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Al Bourke vs Dave Sands — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Al Bourke

🇦🇺MIDDLEWEIGHT

Dave Sands

Al Bourke (39-4-1) and Dave Sands (87-10-1) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Bourke

39

Wins

4

Losses

1

Draw1 tracked bout

Sands

87

Wins52 KO · 60%

10

Losses

1

Draw100 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Sands leads 1–0

Al Bourke and Dave Sands have met 1 time; Sands leads 1–0.

Al Bourke and Dave Sands have met 1 time; Sands leads 1–0.
Met1952May 9Series
Al BourkeFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Dave SandsFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR51Meeting

The Numbers

Bourke 3 · Sands 2 of 5 measurable rows
BourkeSands
Record
39-4-1 (edge)87-10-1
Win %0–100%
89.8% (edge)
89.3%
Wins by knockoutmax 52
0
52 (edge)
KO rate0–100%
0%
59.77% (edge)
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†not comparable
—60%
Times stopped†max 2
1 (edge)
2
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year‡not comparable
—9.2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 100
1
100

† Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total. · ‡ Across each fighter's tracked career span. · Bars are scaled per row — percentages on 0–100, counts against the larger of the two. Every figure is also printed as text.

Tale of the Tape

Heightnot held
Al Bourke: No height on file
Dave Sands: 5′10″
Agenot comparable
Al Bourke: 98
Dave Sands: Died aged 26
Stance
Al Bourke: Orthodox
Dave Sands: Orthodox

Al Bourke left, Dave Sands right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Al Bourke0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Al Bourke: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Bourke yet.

Dave Sands87 wins · from 100 tracked bouts

Dave Sands: 87 tracked wins — 52 by KO/TKO (60%), 34 on the cards (39%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (1%). Counted from 100 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

52 by KO/TKO 60%34 on the cards 39%1 by another method or unrecorded 1%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Al Bourke 1, Dave Sands 100 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Al Bourke last boxed on May 9, 1952 — 27,189 days ago. Bourke had lost the most recent, to Dave Sands.L

Sands May 1952

Dave Sands has won four straight since losing by stoppage to Yolande Pompey. Sands last boxed on Jul 9, 1952.LWWWW

Pompey Nov 1951Toohey Feb 1952Keith Mar 1952Bourke May 1952Woods Jul 19529.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Al Bourke and Dave Sands ever fought each other?
Yes. Al Bourke and Dave Sands met once on May 9, 1952, and Dave Sands won by KO in round 5.
The meeting

LMay 9, 1952 · Sands · KO R5

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Bourke or Sands?
Al Bourke is 39-4-1 and Dave Sands is 87-10-1. Al Bourke has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Bourke39–4–189.8%

Sands87–10–189.3%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Bourke or Sands?
Al Bourke has 0 knockout wins and Dave Sands has 52. Dave Sands has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Bourke0

Sands5259.8%

The Numbers ↓
Do Bourke and Sands have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Al Bourke and Dave Sands have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Bourke and Sands?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Al Bourke and 100 bouts tracked for Dave Sands. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Bourke1bout

Sands100bouts

How They Win ↓

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