commonwealth) title. He also defended it a couple of years later. He also (quite incredibly) held three Australian titles at different weights simultaneously! (He won the heavyweight title @ 154lb. Obviiously he must have been the dominant force in Oz boxing at the time, with little competition.

http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=024688

I know they used to award the winner of Commonwealth titles with a cup 15 - 20 yrs ago.

Dont know about the Empire crown though?

Woller · Post by **Woller** » 13 Jun 2006, 06:29

Dave Sand´s second fight against Carl Bobo Olson was televised, but I have only seen a 4 rounds highlight of the fight.

Woller

BigEars · Post by **BigEars** » 13 Jun 2006, 07:31

Having beaten Bobo Olson twice and Dick Turpin(aswell as many lesser fighters) you would have to say he was very unlucky not to get a shot at the world title middleweight title in the early 1950's . Maybe he would have if it wasn't for the loss to Pompey .

chadda · Post by **chadda** » 13 Jun 2006, 19:45

Iam also wondering does anyone know where i can track down some memrobilia as well???? I do have a lot already but want more any help would be appreciated

steve68 · Post by **steve68** » 13 Jun 2006, 21:04

three items available on eBay at the moment -
http://search.ebay.co.uk/search/search. ... Dave+Sands

british empire middleweight championship belt

british empire middleweight championship belt

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