Ed Sanders
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Name: Ed Sanders
Alias: Big Ed
Birth Name: Hayes Edward Sanders
Hometown: Los Angeles, California, USA
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA
Died: 1954-12-14 (Age:24)
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 193cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record
In 1952 Ed Sanders won the Chicago Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions vs. Herb Ellison of Detroit, MI, by decision at heavyweight. Later that year he won the heavyweight gold medal representing the United States at the Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.
Sanders died at age 24, in Boston, Massachusetts, from a blood clot on the brain, which had resulted from a brutal knockout loss 3 days prior against Willie James at the Boston Garden.
Olympic Games Results
- Defeated Hans Jost (Switzerland) KO 1
- Defeated Jan Lansiaux (France) withrdrew due to injury
- Defeated Giacomo Di Segni (Italy) KO 3
- Defeated Andries Nieman (South Africa) KO 2
- Defeated Ingemar Johansson (Sweden) DQ 2
| Preceded by: Ernest Fann |
Chicago Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions Heavyweight Champion 1952 |
Succeeded by: Sonny Liston |
| Preceded by: Rafael Iglesias |
Olympic Gold Medalist Heavyweight Champion 1952 |
Succeeded by: Pete Rademacher |