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Alabama Kid vs Dave Sands — record, stats and common opponents compared

Alabama Kid

🇦🇺MIDDLEWEIGHT

Dave Sands

Alabama Kid (1-6-1 across 8 tracked bouts) 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.

Kid

Tracked record

1–6–1

counted from 8 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Sands

87

Wins52 KO · 60%

10

Losses

1

Draw100 tracked bouts

Heads up: at least one of these records is a tracked record — the wins and losses Kill The Body has ingested so far, not an independently verified career total. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.

Head to Head

Sands leads 1–0

Alabama Kid and Dave Sands have met 1 time; Sands leads 1–0.

Alabama Kid and Dave Sands have met 1 time; Sands leads 1–0.
Met1948Feb 7Series
Alabama KidFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Dave SandsFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR41Meeting

The Numbers

Kid 0 · Sands 6 of 6 measurable rows
KidSands
Record†
1-6-187-10-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
18.8%
89.3% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 52
0
52 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—59.77%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
60% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 4
4
2 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 9.2
0.5
9.2 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 100
8
100

† One or both records are tracked, not career-verified. · ‡ 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
Alabama Kid: No height on file
Dave Sands: 5′10″
Agenot held
Alabama Kid: No date of birth
Dave Sands: Died aged 26
Stance
Alabama Kid: Not recorded
Dave Sands: Orthodox

Alabama Kid 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
Alabama Kid1 win · from 8 tracked bouts

Alabama Kid: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 8 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

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 — Alabama Kid 8, 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

Alabama Kid last boxed on Mar 4, 1949 — 28,353 days ago. Kid had lost two straight, after one straight win.LLWLL

Lesnevich Jan 1939Sands Feb 1948Godoy Aug 1948Moore Jan 1949Moore Mar 19490.5 tracked bouts per year

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 Alabama Kid and Dave Sands ever fought each other?
Yes. Alabama Kid and Dave Sands met once on February 7, 1948, and Dave Sands won by KO in round 4.
The meeting

LFeb 7, 1948 · Sands · KO R4

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Kid or Sands?
Alabama Kid is 1-6-1 across the 8 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Dave Sands is 87-10-1. Dave Sands has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Kid1–6–118.8%

Sands87–10–189.3%

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

Kid0

Sands5259.8%

The Numbers ↓
Do Kid and Sands have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Alabama Kid and Dave Sands have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Kid and Sands?
This comparison is drawn from 8 bouts tracked for Alabama Kid and 100 bouts tracked for Dave Sands. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Kid8bouts

Sands100bouts

How They Win ↓

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