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Dave Sands vs Pete Mead — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Dave Sands

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Pete Mead

Dave Sands (87-10-1) and Pete Mead (2-3 across 5 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

Mead

Tracked record

2–3

counted from 5 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 Pete Mead have met 1 time; Sands leads 1–0.

Dave Sands and Pete Mead have met 1 time; Sands leads 1–0.
Met1949Oct 11Series
Dave SandsFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Pete MeadFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Sands 5 · Mead 0 of 5 measurable rows
SandsMead
Record†
87-10-1 (edge)2-3
Win %0–100%
89.3% (edge)
40%
Wins by knockoutmax 52
52 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
59.77%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
60% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡levelmax 2
2
2
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 9.2
9.2 (edge)
1.3
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 100
100
5

† 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″
Pete Mead: No height on file
Agenot comparable
Dave Sands: Died aged 26
Pete Mead: Died aged 83
Stance
Dave Sands: Orthodox
Pete Mead: Not recorded

Dave Sands left, Pete Mead 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%

Pete Mead2 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

Pete Mead: 2 tracked wins — 2 on the cards (100%). Counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Dave Sands 100, Pete Mead 5 — 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

Pete Mead has lost three straight, after two straight wins. Mead last boxed on Oct 16, 1950.WWLLL

Zivic Dec 1946Hardwick Jul 1947Sands Oct 1949Turpin Nov 1949Graziano Oct 19501.3 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Dave Sands and Pete Mead ever fought each other?
Yes. Dave Sands and Pete Mead met once on October 11, 1949, and Dave Sands won by PTS.
The meeting

WOct 11, 1949 · Sands · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Sands or Mead?
Dave Sands is 87-10-1 and Pete Mead is 2-3 across the 5 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%

Mead2–340%

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

Sands5259.8%

Mead0

The Numbers ↓
Do Sands and Mead have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Dave Sands and Pete Mead have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Sands and Mead?
This comparison is drawn from 100 bouts tracked for Dave Sands and 5 bouts tracked for Pete Mead. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Sands100bouts

Mead5bouts

How They Win ↓

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