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Dave Sands vs Mel Brown — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Dave Sands

Mel Brown

Dave Sands (87-10-1) and Mel Brown (0-1-1 across 2 tracked bouts) 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.

Sands

87

Wins52 KO · 60%

10

Losses

1

Draw100 tracked bouts

Brown

Tracked record

0–1–1

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

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

Dave Sands and Mel Brown have met 1 time; Sands leads 1–0.

Dave Sands and Mel Brown have met 1 time; Sands leads 1–0.
Met1951Jul 10Series
Dave SandsFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Mel BrownFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Sands 4 · Brown 1 of 5 measurable rows
SandsBrown
Record†
87-10-1 (edge)0-1-1
Win %0–100%
89.3% (edge)
25%
Wins by knockoutmax 52
52 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
59.77%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
60%—
Times stopped‡max 2
2
0 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 9.2
9.2 (edge)
1.5
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 100
100
2

† 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
Dave Sands: 5′10″
Mel Brown: No height on file
Agenot held
Dave Sands: Died aged 26
Mel Brown: No date of birth
Stance
Dave Sands: Orthodox
Mel Brown: Not recorded

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

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
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%

Mel Brown0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Mel Brown: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Brown yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Dave Sands 100, Mel Brown 2 — 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

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

Mel Brown last boxed on Jul 10, 1951 — 27,494 days ago. Brown had lost the most recent, to Dave Sands.DL

Finch Mar 1950Sands Jul 19511.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Dave Sands and Mel Brown ever fought each other?
Yes. Dave Sands and Mel Brown met once on July 10, 1951, and Dave Sands won by PTS.
The meeting

WJul 10, 1951 · Sands · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Sands or Brown?
Dave Sands is 87-10-1 and Mel Brown is 0-1-1 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Dave Sands has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Sands87–10–189.3%

Brown0–1–125%

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

Sands5259.8%

Brown0

The Numbers ↓
Do Sands and Brown have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Dave Sands and Mel Brown have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Sands and Brown?
This comparison is drawn from 100 bouts tracked for Dave Sands and 2 bouts tracked for Mel Brown. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Sands100bouts

Brown2bouts

How They Win ↓

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